For health, Thorncliffe is ahead of 95% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. Measured from where Thorncliffe’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.0 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Thorncliffe grades A for health, #123 of 474 in Alberta and #306 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Thorncliffe
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Thorncliffe is well below the typical town’s; 6.2% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Thorncliffe’s region sits 1.5 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.7 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More people feeling well
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 4.8 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 57% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Thorncliffe has 10 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Thorncliffe grades A for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
The region’s four figures and the town’s distance to a hospital are each ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, then averaged. Its place: #123 of 474 in Alberta and #306 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
How the grade works
Health is graded as a regional score, labelled as such: very good or excellent self-rated health, chronic conditions (arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure averaged) and smoking from the Canadian Community Health Survey, each age-standardised so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, and life expectancy at birth, all for the health region. The residents’ average distance to a hospital is the one input measured for the town itself, so towns in one region can still differ.
High blood pressure for 17% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.7%
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Fewer adults report obesity than across Alberta: 27%, the province 32%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Alberta
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Alberta, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
No region of the 5 in Alberta lives longer than this one; the shortest-lived reaches 78.3, a gap of 4.7 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Thorncliffe’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
More people rate their health highly here than in Alberta: 57% to 54%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health reads like the rest of Alberta: 54% against 52%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Thorncliffe, a hospital is 5.0 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Thorncliffe, weighted by who lives there.
Thorncliffe is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Alberta, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in Alberta: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
Hospitals and clinics: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities. Pharmacies: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Straight-line distances from each dissemination area, weighted by its 2021 population.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Thorncliffe’s region is near the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.3 would be expected to reach 83.2 years, and Thorncliffe’s region is close, at 83.0. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 82.8 years.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, 2022/2024, by health region. Deprivation: Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 (situational vulnerability), averaged over each region’s towns by their residents; income: 2021 Census median household income, averaged the same way. The averages and the line are TownRatings calculations.
Thorncliffe is 32nd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (15,248 to 15,896 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON A | 15,691 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 2 | Little Portugal ON A | 15,669 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 3 | Loretteville QC A+ | 15,653 | 1.0 km | 62% |
| 30 | Saint-François QC A− | 15,338 | 4.7 km | 53% |
| 31 | Sheridan ON A− | 15,775 | 4.8 km | 49% |
| 32 | Thorncliffe AB A | 15,570 | 5.0 km | 56% |
| 33 | Les Golfs QC B | 15,842 | 5.3 km | 55% |
| 34 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant ON A | 15,509 | 5.6 km | 56% |
| 40 | Dorchester ON B | 15,475 | 13 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Thorncliffe
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorncliffe | 5.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Huntington Hills 1.7 km | 4.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Highland Park 1.8 km | 5.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Mount Pleasant 2.7 km | 3.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Beddington Heights 2.9 km | 3.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Charleswood 3.0 km | 3.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Tuxedo Park 3.2 km | 3.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Thorncliffe’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Thorncliffe shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
Questions about health in Thorncliffe
How is Thorncliffe’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Thorncliffe’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Thorncliffe?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Thorncliffe?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men around Thorncliffe (2022/2024).
How far is Thorncliffe from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Thorncliffe is 0.6 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (13-10-0972) · Statistics Canada, life expectancy 2022/2024 (13-10-0988) · Statistics Canada, health regions 2023 (82-402-X) · Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · pharmacies © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).