Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Claresholm scores better for health than 98% 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 Claresholm’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.8 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Claresholm grades A+ for health, #3 of 474 in Alberta and #66 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Claresholm
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Claresholm is well below the typical town’s; 6.2% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
No pharmacy close by
Picking up a prescription in Claresholm takes a trip of 48 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Claresholm, a child can expect 1.5 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.7 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Claresholm 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: #3 of 474 in Alberta and #66 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (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.
From Claresholm, a hospital is 0.8 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Claresholm, weighted by who lives there.
Claresholm is closer in 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.
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
Top of the 5 regions in Alberta: the lowest figure is 78.3, 4.7 years below the highest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Claresholm’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
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
The region’s 54% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Alberta’s 52%, with 23% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Claresholm’s region comes out on the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Claresholm’s region fits it, 83.0 years at 2.3 against the line’s 83.2. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Claresholm comes 2nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,175 to 4,310 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown SK B+ | 4,282 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Claresholm AB A+ | 4,242 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 3 | Invermere BC B+ | 4,305 | 0.8 km | 57% |
| 4 | La Pocatière QC A | 4,206 | 0.9 km | 60% |
| 40 | Simonds NB D | 4,263 | 21 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Claresholm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claresholm | 0.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Willow Creek No. 26 10 km | 17 km | 52% | 78.7 | C+ |
Willow Creek No. 26 falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 78.7 against 83.0 here. Residents of Willow Creek No. 26 live further from a hospital, at 17 km against 0.8 km in Claresholm.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Claresholm alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Claresholm
How healthy is Claresholm?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Claresholm?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Claresholm’s health region only: 85.0 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022/2024).
How is Claresholm’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Claresholm has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Claresholm from a hospital?
For everyday care, Claresholm’s residents are 48 km from a pharmacy on average.
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).