Photo: Joseph Fred Spalding · Public domainCrowsnest Pass’ region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.8 years: life expectancy 78.7
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 52% very good or excellent, 53% for Alberta. Closer to home, a hospital is 5.0 km from the average resident of Crowsnest Pass, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Crowsnest Pass a grade of B−, #387 of 474 in Alberta and #2,015 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Crowsnest Pass grades B− 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: #387 of 474 in Alberta and #2,015 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.
The region lives 1.2 years less than its deprivation predicts
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Crowsnest Pass’, lies beneath the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.3, the expected figure is 79.9 years, and Crowsnest Pass’ region falls below with 78.7. It trails all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 81.2. Its towns’ household income, about $83,000, sits above most regions’ while its life expectancy sits below; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (22%) and diabetes (9.3%)
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
More adults report obesity than across Alberta: 39%, 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.
The nearest hospital is 5.0 km from the average home in Crowsnest Pass
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Crowsnest Pass’ own, not the region’s.
Crowsnest Pass is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Alberta, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. The centre of population is 1.5 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 5.0 km. Few clinics are listed in Alberta, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 regions in Alberta
Regional life expectancy in Alberta, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 4th of 5 in Alberta: the regions span 78.3 to 83.0 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Crowsnest Pass’ residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health much as in Alberta: 53% 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Alberta (53% against 52%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Crowsnest Pass is 29th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,916 to 6,115 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 3 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 27 | Cedarbrae AB A | 5,943 | 4.4 km | 56% |
| 28 | Worthington MB B+ | 6,093 | 4.7 km | 52% |
| 29 | Crowsnest Pass AB B− | 6,011 | 5.0 km | 52% |
| 30 | Caernarvon AB B | 5,972 | 5.9 km | 51% |
| 31 | Val-David QC A+ | 5,920 | 6.7 km | 60% |
| 40 | Stettler County No. 6 AB C | 5,966 | 18 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Crowsnest Pass’ own.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Crowsnest Pass
What is the life expectancy in Crowsnest Pass?
For the health region that includes Crowsnest Pass, women can expect 80.6 years and men 76.8 (2022/2024).
How is Crowsnest Pass’ Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Crowsnest Pass has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Crowsnest Pass?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 19% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Crowsnest Pass from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 3.0 km from the average resident of Crowsnest Pass, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
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).