Around Canora, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.6, men 78.8, in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Canora live 3.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Canora grades B for health, #282 of 474 in Alberta and #1,604 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Canora
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Canora’s neighbourhoods average 4.8 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 15 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.7 km off, Canora is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Canora 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: #282 of 474 in Alberta and #1,604 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.
From Canora, a hospital is 3.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Canora, weighted by who lives there.
Against 3.1 km for the typical town in Alberta and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Canora sits near the middle. 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
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
Ranked 2nd 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Canora itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Canora’s region comes out on the trend.
At 2.8 on the index, regions tend to reach 81.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Canora belongs to reaches 81.2. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (4) and half worse (4), around a median of 81.2.
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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.4%
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 33% of adults against 32% for Alberta.
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.
52% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Alberta (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 is close to the province’s: 51% rate it very good or excellent, against 52% in Alberta, and 24% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Canora comes 15th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,702 to 4,884 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End East ON B+ | 4,816 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Central McDougall AB B+ | 4,802 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 13 | Rossmere-B MB B+ | 4,732 | 2.5 km | 52% |
| 14 | Empire Park AB B | 4,817 | 2.7 km | 51% |
| 15 | Canora AB B | 4,799 | 3.1 km | 51% |
| 16 | Maybank MB B+ | 4,817 | 3.5 km | 52% |
| 17 | Greenboro East ON A | 4,800 | 4.1 km | 56% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Canora
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canora | 3.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Britannia Youngstown 1.1 km | 2.7 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| West Jasper Place 1.4 km | 2.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| North Glenora 1.6 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Glenora 1.7 km | 2.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Glenwood 1.9 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Jasper Park 2.8 km | 0.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Canora’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Canora alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
Questions about health in Canora
How is Canora’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Canora’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Canora?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men around Canora (2022/2024).
How healthy is Canora?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
How far is Canora from a hospital?
For everyday care, Canora’s residents are 0.7 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).