51% of adults around Dunluce rate their health very good or excellent
Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is 7.1 km from the average resident of Dunluce, further than the usual 3.7 km. Dunluce grades B for health, #363 of 474 in Alberta and #1,801 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Dunluce
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.7 out of 5, Dunluce sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Dunluce has 12 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.0 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Dunluce 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: #363 of 474 in Alberta and #1,801 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 nearest hospital is 7.1 km from the average home in Dunluce
Straight-line distances from each part of Dunluce, weighted by who lives there.
Dunluce is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Alberta, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 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.
How the 5 health regions in Alberta compare on life expectancy
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
Of the 5 health regions in Alberta, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 78.3 and a high of 83.0.
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; Dunluce’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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Dunluce’s region is near the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.8 about 81.4 years; Dunluce’s region’s 81.2 is within a year of it. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 4 above and 4 below; their median is 81.2 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.
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
The region’s 51% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Alberta’s 52%, with 24% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Dunluce comes 31st of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,976 to 6,172 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | South Walkerville ON B+ | 6,129 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 29 | Worthington MB B+ | 6,093 | 4.7 km | 52% |
| 30 | Crowsnest Pass AB B− | 6,011 | 5.0 km | 52% |
| 31 | Dunluce AB B | 6,079 | 7.1 km | 51% |
| 32 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC C− | 6,172 | 8.0 km | 39% |
| 33 | Cumberland ON A | 6,139 | 10 km | 56% |
| 40 | Saint-Césaire QC B+ | 6,150 | 21 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Dunluce
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunluce | 7.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Rapperswill 1.0 km | 6.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Canossa 1.3 km | 7.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Oxford 1.4 km | 6.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Caernarvon 1.5 km | 5.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Baturyn 1.6 km | 6.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Albany 1.8 km | 6.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
Around Dunluce the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Dunluce alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Dunluce
How is Dunluce’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Dunluce has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Dunluce from a hospital?
For everyday care, Dunluce’s residents are 1.0 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Dunluce?
For the health region that includes Dunluce, women can expect 83.6 years and men 78.8 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Dunluce?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 18% of adults.
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).