Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Minchau’s health region
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Measured from where Minchau’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Minchau grades B+ for health, #207 of 474 in Alberta and #1,415 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Minchau
Hospital care on the doorstep
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Minchau: 1.2 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Minchau can reach 6.5 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.3 km off. 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.
Minchau 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: #207 of 474 in Alberta and #1,415 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 Minchau, a hospital is 1.5 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Minchau’s own, not the region’s.
From Minchau that is nearer than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Alberta, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. 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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Minchau’s region’s dot is close to the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.8 about 81.4 years; Minchau’s region’s 81.2 is within a year of it. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 4 above, 4 below, a median of 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (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.
How the 5 health regions in Alberta compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Alberta, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Minchau’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Alberta: 52% and 54%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region tracks Alberta, 51% very good or excellent to 52%; 24% describe most days as quite a bit 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: Minchau comes 11th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,522 to 2,632 people, median 6.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | City Commercial Core ON A | 2,581 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 3 | Elmwood AB B+ | 2,522 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 9 | Caswell Hill SK A− | 2,573 | 1.2 km | 49% |
| 10 | Sweet Grass AB B+ | 2,616 | 1.4 km | 51% |
| 11 | Minchau AB B+ | 2,576 | 1.5 km | 51% |
| 12 | Macassa ON B | 2,584 | 1.6 km | 53% |
| 13 | Boothill SK B+ | 2,613 | 2.2 km | 49% |
| 40 | High Prairie AB D− | 2,607 | 41 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Minchau
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minchau | 1.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Weinlos 0.5 km | 1.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Hillview 0.9 km | 0.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Bisset 1.2 km | 1.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Kiniski Gardens 1.3 km | 2.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Greenview 1.4 km | 1.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Pollard Meadows 1.5 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Minchau from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Minchau alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Minchau
How is Minchau’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Minchau’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Minchau from a hospital?
For everyday care, Minchau’s residents are 1.3 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Minchau?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men around Minchau (2022/2024).
How healthy is Minchau?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
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).