Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Newton’s health region
People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. Measured from where Newton’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Newton is B+, #255 of 474 in Alberta and #1,543 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Newton
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Newton’s neighbourhoods average 4.5 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Newton has 15 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. 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.
Newton 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: #255 of 474 in Alberta and #1,543 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.
Getting to hospital from Newton: 2.5 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Newton’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Newton here: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
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 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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Newton’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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Newton’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Newton’s region, at 2.8, should live about 81.4 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 81.2, near enough. 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
At 33%, self-reported obesity is near Alberta’s 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.
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 reads like the rest of Alberta: 51% against 52%, and 24% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Newton is 11th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,767 to 2,849 people, median 8.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forestville QC B+ | 2,835 | 0.9 km | 61% |
| 2 | Grimshaw AB C− | 2,799 | 1.3 km | 48% |
| 3 | Downtown West End AB A+ | 2,796 | 1.3 km | 56% |
| 9 | Tofino BC B | 2,772 | 2.0 km | 47% |
| 10 | Senneterre QC B | 2,832 | 2.1 km | 57% |
| 11 | Newton AB B+ | 2,809 | 2.5 km | 51% |
| 12 | Westbrook Estates AB B+ | 2,838 | 2.6 km | 51% |
| 13 | Kildare AB B | 2,833 | 2.7 km | 51% |
| 40 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC B | 2,841 | 76 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Newton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 2.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Beacon Heights 1.0 km | 3.2 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Montrose 1.2 km | 1.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Highlands 1.3 km | 1.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Beverly Heights 1.4 km | 3.7 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Homesteader 1.8 km | 1.7 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Belvedere 2.1 km | 1.7 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Newton from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
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 Newton’s 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 Newton
How is Newton’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Newton has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Newton?
For the health region that includes Newton, women can expect 83.6 years and men 78.8 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Newton?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
How far is Newton from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 0.7 km from the average resident of Newton, 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).