Photo: Ham1ltoner1n · CC BY-SA 4.051% of adults around Riverdale rate their health very good or excellent
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). What sets Riverdale apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Riverdale grades B+ for health, #237 of 474 in Alberta and #1,495 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Riverdale
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Riverdale can reach 20 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.2 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Riverdale 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: #237 of 474 in Alberta and #1,495 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 Riverdale, a hospital is 2.0 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Riverdale, weighted by who lives there.
Riverdale is closer in 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Riverdale’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Riverdale belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.8 predicts: 81.2 years, the trend 81.4. 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 tracks the province: 33% of adults here, 32% across 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.
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Riverdale’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
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
Mental health is no outlier: 51% say very good or excellent (Alberta: 52%) and 24% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Riverdale is 9th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,386 to 5,597 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | West Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 5,386 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 7 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON A+ | 5,486 | 1.3 km | 56% |
| 8 | Espanola ON C+ | 5,504 | 1.4 km | 51% |
| 9 | Riverdale AB B+ | 5,490 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 10 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC A | 5,457 | 2.2 km | 55% |
| 11 | Burrows Central MB B+ | 5,565 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 40 | Gananoque ON C | 5,568 | 28 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Riverdale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 2.0 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Boyle Street 1.5 km | 0.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Bonnie Doon 1.6 km | 3.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Holyrood 1.7 km | 3.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Downtown 1.8 km | 0.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Forest Heights 1.8 km | 2.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| McCauley 2.1 km | 0.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Around Riverdale 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
- 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 Riverdale’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Riverdale
How is Riverdale’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Riverdale’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Riverdale from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 1.2 km from the average resident of Riverdale, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
What is the life expectancy in Riverdale?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Riverdale’s health region only: 83.6 years for women and 78.8 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Riverdale?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).