Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Rosslyn’s health region
Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. Measured from where Rosslyn’s residents live, a hospital is 4.1 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Rosslyn grades B for health, #306 of 474 in Alberta and #1,674 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Rosslyn
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.5 out of 5, Rosslyn sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Rosslyn can reach 14 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.6 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.
Rosslyn 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: #306 of 474 in Alberta and #1,674 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 Rosslyn: 4.1 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Rosslyn, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Rosslyn 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.
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
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 Rosslyn’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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Rosslyn’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.8 about 81.4 years; Rosslyn’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
About as many adults report obesity as across Alberta: 33%, the province 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
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Rosslyn is 21st nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,188 to 3,296 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Hill ON A | 3,190 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 2 | St. Clair ON B+ | 3,201 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 19 | Athlone AB B | 3,242 | 3.8 km | 51% |
| 20 | Lake City BC A | 3,240 | 3.8 km | 48% |
| 21 | Rosslyn AB B | 3,242 | 4.1 km | 51% |
| 22 | Canossa AB B | 3,246 | 7.1 km | 51% |
| 23 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON B+ | 3,196 | 7.5 km | 52% |
| 40 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC B | 3,190 | 28 km | 61% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Rosslyn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosslyn | 4.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Lauderdale 0.5 km | 3.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Glengarry 1.5 km | 3.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Northmount 1.8 km | 3.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Carlisle 1.8 km | 5.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Griesbach 1.9 km | 5.2 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Killarney 2.0 km | 2.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Rosslyn from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Rosslyn alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Rosslyn
How is Rosslyn’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Rosslyn’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Rosslyn?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Rosslyn’s health region only: 83.6 years for women and 78.8 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Rosslyn?
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%.
How far is Rosslyn from a hospital?
For everyday care, Rosslyn’s residents are 0.6 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).