Around Sweet Grass, 51% of adults call 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). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.4 km from the average resident of Sweet Grass, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Sweet Grass is B+, #206 of 474 in Alberta and #1,403 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sweet Grass
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Sweet Grass; from its centre of population the trip is 1.4 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 10 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.2 km off, Sweet Grass is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Sweet Grass 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: #206 of 474 in Alberta and #1,403 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 Sweet Grass: 1.4 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Sweet Grass’ own, not the region’s.
From Sweet Grass 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.
Level with regions as deprived, give or take a few months
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Sweet Grass’, follows the trend.
At 2.8 on the index, regions tend to reach 81.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Sweet Grass belongs to reaches 81.2. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (4) and half worse (4), around a median of 81.2.
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%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
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
The region comes 2nd of 5 in Alberta, where life expectancy runs from 78.3 to 83.0 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Sweet Grass’ own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
52% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Alberta (54%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Neither ahead nor behind Alberta on mental health (51% to 52%), the region has 24% of adults stressed most days.
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: Sweet Grass comes 6th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,573 to 2,663 people, median 8.4 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 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 4 | Outlook SK B+ | 2,629 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 5 | Caswell Hill SK A− | 2,573 | 1.2 km | 49% |
| 6 | Sweet Grass AB B+ | 2,616 | 1.4 km | 51% |
| 7 | Minchau AB B+ | 2,576 | 1.5 km | 51% |
| 8 | Macassa ON B | 2,584 | 1.6 km | 53% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sweet Grass
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Grass | 1.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Greenfield 0.5 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Blue Quill 0.6 km | 1.2 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Royal Gardens 1.5 km | 2.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Duggan 1.7 km | 1.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Westbrook Estates 1.7 km | 2.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Ermineskin 1.7 km | 0.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Sweet Grass’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Sweet Grass alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Sweet Grass
How is Sweet Grass’ 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 Sweet Grass’ homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Sweet Grass from a hospital?
For everyday care, Sweet Grass’ residents are 1.2 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Sweet Grass?
There is no figure for Sweet Grass alone; its health region’s is 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Sweet Grass?
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).