Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainExpect 78.7 years of life in the region around Redcliff, 2.8 under the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Alberta, 52% against 53%. Measured from where Redcliff’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 7.2 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Redcliff grades B− for health, #388 of 474 in Alberta and #2,047 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Redcliff 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: #388 of 474 in Alberta and #2,047 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.
1.2 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Redcliff’s dot is marked, under the line.
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 3.3, Redcliff’s region’s 78.7 years sit under the line’s 79.9. It trails all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 81.2. Judged by income, around $83,000 a household, the region would look well placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one lives less long than most.
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.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.3% diabetes
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 runs higher than in the province, at 39% 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.
The nearest hospital is 7.2 km from the average home in Redcliff
Straight-line distances from each part of Redcliff, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Redcliff travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in Alberta: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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
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
Among the 5 regions in Alberta, from 78.3 to 83.0 years, this one is 4th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Redcliff’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.
53% 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 53% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Alberta’s 52%, with 22% 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, Redcliff is 31st nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,795 to 6,040 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Central Frederick ON A | 5,895 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Boyle Street AB B+ | 5,862 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 29 | Val-David QC A+ | 5,920 | 6.7 km | 60% |
| 30 | Elsinore AB B | 5,796 | 6.9 km | 51% |
| 31 | Redcliff AB B− | 5,916 | 7.2 km | 52% |
| 32 | Brokenhead MB C− | 5,931 | 9.9 km | 50% |
| 33 | Sainte-Martine QC A | 5,884 | 11 km | 55% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Redcliff
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff | 7.2 km | 52% | 78.7 | B− |
| Medicine Hat 10.0 km | 2.1 km | 52% | 78.7 | B− |
| Cypress County 12 km | 20 km | 52% | 78.7 | C+ |
Only the hospital column is local here: Redcliff and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Residents of Cypress County live further from a hospital, at 20 km against 7.2 km in Redcliff.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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 Redcliff’s own.
Questions about health in Redcliff
How is Redcliff’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 Redcliff’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Redcliff?
For the health region that includes Redcliff, women can expect 80.6 years and men 76.8 (2022/2024).
How far is Redcliff from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 3.3 km from the average resident of Redcliff, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
How healthy is Redcliff?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 19% 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).