Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain51% of adults around Stony Plain rate their health very good or excellent
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.6 and men at 78.8. What sets Stony Plain apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Stony Plain a grade of B+, #229 of 474 in Alberta and #1,474 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Stony Plain
Pharmacies close at hand
With 5.1 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.1 km off, Stony Plain 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.
Stony Plain 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: #229 of 474 in Alberta and #1,474 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 Stony Plain, a hospital is 1.9 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Stony Plain, weighted by who lives there.
Stony Plain 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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Stony Plain’s region shows close to the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Stony Plain’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. 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.
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
Self-reported obesity, 33%, sits within a few points of Alberta (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.
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
Of the 5 health regions in Alberta, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 78.3 and a high of 83.0.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Stony Plain itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
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%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region tracks Alberta, 51% very good or excellent to 52%; 24% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
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: Stony Plain comes 14th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (19,270 to 20,080 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End NS B+ | 19,733 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 2 | Central London ON A− | 19,363 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 3 | Père-Marquette QC A | 19,702 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 12 | Tétreaultville QC A | 19,390 | 1.7 km | 54% |
| 13 | Henry Farm ON A | 19,953 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 14 | Stony Plain AB B+ | 19,662 | 1.9 km | 51% |
| 15 | Overbrook ON A+ | 19,953 | 1.9 km | 56% |
| 16 | Esquimalt BC A+ | 19,512 | 2.0 km | 55% |
| 40 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire QC A− | 19,447 | 19 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Stony Plain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Plain | 1.9 km | 51% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Parkland County 6.2 km | 15 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| Spruce Grove 6.7 km | 5.1 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Enoch Cree Nation 18 km | 8.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Rosenthal 19 km | 5.6 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
Stony Plain and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Parkland County is the furthest from care, 15 km to Stony Plain’s 1.9 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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 Stony Plain’s own.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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.
Questions about health in Stony Plain
How is Stony Plain’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Stony Plain’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Stony Plain from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 1.1 km from the average resident of Stony Plain, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
What is the life expectancy in Stony Plain?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men around Stony Plain (2022/2024).
How healthy is Stony Plain?
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).