Photo: Hero122. Original uploader was Hero122 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Warner County No. 5’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.8 years: life expectancy 78.7
In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Alberta’s 53%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Warner County No. 5’s is long: 18 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Warner County No. 5 grades C+ for health, #415 of 474 in Alberta and #2,208 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Warner County No. 5
Far from a hospital
For 12% of homes in Warner County No. 5 the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 18 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies far off
Picking up a prescription in Warner County No. 5 takes a trip of 30 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. 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.
Warner County No. 5 grades C+ 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: #415 of 474 in Alberta and #2,208 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 Warner County No. 5: 18 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Warner County No. 5, weighted by who lives there.
From Warner County No. 5 that is further than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Alberta, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. 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.
The region lives 1.2 years less than its deprivation predicts
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Warner County No. 5’s region’s dot is under the line.
Deprivation accounts for much of the spread between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), but not for all of Warner County No. 5’s region’s: 78.7 years where the line expects 79.9 at 3.3. Each of the 10 regions scored most like it does better, with a median of 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (22%) and diabetes (9.3%)
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
At 39%, self-reported obesity is above Alberta’s 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
Life expectancy in Alberta runs from 78.3 to 83.0; this region sits 4th of the 5.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Warner County No. 5’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.
Self-rated health much as in Alberta: 53% to 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
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 53% very good or excellent against 52% for Alberta; stress is a daily matter for 22%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Warner County No. 5 is 33rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,456 to 4,609 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country Hills ON A | 4,561 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | Eastmount ON B+ | 4,496 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 3 | Centennial MB B+ | 4,483 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 31 | Bowen Island BC A+ | 4,501 | 15 km | 59% |
| 32 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC A− | 4,598 | 16 km | 55% |
| 33 | Warner County No. 5 AB C+ | 4,533 | 18 km | 52% |
| 34 | Saint-Anselme QC B+ | 4,534 | 19 km | 59% |
| 35 | Wainwright No. 61 AB C− | 4,576 | 20 km | 52% |
| 40 | Casselman ON C− | 4,535 | 32 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Warner County No. 5
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Every place around Warner County No. 5 shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Raymond is the closest to care, 1.0 km to Warner County No. 5’s 18 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Warner County No. 5 itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Warner County No. 5
How far is Warner County No. 5 from a hospital?
Residents of Warner County No. 5 have a pharmacy 30 km away on average, in a straight line.
What is the life expectancy in Warner County No. 5?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 80.6 for women, 76.8 for men around Warner County No. 5 (2022/2024).
How is Warner County No. 5’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Warner County No. 5: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Warner County No. 5?
Taken together the region leans less healthy than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 19%.
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).