Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.7 years: life expectancy 79.8
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 50% for British Columbia. For Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot a grade of B−, #188 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,005 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
Regions scoring 2.8 on the deprivation index typically live 81.7 years; Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s region, at 79.8, falls short. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 5.1 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 44%. Health survey ↓
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.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot 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: #188 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,005 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.
Behind regions as deprived by 1.9 years of life
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s, lies beneath the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s region, at 2.8, should live about 81.7 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 79.8. It trails all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 81.3.
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.
Self-rated health trails British Columbia: 44% very good or excellent, against 50%
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 health trails British Columbia: 46% very good or excellent to 49%, with 22% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (6.9%)
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
More adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 32%, the province 25%. At 22%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 19%.
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.
Getting to hospital from Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: 6.3 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, weighted by who lives there.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot is further out than the provincial norm of 4.4 km in British Columbia, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
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 across the 16 health regions in British Columbia
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in British Columbia, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 10th of 16 in British Columbia: the regions span 76.6 to 86.8 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,020 to 3,117 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tisdale SK C− | 3,052 | 0.7 km | 47% |
| 2 | Princeton BC B+ | 3,050 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON A+ | 3,056 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 20 | Poplar Park ON B | 3,031 | 3.9 km | 53% |
| 21 | Nutana Park SK B+ | 3,045 | 4.0 km | 49% |
| 22 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot BC B− | 3,069 | 6.3 km | 47% |
| 23 | Greenbelt (east) ON A | 3,094 | 7.1 km | 56% |
| 24 | Clermont QC A+ | 3,117 | 7.2 km | 62% |
| 40 | Elkford BC B− | 3,030 | 55 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 6.3 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot 5.9 km | 3.2 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Port Alberni 6.0 km | 2.2 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot 8.5 km | 12 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo 19 km | 21 km | 47% | 79.8 | C+ |
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Electoral Area H, Nanaimo is the furthest from care, 21 km to Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s 6.3 km.
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.
- 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. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
How is Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: 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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s health region only: 82.6 years for women and 77.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot from a hospital?
A clinic is 4.7 km from the average resident of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot and a pharmacy 4.2 km, as the crow flies.
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).