Photo: Historyted at English Wikipedia · Public domain52% of adults around Armstrong rate their health very good or excellent
Across the region, life runs to 81.0 years on average: women 84.1, men 78.2, in 2022/2024. Measured from where Armstrong’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.2 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Armstrong a grade of B+, #140 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,275 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Armstrong
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
For a deprivation score of 2.5, the trend across regions gives 82.9 years of life; Armstrong’s region reaches only 81.0. For its deprivation ↓
Near a hospital
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Armstrong; from its centre of population the trip is 1.0 km. 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.
Armstrong 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: #140 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,275 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.
1.9 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Armstrong’s lies below the line.
Set against 102 regions on the deprivation index (correlation −0.83), the region Armstrong belongs to lives less long than its score of 2.5 predicts: 81.0 years, where the trend gives 82.9. It is outlived by 9 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 82.9 years. Households here earn around $81,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (correlation 0.14).
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.
Getting to hospital from Armstrong: 1.2 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Armstrong’s own, not the region’s.
From Armstrong that is nearer than the 4.4 km of the typical town in British Columbia, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
23% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.9% diabetes
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 runs higher than in the province, at 28% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 25% to 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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in British Columbia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 7th.
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 Armstrong’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 51% and 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
Stress touches 26% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 48%, the province 49% (British Columbia).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Armstrong is 7th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,555 to 5,733 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Bankview AB A+ | 5,610 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 5 | The Pas MB D | 5,634 | 1.1 km | 40% |
| 6 | Wolfville NS C− | 5,587 | 1.2 km | 44% |
| 7 | Armstrong BC B+ | 5,643 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 8 | St. Matthews MB B+ | 5,699 | 1.3 km | 52% |
| 9 | Parkview AB B+ | 5,729 | 1.6 km | 51% |
| 40 | Chertsey QC B | 5,678 | 30 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Armstrong
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 1.2 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
| Spallumcheen 3.5 km | 5.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Enderby 13 km | 14 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap 14 km | 15 km | 48% | 78.8 | C |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan 16 km | 6.0 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 17 km | 7.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 78.8 against 81.0 here. Residents of Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap live further from a hospital, at 15 km against 1.2 km in Armstrong.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Armstrong shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Armstrong
How is Armstrong’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Armstrong’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Armstrong?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.1 for women, 78.2 for men around Armstrong (2022/2024).
How far is Armstrong from a hospital?
Residents of Armstrong have a clinic 18 km away on average and a pharmacy 13 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Armstrong?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
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).