Bainbridge scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 48% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. Measured from where Bainbridge’s residents live, a hospital is 3.1 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Bainbridge grades A for health, #100 of 254 in British Columbia and #763 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Bainbridge
Longer lives in the region
Born around Bainbridge, a child can expect 2.9 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Bainbridge is well below the typical town’s; 5.7% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Bainbridge has 5.1 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.5 km away. 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.
Bainbridge grades A 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: #100 of 254 in British Columbia and #763 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.
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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 76.6 and a high of 86.8.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Bainbridge’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.1% 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 lower than in the province, at 19% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs under the province, 16% 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.
Getting to hospital from Bainbridge: 3.1 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Bainbridge, weighted by who lives there.
That is close to the 4.4 km of the typical town in British Columbia (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Bainbridge goes.
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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Bainbridge’s region shows close to the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.0 about 84.5 years; Bainbridge’s region’s 84.4 is within a year of it. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (8 of 10, median 83.3 years).
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 much as in British Columbia: 49% to 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 reads like the rest of British Columbia: 51% against 49%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Bainbridge is 14th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,976 to 3,056 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.1 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% |
| 12 | Varsity View MB B+ | 2,985 | 2.4 km | 52% |
| 13 | Kernohan AB B | 3,020 | 2.7 km | 51% |
| 14 | Bainbridge BC A | 3,015 | 3.1 km | 48% |
| 15 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON A | 3,030 | 3.2 km | 56% |
| 16 | Luxton MB B+ | 3,047 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 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 Bainbridge
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Bainbridge and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Bainbridge alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
Questions about health in Bainbridge
How is Bainbridge’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Bainbridge’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Bainbridge?
There is no figure for Bainbridge alone; its health region’s is 86.6 for women and 82.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Bainbridge?
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 15%.
How far is Bainbridge from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.4 km from the average resident of Bainbridge and a pharmacy 1.5 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).