Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Edmonds beats 88% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. What sets Edmonds apart within its region is distance, and at 3.4 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Edmonds grades A for health, #104 of 254 in British Columbia and #790 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Edmonds
A long-lived region
Edmonds’ region sits 2.9 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.6 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Edmonds than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.7% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Edmonds can reach 18 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.6 km off. 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.
Edmonds 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: #104 of 254 in British Columbia and #790 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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Edmonds 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.
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 19%, the province 25%. At 16%, heavy drinking trails 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.
The nearest hospital is 3.4 km from the average home in Edmonds
Straight-line distances from each part of Edmonds, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Edmonds here: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Edmonds’ region shows close to the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Edmonds’ region fits it, 84.4 years at 2.0 against the line’s 84.5. It outlives 8 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 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.
49% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia (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 23% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 51%, 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, Edmonds is 25th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (32,869 to 37,437 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Marie QC A | 33,699 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 2 | Fairview BC A+ | 33,969 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 23 | Sorel-Tracy QC A | 36,537 | 3.4 km | 55% |
| 24 | Leamington ON B | 34,653 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 25 | Edmonds BC A | 34,805 | 3.4 km | 48% |
| 26 | Fergus ON B+ | 34,565 | 3.5 km | 51% |
| 27 | Thorold ON C+ | 33,844 | 3.5 km | 49% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Edmonds
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonds | 3.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Buckingham Heights 1.5 km | 3.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Royal Oak 1.9 km | 4.1 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| East Burnaby 2.6 km | 1.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| New Westminster 2.9 km | 1.8 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| South Slope 3.2 km | 4.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Metrotown 3.5 km | 2.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
Every place around Edmonds shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Edmonds itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- 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. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- 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.
Questions about health in Edmonds
What is the life expectancy in Edmonds?
Women in Edmonds’ region live to 86.6 on average and men to 82.1, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Edmonds?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Edmonds’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Edmonds’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Edmonds from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Edmonds live: 0.6 km to a clinic, 0.6 km to a pharmacy.
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).