Lives run shorter around Electoral Area A, Cariboo: 76.6 years, 4.9 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Across the region, 39% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. Measured from where Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.0 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Electoral Area A, Cariboo is C−, #237 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,408 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area A, Cariboo
Less upbeat about their health
Even once age is allowed for, 12.4 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (39% as answered). Health survey ↓
Behind regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.7, would give Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s region about 78.3 years; it stops at 76.6. For its deprivation ↓
More chronic illness
High blood pressure (26%) and diabetes (10%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Electoral Area A, Cariboo at 4.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo 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: #237 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,408 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.
Self-rated health trails British Columbia: 39% very good or excellent, against 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across British Columbia (40% against 49%), while 28% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Behind regions as deprived by 1.7 years of life
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s region’s dot is under the line.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.7 would suggest 78.3 years, but Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s region stops at 76.6. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 9 still live longer, with 78.5 years in the middle. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $87,000, more than in most regions, yet lives here are shorter than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 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.
26% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 10% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
At 41%, self-reported obesity is above British Columbia’s 25%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (22% against 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 regions in British Columbia
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
Last of the 16 regions in British Columbia: the highest figure is 86.8, 10.2 years above the lowest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Electoral Area A, Cariboo, a hospital is 8.0 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s own, not the region’s.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area A, Cariboo is 31st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,088 to 6,247 people, median 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | South Walkerville ON B+ | 6,129 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 29 | Southwood AB A+ | 6,092 | 3.9 km | 56% |
| 30 | Worthington MB B+ | 6,093 | 4.7 km | 52% |
| 31 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC C− | 6,172 | 8.0 km | 39% |
| 32 | Cumberland ON A | 6,139 | 10 km | 56% |
| 33 | Mildmay ON C+ | 6,247 | 11 km | 48% |
| 40 | Saint-Césaire QC B+ | 6,150 | 21 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area A, Cariboo
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 8.0 km | 39% | 76.6 | C− |
| Quesnel 5.5 km | 2.1 km | 39% | 76.6 | C |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo 7.8 km | 25 km | 39% | 76.6 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo 13 km | 12 km | 39% | 76.6 | C− |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo 17 km | 11 km | 39% | 76.6 | C− |
One health region covers Electoral Area A, Cariboo and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Residents of Electoral Area I, Cariboo live further from a hospital, at 25 km against 8.0 km in Electoral Area A, Cariboo.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s own.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Electoral Area A, Cariboo
How healthy is Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s health region only: 79.5 years for women and 74.0 for men (2022/2024).
How is Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area A, Cariboo: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Electoral Area A, Cariboo from a hospital?
For everyday care, Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s residents are 7.7 km from a pharmacy and 7.8 km from a clinic on average.
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).