Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area A, Central Kootenay sits a long way from hospital care: 30 km for the average resident
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 57% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. A pharmacy is nearer: 31 km on average, with 0.0 within 3 km of the typical home. Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay grades B− for health, #200 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,059 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay
No pharmacy close by
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 31 km from the average home in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
A region where lives run shorter
Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s region sits 1.0 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.3 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 5.6 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 56%. Health survey ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay 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: #200 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,059 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.
Everyday care in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay: the nearest pharmacy 31 km away, 0.0 within 3 km
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay, weighted by who lives there.
From Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay that is further 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.
Self-rated health beats British Columbia: 56% 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
On mental health the region is ahead of British Columbia, 56% very good or excellent to 49%; 16% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 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
The region comes 8th of 16 in British Columbia, where life expectancy runs from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
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; Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’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.
The region lives 1.3 years less than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s dot is marked, under the line.
Where residents average 2.7 on the index, regions tend to reach 81.8 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay belongs to trails at 80.5. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (8 of 10), with a median of 81.4.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (20%) and diabetes (7.2%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 29%, tops British Columbia (25%). More adults drink heavily, 23% to the province’s 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay is 38th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,631 to 2,706 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 8.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 3 | Sundre AB C+ | 2,683 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 36 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC B+ | 2,662 | 24 km | 61% |
| 37 | Division No. 7, Subdivision E NL D− | 2,632 | 27 km | 44% |
| 38 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC B− | 2,668 | 30 km | 57% |
| 39 | Saint George NB D | 2,675 | 35 km | 43% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Two regions. About 47% of Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s residents live in Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area, a second health region; the page shows the region most residents live in.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay
How far is Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay from a hospital?
For everyday care, Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s residents are 31 km from a pharmacy and 47 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay?
There is no figure for Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay alone; its health region’s is 82.7 for women and 78.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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).