Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainVery good or excellent health for 57% of adults around Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay; the typical Canadian town: 52%
Lives in the region last 80.5 years on average (2022/2024): 82.7 for women, 78.1 for men. For Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay itself the measure is access, and it lags: 8.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay is B, #158 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,730 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay, a child can expect 1.0 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.3 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.1 out of 5, Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
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.
Electoral Area B, 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: #158 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,730 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.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 8th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay 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.
1.3 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s region comes out below the trend.
Where residents average 2.7 on the index, regions tend to reach 81.8 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Electoral Area B, 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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 29% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 23% 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.
The nearest hospital is 8.5 km from the average home in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay, weighted by who lives there.
From Electoral Area B, 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. The centre of population is 2.9 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 8.5 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.
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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across British Columbia (56% against 49%), while 16% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay is 30th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,169 to 5,319 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heritage SK B+ | 5,172 | 0.5 km | 49% |
| 2 | Didsbury AB A+ | 5,185 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 3 | Mt. Hope Huron Park ON A | 5,174 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 28 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac QC A− | 5,194 | 7.1 km | 60% |
| 29 | Trumpeter Area AB B | 5,220 | 8.0 km | 51% |
| 30 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay BC B | 5,243 | 8.5 km | 57% |
| 31 | Grand Bay-Westfield NB C− | 5,202 | 10 km | 43% |
| 32 | Carstairs AB A | 5,248 | 12 km | 56% |
| 40 | Deer Lake NL D | 5,319 | 45 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | 8.5 km | 57% | 80.5 | B |
| Creston 2.8 km | 0.9 km | 57% | 80.5 | B+ |
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay 5.7 km | 8.1 km | 57% | 80.5 | B |
Same region, same survey: Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Creston is the closest to care, 0.9 km to Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s 8.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 B, Central Kootenay’s own.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
How healthy is Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s health region only: 82.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2022/2024).
How is Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay: 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 B, Central Kootenay from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay is 77 km from a clinic and 8.5 km from 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).