Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s health region reports 57% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
Life expectancy in the region is 80.5 years (82.7 for women, 78.1 for men, 2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 8.1 km from the average resident of Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay is B.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Electoral Area C, 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area C, 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.
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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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
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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
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
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s region sits below the trend line through 102 regions.
Set against 102 regions on the deprivation index (correlation −0.83), the region Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay belongs to lives less long than its score of 2.7 predicts: 80.5 years, where the trend gives 81.8. 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.
20% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.2% 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 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.
From Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay, a hospital is 8.1 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay travel further than most of the province: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. The centre of population is 2.8 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 8.1 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.
56% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
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.
Health in the places around Electoral Area C, 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 C, Central Kootenay | 8.1 km | 57% | 80.5 | B |
| Creston 2.9 km | 0.9 km | 57% | 80.5 | B+ |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay 5.7 km | 8.5 km | 57% | 80.5 | B |
Only the hospital column is local here: Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Creston is the closest to care, 0.9 km to Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s 8.1 km.
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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
How healthy is Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay?
There is no figure for Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay alone; its health region’s is 82.7 for women and 78.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay is 67 km from a clinic and 8.0 km from a pharmacy.
How is Electoral Area C, 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 C, 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).