Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainResidents of Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay live 29 km from the nearest hospital on average
Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 25 km away on average and 0.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Health gives Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay a grade of B.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay runs 2.0 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.9 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies far off
From the average home in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay, a pharmacy is 25 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.7 out of 5, Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (5.5%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area G, 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
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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 11th place goes to this one, between a low of 76.6 and a high of 86.8.
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 G, 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.
Everyday care in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay: the nearest pharmacy 25 km away, 0.0 within 3 km
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Electoral Area G, 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.
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.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 5.5% 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
More adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 28%, the province 25%. At 28%, heavy drinking beats 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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.4 years short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s dot is marked, under the line.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 3.0 about 80.9 years of life. Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s region falls short of it, at 79.5. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (8 of 10, median 80.3 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.
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in British Columbia (50%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 48% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near British Columbia’s 49%.
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 G, Central Kootenay
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 G, Central Kootenay | 29 km | 55% | 79.5 | B |
| Salmo 8.0 km | 32 km | 55% | 79.5 | B |
One health region covers Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
- 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 G, Central Kootenay’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
Questions about health in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay
How far is Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay from a hospital?
Residents of Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay have a clinic 33 km away on average and a pharmacy 25 km away, in straight lines.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s health region only: 82.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How is Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
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).