Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainExpect 78.8 years of life in the region around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap, 2.7 under the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 48% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. Closer to home, a hospital is 15 km from the average resident of Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap is C, #221 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,277 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
A long way to hospital
Distance is Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 14 km. Getting care ↓
Behind regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.1, would give Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s region about 80.5 years; it stops at 78.8. For its deprivation ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap, a pharmacy is 16 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
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 D, Columbia-Shuswap 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: #221 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,277 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.
From Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap, a hospital is 15 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap is on the far side.
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.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.7 years behind the trend
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s region sits below the trend line through 102 regions.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.1 would suggest 80.5 years, but Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s region stops at 78.8. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes last; their median is 80.9 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (8.2%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 33%, tops British Columbia (25%). More adults drink heavily, 22% 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.
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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 13th 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in British Columbia: 47% to 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is ahead of British Columbia, 52% very good or excellent to 49%; 23% 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.
Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap is 31st of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,732 to 4,938 people, median 5.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End East ON B+ | 4,816 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Westdale South ON B+ | 4,931 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 3 | Central McDougall AB B+ | 4,802 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 29 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC D | 4,802 | 15 km | 39% |
| 30 | Cardston County AB C+ | 4,938 | 15 km | 52% |
| 31 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC C | 4,829 | 15 km | 48% |
| 32 | Central Okanagan BC B− | 4,784 | 16 km | 52% |
| 33 | Edenwold No. 158 SK B− | 4,932 | 17 km | 49% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
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 D, Columbia-Shuswap | 15 km | 48% | 78.8 | C |
| Armstrong 14 km | 1.2 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
| Enderby 15 km | 14 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Spallumcheen 16 km | 5.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Armstrong’s life expectancy is 81.0, this region’s 78.8. Residents of Armstrong live nearer a hospital, at 1.2 km against 15 km in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 D, Columbia-Shuswap’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.8 for women, 76.0 for men around Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap (2022/2024).
How far is Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap live: 17 km to a clinic, 16 km to a pharmacy.
How healthy is Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
How is Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with 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).