Photo: John Shorten · CC BY 4.0For health, Coquitlam is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 48% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). What sets Coquitlam apart within its region is distance, and at 2.9 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Coquitlam grades A for health, #97 of 254 in British Columbia and #757 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Coquitlam
A long-lived region
Coquitlam’s region sits 2.9 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.6 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Coquitlam than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.7% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 9.2 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.0 km off, Coquitlam is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Coquitlam grades A 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: #97 of 254 in British Columbia and #757 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.
Life expectancy across the 16 health 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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 2nd 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Coquitlam’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.1%
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
At 19%, self-reported obesity is below British Columbia’s 25%. Heavy drinking is rarer (16% against 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.
Getting to hospital from Coquitlam: 2.9 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Coquitlam, weighted by who lives there.
From Coquitlam that is nearer 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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Coquitlam’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Coquitlam’s region, at 2.0, should live about 84.5 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 84.4, near enough. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (8 of 10, median 83.3 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 49% and 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across British Columbia (51% against 49%), while 23% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Coquitlam is 7th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (105,925 to 243,107 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Catharines ON C+ | 153,865 | 2.6 km | 49% |
| 2 | Niagara Falls ON C+ | 113,983 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Saanich BC A+ | 126,011 | 2.7 km | 55% |
| 5 | Richmond BC A | 239,584 | 2.8 km | 48% |
| 6 | Oshawa ON B+ | 213,592 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 7 | Coquitlam BC A | 173,599 | 2.9 km | 48% |
| 8 | St. John's NL B− | 128,693 | 3.0 km | 54% |
| 9 | Brantford ON C+ | 123,521 | 3.1 km | 43% |
| 40 | Terrebonne QC B+ | 126,872 | 9.7 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Coquitlam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquitlam | 2.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Moody 3.0 km | 2.1 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Coquitlam 4.4 km | 3.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Anmore 5.7 km | 3.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Lougheed 6.0 km | 3.0 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Burnaby Mountain 6.5 km | 4.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Mann 7.2 km | 3.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Port Mann falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 83.2 against 84.4 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Coquitlam shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in Coquitlam
How is Coquitlam’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Coquitlam has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Coquitlam?
For the health region that includes Coquitlam, women can expect 86.6 years and men 82.1 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Coquitlam?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Coquitlam from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Coquitlam live: 1.3 km to a clinic, 1.0 km to 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).