Health in East Saanich 2 beats 98% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 55% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and East Saanich 2 is well placed: 1.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. East Saanich 2 is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. People on reserves are outside the survey’s sample: the figures here are the surrounding region’s, and don’t describe East Saanich 2 itself. The Health grade for East Saanich 2 is A+.
What stands out about health in East Saanich 2
Fewer smokers
Around East Saanich 2, only 3.8% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (5.9%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Deprivation runs high
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, East Saanich 2’s neighbourhoods average 4.7 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around East Saanich 2 runs 1.2 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.9 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
East Saanich 2 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.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (5.9%)
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
About as many adults report obesity as across British Columbia: 25%, the province 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.
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
Ranked 6th of 16 in British Columbia: the regions span 76.6 to 86.8 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for East Saanich 2 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.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.3 years behind the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; East Saanich 2’s dot is marked, under the line.
Where residents average 2.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 84.0 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one East Saanich 2 belongs to trails at 82.7. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 9 still live longer, with 83.5 years in the middle.
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.
The nearest hospital is 1.5 km from the average home in East Saanich 2
Straight-line distances from each part of East Saanich 2, weighted by who lives there.
From East Saanich 2 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.
54% 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
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across British Columbia (47% against 49%), while 25% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around East Saanich 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Saanich 2 | 1.5 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Central Saanich 3.5 km | 3.0 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Sidney 7.4 km | 6.5 km | 55% | 82.7 | A |
| North Saanich 9.2 km | 6.9 km | 55% | 82.7 | A |
| Highlands 11 km | 8.0 km | 55% | 82.7 | A |
| Saanich 13 km | 2.7 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley 14 km | 12 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley’s life expectancy is 79.8, this region’s 82.7. Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley is the furthest from care, 12 km to East Saanich 2’s 1.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for East Saanich 2 itself is the trip to care.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in East Saanich 2
How is East Saanich 2’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so East Saanich 2 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. Reserves get no overall grade, and the survey skips them, so these regional figures describe the people around it.
What is the life expectancy in East Saanich 2?
Statistics Canada publishes it for East Saanich 2’s health region only: 84.9 years for women and 80.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is East Saanich 2?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
How far is East Saanich 2 from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in East Saanich 2 live: 2.1 km to a clinic, 1.9 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).