Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainLives run shorter around Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. Closer to home, a hospital is 10 km from the average resident of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley, further than the usual 3.7 km. Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley grades B− for health.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
A long way to hospital
Residents of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (10 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Even once age is allowed for, 4.3 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (48% as answered). Health survey ↓
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 C, Fraser Valley 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.
The nearest hospital is 10 km from the average home in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s own, not the region’s.
Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley is further out than the provincial norm of 4.4 km in British Columbia, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in British Columbia: 48% 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
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 48% very good or excellent against 49% for British Columbia; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
1.5 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s region’s dot is under the line.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 2.8 about 81.5 years of life. Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s region falls short of it, at 80.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 9 of 10; their median is 81.2 years. Judged by income, around $88,000 a household, the region would look well placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one lives less long than most.
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.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.9% 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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 35% of adults against 25% for British Columbia.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 9th.
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 C, Fraser Valley’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health in the places around Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
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 C, Fraser Valley | 10 km | 47% | 80.0 | B− |
| Chilliwack 13 km | 5.1 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
| Skowkale 14 km | 3.7 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
| Harrison Hot Springs 14 km | 20 km | 47% | 80.0 | C+ |
| Kent 14 km | 15 km | 47% | 80.0 | B− |
| Tzeachten 13 16 km | 6.4 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
| Rosedale 17 km | 15 km | 47% | 80.0 | B− |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Harrison Hot Springs live further from a hospital, at 20 km against 10 km in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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 C, Fraser Valley
How is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
Taken together the region leans less healthy than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 17%.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley?
Women in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s region live to 82.9 on average and men to 77.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley is 10 km from a clinic and 10 km from 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).