Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0
Across the region, 47% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole reaches 50%. Measured from where Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 10 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley grades B− for health.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
A long way to hospital
Residents of Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (9.5 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 4.3 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 48%. Health survey ↓
Deprivation runs high
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s neighbourhoods average 4.3 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
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 G, 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.
Getting to hospital from Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley: 10 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley 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.
48% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer 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
Mental health reads like the rest of British Columbia: 48% against 49%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 regions in British Columbia
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
1.5 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s lies below the line.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 2.8 would suggest 81.5 years, but Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s region stops at 80.0. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (9 of 10), with a median of 81.2. 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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.9%
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
At 35%, self-reported obesity is above British Columbia’s 25%.
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.
Health in the places around Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley | 10 km | 47% | 80.0 | B− |
| Mission 7.5 km | 3.3 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley 8.3 km | 12 km | 47% | 80.0 | B− |
| Abbotsford 14 km | 3.6 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
| Chilliwack 19 km | 5.1 km | 47% | 80.0 | B |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s regional figures. Mission is the closest to care, 3.3 km to Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s 10 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
How is Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Electoral Area G, 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 G, Fraser Valley?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.9 for women, 77.2 for men around Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley (2022/2024).
How far is Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley from a hospital?
A clinic is 9.8 km from the average resident of Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley and a pharmacy 7.5 km, as the crow flies.
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).