Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5
In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than British Columbia’s 50%. What sets Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 11 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary grades B+ for health.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
A long way to hospital
For 0% of homes in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 12 km. Getting care ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 5.5% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
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 A, Kootenay Boundary 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 11 km from the average home in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary 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.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 5.5% 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
Self-reported obesity, 28%, tops British Columbia (25%). More adults drink heavily, 28% 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.
1.4 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s, lies beneath the trend.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.0 would suggest 80.9 years, but Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s region stops at 79.5. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 8 of the 10, around a median of 80.3 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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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
The region comes 11th of 16 in British Columbia, where life expectancy runs from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in British Columbia: 53% 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
Neither ahead nor behind British Columbia on mental health (48% to 49%), the region has 22% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
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 A, Kootenay Boundary | 11 km | 55% | 79.5 | B+ |
| Fruitvale 1.5 km | 11 km | 55% | 79.5 | B+ |
| Montrose 5.1 km | 8.6 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Trail 12 km | 1.7 km | 55% | 79.5 | A |
| Warfield 16 km | 3.6 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Electoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay Boundary 16 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
Every place around Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Residents of Trail live nearer a hospital, at 1.7 km against 11 km in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary?
For the health region that includes Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary, women can expect 82.8 years and men 76.5 (2022/2024).
How is Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary from a hospital?
A clinic is 47 km from the average resident of Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary and a pharmacy 6.4 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 14%.
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).