Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Langford beats 95% of Canadian towns
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 Langford apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Langford grades A+ for health, #49 of 254 in British Columbia and #264 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Langford
Fewer smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Langford is well below the typical town’s; 3.8% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 18% of adults, diabetes for 5.9%. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Langford’s region sits 1.2 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.9 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Langford has 7.4 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.2 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Langford 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: #49 of 254 in British Columbia and #264 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.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 5.9% 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 tracks the province: 25% of adults here, 25% across British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 22% to 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.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 6th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Langford 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.
The nearest hospital is 6.3 km from the average home in Langford
Straight-line distances from each part of Langford, weighted by who lives there.
From Langford that is further 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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.3 years short of the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Langford’s, lies beneath the trend.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 2.1 would suggest 84.0 years, but Langford’s region stops 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.
Self-rated health beats British Columbia: 54% very good or excellent, against 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Langford is 30th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (48,457 to 72,180 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | St. Thomas ON B− | 49,388 | 1.7 km | 49% |
| 28 | Blainville QC A+ | 61,739 | 4.9 km | 60% |
| 29 | Quinte West ON C− | 50,385 | 5.5 km | 45% |
| 30 | Langford BC A+ | 59,664 | 6.3 km | 55% |
| 31 | Aurora ON A− | 67,385 | 6.7 km | 51% |
| 32 | Alliston ON B+ | 50,739 | 7.9 km | 54% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Langford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 6.3 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Colwood 3.2 km | 6.3 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| View Royal 5.3 km | 1.4 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| New Songhees 1A 6.7 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Esquimalt 8.0 km | 2.0 km | 55% | 82.7 | A+ |
| Metchosin 8.7 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.7 | A |
| Highlands 9.8 km | 8.0 km | 55% | 82.7 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Langford and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Residents of Metchosin live further from a hospital, at 13 km against 6.3 km in Langford.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Langford itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
Questions about health in Langford
How is Langford’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Langford: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Langford?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.9 for women, 80.5 for men around Langford (2022/2024).
How healthy is Langford?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Langford from a hospital?
Residents of Langford have a clinic 1.7 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.2 km away, in straight lines.
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).