Photo: Leoboudv · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Langley beats 89% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Measured from where Langley’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.9 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Langley is A, #92 of 254 in British Columbia and #716 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Langley
A region that smokes less
Around Langley, only 5.6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Langley, a child can expect 1.7 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 16% report high blood pressure and 6.7% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Langley can reach 6.3 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.5 km off. Getting care ↓
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.
Langley 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: #92 of 254 in British Columbia and #716 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (6.7%)
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: 23% of adults here, 25% across 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 5th.
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 Langley’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 5.9 km from the average home in Langley
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Langley’s own, not the region’s.
From Langley 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. The centre of population is 2.2 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 5.9 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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Langley’s region comes out on the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Langley’s region is a typical case: 83.2 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.4. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 82.9 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.
50% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia (50%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 23% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 51% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near British Columbia’s 49%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Langley is 35th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 105,925 to 243,107 people, median 3.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Catharines ON C+ | 153,865 | 2.6 km | 49% |
| 2 | Niagara Falls ON C+ | 113,983 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Saanich BC A+ | 126,011 | 2.7 km | 55% |
| 33 | Kamloops BC C+ | 108,793 | 5.5 km | 48% |
| 34 | Kelowna BC B | 167,654 | 5.6 km | 52% |
| 35 | Langley BC A | 163,885 | 5.9 km | 50% |
| 36 | Pickering ON B | 118,378 | 6.1 km | 50% |
| 37 | Strathcona County AB B | 107,345 | 6.2 km | 51% |
| 40 | Terrebonne QC B+ | 126,872 | 9.7 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Langley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 5.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Langley 3.1 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Aloha Estates 4.5 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sunrise Estates 5.2 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Rosewood Park 5.2 km | 6.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Clayton Heights 5.3 km | 7.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Cloverdale 7.0 km | 8.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Langley’s regional figures.
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.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Langley itself is the trip to care.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Langley
How is Langley’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Langley’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Langley?
For the health region that includes Langley, women can expect 85.8 years and men 80.7 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Langley?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How far is Langley from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Langley is 2.5 km from a clinic and 1.5 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).