Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0For health, Langley is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.6 km from the average resident of Langley, about the norm of 3.7 km. The Health grade for Langley is A, #71 of 254 in British Columbia and #569 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Langley
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Langley is well below the typical town’s; 5.6% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Langley’s region sits 1.7 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (6.7%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Langley has 15 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
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: #71 of 254 in British Columbia and #569 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.
Life expectancy across the 16 health 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
Ranked 5th of 16 in British Columbia: the regions span 76.6 to 86.8 years at birth.
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.
Getting to hospital from Langley: 3.6 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Langley’s own, not the region’s.
For distance to care Langley is ordinary: 4.4 km is the typical figure in British Columbia, 3.7 km for 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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Langley’s region is near the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Langley belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.3 predicts: 83.2 years, the trend 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 50% and 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Asked about their mental health, 51% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 23% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Langley comes 27th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 33,229 to 37,821 people, median 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Marie QC A | 33,699 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 2 | Fairview BC A+ | 33,969 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 25 | Fergus ON B+ | 34,565 | 3.5 km | 51% |
| 26 | Thorold ON C+ | 33,844 | 3.5 km | 49% |
| 27 | Langley BC A | 35,444 | 3.6 km | 50% |
| 28 | North Cowichan BC B− | 34,525 | 3.6 km | 47% |
| 29 | Val-d'Or QC B | 33,353 | 4.0 km | 57% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
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 | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sunrise Estates 2.7 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Langley 3.1 km | 5.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Rosewood Park 3.3 km | 6.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Aloha Estates 3.5 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Clayton Heights 4.6 km | 7.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Cloverdale 4.9 km | 8.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
One health region covers Langley and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Cloverdale is the furthest from care, 8.3 km to Langley’s 3.6 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Langley shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Langley
What is the life expectancy in Langley?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.8 for women, 80.7 for men around Langley (2022/2024).
How is Langley’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Langley’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Langley?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
How far is Langley from a hospital?
For everyday care, Langley’s residents are 0.7 km from a pharmacy and 1.0 km from a clinic on average.
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).