52% of adults around Lumby rate their health very good or excellent
Women in the region live to 84.1 and men to 78.2, 81.0 years taken together (2022/2024). What sets Lumby apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 21 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Lumby is B−.
What stands out about health in Lumby
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Lumby the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 21 km. Getting care ↓
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
At 81.0 years, Lumby’s region trails the 82.9 that regions scoring 2.5 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Lumby, a pharmacy is 21 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.0 out of 5, Lumby sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. 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.
Lumby 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 21 km from the average home in Lumby
Straight-line distances from each part of Lumby, 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, Lumby 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.
1.9 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Lumby’s region comes out below the trend.
Deprivation accounts for much of the spread between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), but not for all of Lumby’s region’s: 81.0 years where the line expects 82.9 at 2.5. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 9 still live longer, with 82.9 years in the middle. The towns here bring in about $81,000 a household, below the typical region, while living longer than it; that is why income, which correlates at just 0.14 with life expectancy across regions, isn’t the measure.
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.
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
The region comes 7th 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 Lumby 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.
23% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.9% 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
More adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 28%, the province 25%. At 25%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 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.
51% 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
Mental health is no outlier: 48% say very good or excellent (British Columbia: 49%) and 26% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Lumby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumby | 21 km | 52% | 81.0 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan 5.7 km | 24 km | 52% | 81.0 | B− |
| Coldstream 18 km | 5.1 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 19 km | 7.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
Same region, same survey: Lumby’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Coldstream live nearer a hospital, at 5.1 km against 21 km in Lumby.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Lumby shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Lumby
How far is Lumby from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Lumby is 22 km from a clinic and 21 km from a pharmacy.
How is Lumby’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 Lumby’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Lumby?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.1 for women, 78.2 for men around Lumby (2022/2024).
How healthy is Lumby?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
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).