Photo: MSTakesPictures · CC BY-SA 4.0Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (13% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. Measured from where Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is A+.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
Fewer smokers
Around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, only 4.4% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, a child can expect 1.8 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.8 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver; from its centre of population the trip is 0.7 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver has 6.5 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 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.
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.
High blood pressure for 16% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.1%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
At 17%, self-reported obesity is below British Columbia’s 25%.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 76.6 and a high of 86.8.
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 Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, a hospital is 1.1 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver are closer than most of the province: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 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.
Behind regions as deprived by 1.0 years of life
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s region shows under the trend.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 2.0 about 84.3 years of life. Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s region falls short of it, at 83.3. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 83.5 years. The towns here bring in about $82,000 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.
Self-rated health much as in British Columbia: 52% to 50%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across British Columbia (46% against 49%), while 27% 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, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is 7th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 21,536 to 22,529 people, median 2.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church-Wellesley ON A | 22,415 | 0.2 km | 50% |
| 2 | South Parkdale ON A | 21,663 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 3 | High Park North ON A | 22,162 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 5 | Snowdon QC A | 22,511 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 6 | Cornell ON A | 22,014 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 7 | Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver BC A+ | 22,031 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 8 | Bedford Park-Nortown ON A | 22,376 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 9 | Joliette QC A− | 22,408 | 1.3 km | 56% |
| 40 | South Frontenac ON B− | 21,599 | 22 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| West Point Grey 2.5 km | 3.2 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Dunbar-Southlands 4.2 km | 4.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Greektown 4.3 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Musqueam 2 4.3 km | 4.9 km | 50% | 83.3 | A |
| Arbutus Ridge 5.7 km | 2.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Kitsilano 6.0 km | 2.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s; read across for the hospital trip. Musqueam 2 is the furthest from care, 4.9 km to Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s 1.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 86.5 for women, 80.2 for men around Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (2022/2024).
How healthy is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 13% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is 1.1 km from a clinic and 0.6 km from a pharmacy.
How is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
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).