Health in Montrose · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Montrose’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5
In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than British Columbia’s 50%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Montrose’s is long: 8.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Montrose a grade of A−.
British Columbia: 50% · Measured across the Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy
Chronic conditions
14%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 5.5% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Montrose 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.
Very good or excellent health (55%)Better than 65% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (14%)Better than 89% of Canadian towns
Smokers (9.9%)Better than 92% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.5)Better than 34% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (8.6 km)Better than 61% of Canadian towns
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.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (5.5%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
19%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
5.5%
Obese (self-reported)
28%
Mood disorder
17%
Anxiety disorder
11%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
9.8%
Smoke every day
6.5%
Heavy drinking
28%
British Columbia
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 28% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 28% 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.
For its deprivation
Behind regions as deprived by 1.4 years of life
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Montrose’s region, below the line, stands for every town in it.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.0 would suggest 80.9 years, but Montrose’s region stops at 79.5. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean longer-lived: 8 of them above it, a median of 80.3.
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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 8.6 km from the average home in Montrose
Straight-line distances from each part of Montrose, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
8.6 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
51 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
2.3 km
residents’ average distance
1.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Residents of Montrose travel further 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 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.
79.5
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.9
more years expected at 65
11th
longest of 16 regions in British Columbia
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Richmond Health Service Delivery Area86.8
Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area84.4
North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area84.3
Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area83.3
Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area83.2
South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area82.7
Okanagan Health Service Delivery Area81.0
East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area80.5
Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area80.0
Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area79.8
Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area79.5
North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area79.5
Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area78.8
Northwest Health Service Delivery Area77.0
Northeast Health Service Delivery Area76.9
Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area76.6
This region is 11th longest-lived of 16 in British Columbia, on a scale from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.5
Economic dependency3.9
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability3.0
This is the one part of the block measured for Montrose 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.
Health survey
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in British Columbia (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
Health very good or excellent
53%
Health fair or poor
18%
Mental health very good or excellent
48%
Mental health fair or poor
19%
Most days quite a bit stressful
22%
Strong sense of belonging
75%
Satisfied with life
81%
British Columbia
Asked about their mental health, 48% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 22% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Neighbours
Health in the places around Montrose
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
FruitvaleElectoral Area A, Kootenay BoundaryTrailWarfieldRosslandElectoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay BoundaryMontrose
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Montrose’s; read across for the hospital trip. Trail is the closest to care, 1.7 km to Montrose’s 8.6 km.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Montrose shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Montrose
What is the life expectancy in Montrose?
For the health region that includes Montrose, women can expect 82.8 years and men 76.5 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Montrose?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Montrose from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Montrose is 51 km from a clinic and 2.3 km from a pharmacy.
How is Montrose’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 Montrose’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.