Few places match Mount Currie for health: it beats 91% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 59% very good or excellent, against 50% in British Columbia. For Mount Currie itself, the measure is access: 66 km to the nearest hospital on average, with 100% of homes beyond 30 km. Mount Currie is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. The health survey doesn’t interview people living on reserves, so these regional figures describe the surrounding region, not Mount Currie. Mount Currie grades A for health.
What stands out about health in Mount Currie
Fewer smokers
Around Mount Currie, only 3.7% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Mount Currie live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (65 km from its centre of population), and 100% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Mount Currie runs 2.8 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.6 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (4%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Mount Currie 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (4%)
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
About as many adults report obesity as across British Columbia: 23%, the province 25%. At 23%, 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.
From Mount Currie, a hospital is 66 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Mount Currie, weighted by who lives there.
From Mount Currie 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.
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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 3rd 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Mount Currie 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.
1.4 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Mount Currie’s lies below the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Mount Currie’s region, at 1.7, should live about 85.7 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 84.3. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 83.5 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.
59% 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
Mental health beats British Columbia as well: 55% very good or excellent to 49%, with 22% facing 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 Mount Currie
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Currie | 66 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
| Pemberton 9.8 km | 73 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet 10 km | 71 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
The neighbours all sit in Mount Currie’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Mount Currie’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Mount Currie
How far is Mount Currie from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Mount Currie is 30 km from a clinic and 9.7 km from a pharmacy.
How healthy is Mount Currie?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 12% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Mount Currie?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 86.3 for women, 82.3 for men around Mount Currie (2022/2024).
How is Mount Currie’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Mount Currie has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. As a First Nations reserve it gets no overall grade, and the survey doesn’t interview people on reserves, so the regional figures don’t describe it.
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).