Health in Musqueam 2 beats 95% 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%. Measured from where Musqueam 2’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 4.9 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Musqueam 2 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 Musqueam 2. Musqueam 2 grades A for health.
What stands out about health in Musqueam 2
A region that smokes less
Smoking is rarer around Musqueam 2 than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 4.4% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 16% of adults, diabetes for 6.1%. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Musqueam 2’s region sits 1.8 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.8 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 4.8 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.4 km off, Musqueam 2 is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
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.
Musqueam 2 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.
16% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.1% 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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 17% of adults against 25% for 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
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, 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Musqueam 2 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.
Getting to hospital from Musqueam 2: 4.9 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Musqueam 2, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Musqueam 2 here: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital and 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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.0 years short of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Musqueam 2’s lies below the line.
Where residents average 2.0 on the index, regions tend to reach 84.3 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Musqueam 2 belongs to trails at 83.3. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 83.5 years. Its towns’ household income, about $82,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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%
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 looks weaker than in the province: 46% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 27% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Musqueam 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musqueam 2 | 4.9 km | 50% | 83.3 | A |
| Dunbar-Southlands 2.3 km | 4.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Kerrisdale 3.4 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Arbutus Ridge 3.7 km | 2.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| West Point Grey 3.8 km | 3.2 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 4.3 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Greektown 4.5 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Musqueam 2 from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver live nearer a hospital, at 1.1 km against 4.9 km in Musqueam 2.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Musqueam 2 itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Musqueam 2
What is the life expectancy in Musqueam 2?
There is no figure for Musqueam 2 alone; its health region’s is 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Musqueam 2’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Musqueam 2 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. Being a First Nations reserve, it has no overall grade or ranking, and its regional survey figures come from people living off reserve.
How healthy is Musqueam 2?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 13%.
How far is Musqueam 2 from a hospital?
For everyday care, Musqueam 2’s residents are 1.4 km from a pharmacy and 3.3 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).