Photo: starkerry · CC BY-SA 3.0Life expectancy around Electoral Area G, Nanaimo is 79.8 years, 1.7 less than for the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s is long: 5.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Electoral Area G, Nanaimo a grade of B−, #184 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,991 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area G, Nanaimo
Life expectancy short of what deprivation predicts
Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s region falls short of what its deprivation score of 2.8 predicts: 79.8 years against 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 5.1 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (44% as answered). Health survey ↓
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.
Electoral Area G, Nanaimo 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. Its place: #184 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,991 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.9 years short of the trend
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s region, below the line, stands for every town in it.
Use the deprivation index alone and Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s region, at 2.8, should live about 81.7 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 79.8. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes last; their median is 81.3 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.
44% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in 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
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across British Columbia (46% against 49%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 32% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 22% 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.
The nearest hospital is 5.4 km from the average home in Electoral Area G, Nanaimo
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Electoral Area G, Nanaimo is ordinary: 4.4 km is the typical figure in British Columbia, 3.7 km for 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
This region is 10th 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area G, Nanaimo is 27th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,302 to 8,523 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garneau AB B+ | 8,492 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 2 | Alta Vista ON A+ | 8,387 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 3 | Valley Gardens MB B+ | 8,329 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 25 | King Edward Park AB B | 8,399 | 5.0 km | 51% |
| 26 | Clinton ON B | 8,318 | 5.3 km | 45% |
| 27 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC B− | 8,412 | 5.4 km | 47% |
| 28 | Ogden AB A | 8,484 | 6.1 km | 56% |
| 29 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC A+ | 8,466 | 6.4 km | 60% |
| 40 | Muskoka Lakes ON B | 8,463 | 20 km | 54% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area G, Nanaimo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, Nanaimo | 5.4 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Parksville 3.5 km | 1.7 km | 47% | 79.8 | B |
| Qualicum Beach 5.2 km | 8.7 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area F, Nanaimo 7.6 km | 8.4 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
| Fairwinds 15 km | 11 km | 47% | 79.8 | B− |
Same region, same survey: Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Fairwinds live further from a hospital, at 11 km against 5.4 km in Electoral Area G, Nanaimo.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Electoral Area G, Nanaimo itself is the trip to care.
- 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. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- 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 Electoral Area G, Nanaimo
How is Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’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 Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Electoral Area G, Nanaimo?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures trail the typical Canadian town than beat it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area G, Nanaimo?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s health region only: 82.6 years for women and 77.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Electoral Area G, Nanaimo from a hospital?
For everyday care, Electoral Area G, Nanaimo’s residents are 2.5 km from a pharmacy and 24 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).