Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain52% of adults around Electoral Area C, North Okanagan rate their health very good or excellent
People in the region live to 81.0 on average: 84.1 for women and 78.2 for men in 2022/2024. What sets Electoral Area C, North Okanagan apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 7.5 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Electoral Area C, North Okanagan grades B for health, #157 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,729 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan
Life expectancy under the deprivation trend
Deprivation alone, a score of 2.5, would give Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s region about 82.9 years; it stops at 81.0. For its deprivation ↓
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 C, North Okanagan 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: #157 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,729 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
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s lies below the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.5, the expected figure is 82.9 years, and Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s region falls below with 81.0. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (9 of 10, median 82.9 years). Households here earn around $81,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (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.
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.9%
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
More adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 28%, the province 25%. At 25%, 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.
Getting to hospital from Electoral Area C, North Okanagan: 7.5 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area C, North Okanagan, weighted by who lives there.
Electoral Area C, North Okanagan is further out than the provincial norm of 4.4 km in British Columbia, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
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
The region comes 7th of 16 in British Columbia, where life expectancy runs from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 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.
51% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to 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
Asked about their mental health, 48% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 26% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Electoral Area C, North Okanagan comes 27th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,957 to 5,104 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westmount AB B+ | 4,961 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 2 | Altona MB B | 4,989 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 25 | Webber Greens AB B | 5,035 | 4.3 km | 51% |
| 26 | Edgemont AB B | 5,059 | 6.8 km | 51% |
| 27 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan BC B | 5,029 | 7.5 km | 52% |
| 28 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B NS C− | 5,086 | 8.1 km | 44% |
| 29 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham QC A− | 5,054 | 8.6 km | 61% |
| 40 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo BC C− | 5,016 | 33 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Electoral Area C, North Okanagan
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 C, North Okanagan | 7.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan 2.6 km | 6.0 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Vernon 5.2 km | 3.0 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
| Coldstream 6.5 km | 5.1 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 13 km | 11 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Spallumcheen 14 km | 5.5 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Armstrong 17 km | 1.2 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Armstrong live nearer a hospital, at 1.2 km against 7.5 km in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Electoral Area C, North Okanagan itself is the trip to care.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan
How is Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Electoral Area C, North Okanagan: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Electoral Area C, North Okanagan from a hospital?
A clinic is 6.6 km from the average resident of Electoral Area C, North Okanagan and a pharmacy 6.5 km, as the crow flies.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan?
Women in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s region live to 84.1 on average and men to 78.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Electoral Area C, North Okanagan?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
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).