Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area C, Peace River’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 4.6 years: life expectancy 76.9
In the health survey, 43% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than British Columbia’s 50%. Measured from where Electoral Area C, Peace River’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.6 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Electoral Area C, Peace River grades C for health, #224 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,297 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area C, Peace River
Less upbeat about their health
Even once age is allowed for, 8.9 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (44% as answered). Health survey ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area C, Peace River grades C 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: #224 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,297 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.
Self-rated health trails British Columbia: 44% very good or excellent, against 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 trails British Columbia: 42% very good or excellent to 49%, with 25% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
0.8 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Electoral Area C, Peace River’s region comes out below the trend.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 3.9 about 77.7 years of life. Electoral Area C, Peace River’s region falls short of it, at 76.9. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 9 of the 10, around a median of 78.7 years. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $98,000, more than in most regions, yet lives here are shorter than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 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.
20% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.4% diabetes
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
At 35%, self-reported obesity is above British Columbia’s 25%.
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, Peace River: 8.6 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area C, Peace River, weighted by who lives there.
From Electoral Area C, Peace River 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. Homes are spread out: from the town’s centre of population the hospital is 4.0 km, while the average resident is 8.6 km away.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 15th.
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 C, Peace River’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.
Electoral Area C, Peace River is 28th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,242 to 6,439 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beasley ON B+ | 6,338 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON A | 6,419 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Petrolia ON B− | 6,422 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 26 | Pointe-Calumet QC A | 6,427 | 7.8 km | 60% |
| 27 | Ste. Anne MB B− | 6,387 | 8.6 km | 51% |
| 28 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC C | 6,344 | 8.6 km | 43% |
| 29 | Mildmay ON C+ | 6,247 | 11 km | 48% |
| 30 | Fitzroy ON A | 6,400 | 13 km | 56% |
| 40 | Lanark Highlands ON C+ | 6,370 | 21 km | 51% |
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, Peace River
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, Peace River | 8.6 km | 43% | 76.9 | C |
| Fort St. John 4.4 km | 1.3 km | 43% | 76.9 | C+ |
| Taylor 17 km | 14 km | 43% | 76.9 | C− |
Around Electoral Area C, Peace River the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Fort St. John is the closest to care, 1.3 km to Electoral Area C, Peace River’s 8.6 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Electoral Area C, Peace River shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Electoral Area C, Peace River
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area C, Peace River’s health region only: 79.5 years for women and 74.4 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Electoral Area C, Peace River?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 17% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Electoral Area C, Peace River from a hospital?
For everyday care, Electoral Area C, Peace River’s residents are 8.3 km from a pharmacy and 9.0 km from a clinic on average.
How is Electoral Area C, Peace River’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Electoral Area C, Peace River’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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).