Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainVery good or excellent health for 52% of adults in Penticton 1’s health region
For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.0 years at birth, 84.1 for women and 78.2 for men. Measured from where Penticton 1’s residents live, a hospital is 4.0 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. As a First Nations reserve, Penticton 1 can be graded for health but gets no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. The health survey doesn’t interview people living on reserves, so these regional figures describe the surrounding region, not Penticton 1. Penticton 1 grades B+ for health.
What stands out about health in Penticton 1
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
At 81.0 years, Penticton 1’s region trails the 82.9 that regions scoring 2.5 on the index typically reach. 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.
Penticton 1 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.
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.
The region lives 1.9 years less than its deprivation predicts
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Penticton 1’s region comes out below the trend.
Where residents average 2.5 on the index, regions tend to reach 82.9 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Penticton 1 belongs to trails at 81.0. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 9 of the 10, around a median of 82.9 years. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $81,000, less than in most regions, yet lives here are longer 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.
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.9%
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
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.
From Penticton 1, a hospital is 4.0 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Penticton 1’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Penticton 1 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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in British Columbia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 7th 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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Penticton 1’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
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%)
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 reads like the rest of British Columbia: 48% against 49%, and 26% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Penticton 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penticton 1 | 4.0 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
| Penticton 4.4 km | 1.9 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen 8.5 km | 7.2 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen 10 km | 14 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Okanagan Falls 13 km | 14 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Naramata 14 km | 7.7 km | 52% | 81.0 | B |
| Summerland 15 km | 2.0 km | 52% | 81.0 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Penticton 1’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Okanagan Falls is the furthest from care, 14 km to Penticton 1’s 4.0 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Penticton 1 alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Penticton 1
What is the life expectancy in Penticton 1?
Women in Penticton 1’s region live to 84.1 on average and men to 78.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Penticton 1’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Penticton 1: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town. Reserves get no overall grade, and the survey skips them, so these regional figures describe the people around it.
How healthy is Penticton 1?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
How far is Penticton 1 from a hospital?
For everyday care, Penticton 1’s residents are 2.8 km from a pharmacy and 3.5 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).