Photo: Ursus sapien · CC BY-SA 4.0Port Coquitlam scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. Measured from where Port Coquitlam’s residents live, a hospital is 3.4 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Port Coquitlam grades A for health, #103 of 254 in British Columbia and #783 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Port Coquitlam
Longer lives in the region
Port Coquitlam’s region sits 2.9 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.6 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Port Coquitlam is well below the typical town’s; 5.7% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Port Coquitlam can reach 6.9 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.2 km off. 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.
Port Coquitlam 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. Its place: #103 of 254 in British Columbia and #783 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.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Port Coquitlam’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (7.1%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 19%, trails British Columbia (25%). Fewer adults drink heavily, 16% to the province’s 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 Port Coquitlam: 3.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Port Coquitlam, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Port Coquitlam 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Port Coquitlam’s lies near the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.0, the expected figure is 84.5 years, and Port Coquitlam’s region matches it closely with 84.4. It outlives 8 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 83.3 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.
49% 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
Mental health reads like the rest of British Columbia: 51% against 49%, and 23% 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Port Coquitlam comes 20th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (51,346 to 85,944 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Whalley BC A | 52,642 | 1.8 km | 50% |
| 18 | Drummondville QC A | 85,560 | 3.4 km | 61% |
| 19 | Sarnia ON C+ | 80,539 | 3.4 km | 49% |
| 20 | Port Coquitlam BC A | 67,724 | 3.4 km | 48% |
| 21 | Sault Ste. Marie ON C− | 81,182 | 3.6 km | 46% |
| 22 | Fredericton NB C | 74,655 | 4.0 km | 45% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Port Coquitlam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Coquitlam | 3.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Coquitlam 4.4 km | 2.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Moody 6.9 km | 2.1 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Fraser Heights 7.1 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Pitt Meadows 7.1 km | 4.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Birdland 8.0 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Port Mann 8.3 km | 3.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Across a regional line, Fraser Heights has its own figures: life expectancy 83.2, against 84.4 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Port Coquitlam alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Port Coquitlam
What is the life expectancy in Port Coquitlam?
There is no figure for Port Coquitlam alone; its health region’s is 86.6 for women and 82.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Port Coquitlam’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 Port Coquitlam’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Port Coquitlam?
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 15%.
How far is Port Coquitlam from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Port Coquitlam live: 2.6 km to a clinic, 1.2 km to a pharmacy.
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).