Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Few places match Port Moody for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 48% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). For Port Moody itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Port Moody grades A for health, #85 of 254 in British Columbia and #669 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Port Moody
A long-lived region
Born around Port Moody, a child can expect 2.9 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Port Moody, only 5.7% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Easier circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 1.6 out of 5, Port Moody sits in the index’s least pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Port Moody has 8.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.1 km away. 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 Moody 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: #85 of 254 in British Columbia and #669 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.
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, 2nd 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Port Moody’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 19% of adults against 25% for British Columbia. Heavy drinking runs under the province, 16% 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.
Getting to hospital from Port Moody: 2.1 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Port Moody’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Port Moody are closer than most of the province: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital, 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Port Moody’s region shows close to the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.0 about 84.5 years; Port Moody’s region’s 84.4 is within a year of it. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 8 of them below it, a median of 83.3.
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Port Moody is 13th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 35,444 to 40,728 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Côte-Saint-Luc QC A | 37,901 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 3 | Yaletown BC A+ | 40,297 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 11 | Prince Albert SK D | 40,728 | 2.0 km | 47% |
| 12 | Leduc AB B+ | 39,966 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 13 | Port Moody BC A | 38,285 | 2.1 km | 48% |
| 14 | Marc-Aurèle-Fortin QC A | 36,220 | 2.1 km | 54% |
| 15 | Moose Jaw SK B | 36,337 | 2.3 km | 54% |
| 40 | West Kelowna BC B | 40,274 | 8.5 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Port Moody
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 Moody | 2.1 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Anmore 2.9 km | 3.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Coquitlam 3.0 km | 2.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Burnaby Mountain 4.9 km | 4.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Lougheed 5.9 km | 3.0 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Coquitlam 6.9 km | 3.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Lake City 8.0 km | 3.8 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
Port Moody and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Port Moody’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Port Moody
What is the life expectancy in Port Moody?
For the health region that includes Port Moody, women can expect 86.6 years and men 82.1 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Port Moody?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How is Port Moody’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Port Moody’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Port Moody from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Port Moody live: 2.6 km to a clinic, 1.1 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).