Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area B, qathet scores better for health than almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 59% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. For Electoral Area B, qathet itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Electoral Area B, qathet is A+.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area B, qathet
A region that smokes less
Around Electoral Area B, qathet, only 3.7% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Electoral Area B, qathet, a child can expect 2.8 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 16% report high blood pressure and 4% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.6 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 59%. Health survey ↓
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 B, qathet 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.
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.
High blood pressure for 16% of adults in the region, diabetes for 4%
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
On weight the region is ordinary for British Columbia: 23% report obesity, the province 25%. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 23% 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.
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 3rd.
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 B, qathet’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.
Self-rated health beats British Columbia: 59% 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 looks better than in the province too: 55% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.4 years behind the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Electoral Area B, qathet’s region shows under the trend.
Set against 102 regions on the deprivation index (correlation −0.83), the region Electoral Area B, qathet belongs to lives less long than its score of 1.7 predicts: 84.3 years, where the trend gives 85.7. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 6 of 10; their median is 83.5 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.
The nearest hospital is 6.3 km from the average home in Electoral Area B, qathet
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area B, qathet, weighted by who lives there.
From Electoral Area B, qathet 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.
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.
Health in the places around Electoral Area B, qathet
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 B, qathet | 6.3 km | 59% | 84.3 | A+ |
| Powell River 4.7 km | 2.6 km | 59% | 84.3 | A+ |
| Electoral Area C, qathet 8.9 km | 15 km | 59% | 84.3 | A+ |
| Electoral Area D, qathet 15 km | 16 km | 59% | 84.3 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Electoral Area B, qathet from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Electoral Area D, qathet live further from a hospital, at 16 km against 6.3 km in Electoral Area B, qathet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Electoral Area B, qathet alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
Questions about health in Electoral Area B, qathet
How healthy is Electoral Area B, qathet?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 12%.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area B, qathet?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Electoral Area B, qathet’s health region only: 86.3 years for women and 82.3 for men (2022/2024).
How is Electoral Area B, qathet’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Electoral Area B, qathet has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Electoral Area B, qathet from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Electoral Area B, qathet is 39 km from a clinic and 4.9 km from 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).