Photo: Michael Rogers. Original uploader was Mjrogers50 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Lives run shorter around Rossland: 79.5 years, 2.0 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. What sets Rossland apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 7.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Rossland grades A− for health, #131 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,085 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Rossland
A lighter load of illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 19% of adults, diabetes for 5.5%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Rossland 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: #131 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,085 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.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 5.5% diabetes
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
At 28%, self-reported obesity is above British Columbia’s 25%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (28% against 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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.4 years short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Rossland’s dot is marked, under the line.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 3.0 about 80.9 years of life. Rossland’s region falls short of it, at 79.5. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, longer lives win out: 8 of the 10, around a median of 80.3 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.
Getting to hospital from Rossland: 7.9 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Rossland, weighted by who lives there.
Rossland is further out than the provincial norm of 4.4 km in British Columbia, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 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 11th.
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; Rossland’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.
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 48% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near British Columbia’s 49%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Rossland is 30th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,279 to 4,433 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown SK B+ | 4,282 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Golden BC B+ | 4,433 | 0.7 km | 57% |
| 3 | Roslyn MB B+ | 4,411 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 28 | Montague ON B− | 4,414 | 6.5 km | 51% |
| 29 | Glenridding Heights AB B | 4,388 | 7.7 km | 51% |
| 30 | Rossland BC A− | 4,355 | 7.9 km | 55% |
| 31 | De Salaberry MB C+ | 4,401 | 13 km | 51% |
| 32 | Oka QC A | 4,312 | 15 km | 60% |
| 40 | Eganville ON C− | 4,326 | 32 km | 50% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Rossland
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland | 7.9 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Warfield 3.7 km | 3.6 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Trail 7.8 km | 1.7 km | 55% | 79.5 | A |
| Montrose 15 km | 8.6 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Electoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay Boundary 17 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 79.5 | A− |
| Fruitvale 18 km | 11 km | 55% | 79.5 | B+ |
One health region covers Rossland and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Trail is the closest to care, 1.7 km to Rossland’s 7.9 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Rossland 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.
Questions about health in Rossland
How is Rossland’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Rossland has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Rossland?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Rossland’s health region only: 82.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Rossland?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Rossland from a hospital?
Residents of Rossland have a clinic 59 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.9 km away, in straight lines.
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).