Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet beats 91% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 59% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; British Columbia as a whole manages 50%. Closer to home, a hospital is 71 km from the average resident of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, and 100% live more than 30 km away. Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet grades A for health.
What stands out about health in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Fewer smokers
Around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, only 3.7% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Residents of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (73 km from its centre of population), and 100% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet runs 2.8 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.6 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (4%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet 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.
16% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 4% 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 23%, self-reported obesity is near British Columbia’s 25%. At 23%, 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 Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, a hospital is 71 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet travel further 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.
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
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 3rd 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’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.
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; Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s dot is marked, under the line.
Set against 102 regions on the deprivation index (correlation −0.83), the region Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet belongs to lives less long than its score of 1.7 predicts: 84.3 years, where the trend gives 85.7. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 6, with 83.5 years in the middle.
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.
Self-rated health beats British Columbia: 59% very good or excellent, against 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 beats British Columbia as well: 55% very good or excellent to 49%, with 22% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet | 71 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
| Pemberton 1.2 km | 73 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
| Mount Currie 10 km | 66 km | 59% | 84.3 | A |
Around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet itself is the trip to care.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
How far is Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet from a hospital?
Residents of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet have a clinic 37 km away on average and a pharmacy 18 km away, in straight lines.
How is Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 12% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 86.3 for women, 82.3 for men around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet (2022/2024).
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).