Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0For health, Anniedale is ahead of 87% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. Measured from where Anniedale’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 7.7 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Anniedale is A, #107 of 254 in British Columbia and #821 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Anniedale
A region that smokes less
Smoking is rarer around Anniedale than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.6% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Anniedale runs 1.7 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 16% of adults, diabetes for 6.7%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Anniedale 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: #107 of 254 in British Columbia and #821 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (6.7%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 23%, sits within a few points of British Columbia (25%).
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 regions in British Columbia
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
The region comes 5th of 16 in British Columbia, where life expectancy runs from 76.6 to 86.8 years.
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 Anniedale’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Level with regions as deprived, give or take a few months
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Anniedale’s region is near the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Anniedale belongs to reaches 83.2. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 82.9 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 Anniedale: 7.7 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Anniedale’s own, not the region’s.
From Anniedale 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.
Self-rated health much as in British Columbia: 50% to 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 is close to the province’s: 51% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 23% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Anniedale is 29th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,577 to 6,840 people, median 4.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre QC A | 6,627 | 0.8 km | 55% |
| 2 | Old Ottawa South ON A+ | 6,704 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 3 | Hillsdale SK B+ | 6,792 | 1.2 km | 49% |
| 27 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek ON A− | 6,822 | 6.3 km | 51% |
| 28 | Beaverbrook ON A | 6,762 | 7.3 km | 56% |
| 29 | Anniedale BC A | 6,715 | 7.7 km | 50% |
| 30 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC A− | 6,613 | 7.8 km | 61% |
| 31 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A NS D | 6,719 | 8.5 km | 44% |
| 40 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON D | 6,831 | 37 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Anniedale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniedale | 7.7 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Fraser Heights 4.3 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Provinceton 4.7 km | 8.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Fleetwood 5.2 km | 4.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Clayton Heights 5.3 km | 7.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Guildford 5.5 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Johnston Heights 5.9 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Around Anniedale the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Residents of Johnston Heights live nearer a hospital, at 2.9 km against 7.7 km in Anniedale.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Anniedale shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Anniedale
How is Anniedale’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Anniedale 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 Anniedale?
Women in Anniedale’s region live to 85.8 on average and men to 80.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Anniedale?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
How far is Anniedale from a hospital?
A clinic is 4.2 km from the average resident of Anniedale and a pharmacy 3.1 km, as the crow flies.
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).