Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Health in Fleetwood beats 90% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. What sets Fleetwood apart within its region is distance, and at 4.1 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Health gives Fleetwood a grade of A, #78 of 254 in British Columbia and #611 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Fleetwood
Smoking runs low
Around Fleetwood, only 5.6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Fleetwood 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 ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (6.7%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 6.2 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.1 km off, Fleetwood is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Fleetwood 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: #78 of 254 in British Columbia and #611 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
On weight the region is ordinary for British Columbia: 23% report obesity, the province 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
Life expectancy in British Columbia runs from 76.6 to 86.8; this region sits 5th of the 16.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Fleetwood’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 4.1 km from the average home in Fleetwood
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Fleetwood’s own, not the region’s.
Against 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Fleetwood sits near the middle.
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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Fleetwood’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.3, the expected figure is 83.4 years, and Fleetwood’s region matches it closely with 83.2. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 50% and 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region tracks British Columbia, 51% very good or excellent to 49%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Fleetwood is 23rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 50,246 to 81,182 people, median 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Whalley BC A | 52,642 | 1.8 km | 50% |
| 21 | Roseborough ON A− | 54,539 | 4.0 km | 49% |
| 22 | Rimouski QC A | 51,756 | 4.1 km | 60% |
| 23 | Fleetwood BC A | 63,957 | 4.1 km | 50% |
| 24 | Georgetown ON A | 68,265 | 4.3 km | 54% |
| 25 | Shawinigan QC A | 51,739 | 4.5 km | 61% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Fleetwood
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 4.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Johnston Heights 3.0 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Newton 3.8 km | 3.7 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Guildford 3.9 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sullivan 4.0 km | 6.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Fraser Heights 5.1 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Birdland 5.2 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Fleetwood’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Fleetwood itself is the trip to care.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- 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. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Fleetwood
How is Fleetwood’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Fleetwood’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Fleetwood?
Women in Fleetwood’s region live to 85.8 on average and men to 80.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Fleetwood?
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 far is Fleetwood from a hospital?
For everyday care, Fleetwood’s residents are 1.1 km from a pharmacy and 1.7 km from a clinic on average.
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).