Photo: honkie6367 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fraser Heights scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Fraser Heights’ is long: 5.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Fraser Heights a grade of A, #89 of 254 in British Columbia and #689 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Fraser Heights
Fewer smokers
Around Fraser Heights, only 5.6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Fraser Heights’ region sits 1.7 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.1 years ahead (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 6.7% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Fraser Heights can reach 5.1 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.0 km off. 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.
Fraser Heights 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: #89 of 254 in British Columbia and #689 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.
High blood pressure for 16% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
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, 5th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Fraser Heights itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 5.6 km from the average home in Fraser Heights
Straight-line distances from each part of Fraser Heights, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Fraser Heights is ordinary: 4.4 km is the typical figure in British Columbia, 3.7 km for 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Fraser Heights’ region’s dot is close to the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Fraser Heights belongs to reaches 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across British Columbia (51% against 49%), while 23% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Fraser Heights is 33rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (17,210 to 18,174 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay-Cloverhill ON A | 17,591 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | Schmidtville NS B+ | 18,105 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Morningside ON A | 17,708 | 0.9 km | 50% |
| 31 | Credit Valley ON A− | 18,078 | 4.9 km | 49% |
| 32 | Greater Napanee ON B+ | 18,016 | 5.0 km | 53% |
| 33 | Fraser Heights BC A | 17,688 | 5.6 km | 50% |
| 34 | Taradale AB A | 17,911 | 5.7 km | 56% |
| 35 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux QC A+ | 17,558 | 6.6 km | 62% |
| 40 | Sooke BC A− | 17,248 | 23 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Fraser Heights
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Every place around Fraser Heights shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- 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 Fraser Heights alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Fraser Heights
What is the life expectancy in Fraser Heights?
Women in Fraser Heights’ region live to 85.8 on average and men to 80.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Fraser Heights’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Fraser Heights’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Fraser Heights?
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 Fraser Heights from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Fraser Heights is 2.9 km from a clinic and 1.0 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).