Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Grandview for health: it beats 91% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.1 km from the average resident of Grandview, about the norm of 3.7 km. Health gives Grandview a grade of A, #63 of 254 in British Columbia and #527 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Grandview
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Grandview is well below the typical town’s; 5.6% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Grandview’s region sits 1.7 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A lighter load of 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
A typical home in Grandview has 8.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.5 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Grandview 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: #63 of 254 in British Columbia and #527 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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 23% of adults against 25% for British Columbia.
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.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 5th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Grandview’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.
Getting to hospital from Grandview: 3.1 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Grandview, weighted by who lives there.
That is close to the 4.4 km of the typical town in British Columbia (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Grandview goes.
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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Grandview’s lies near the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Grandview’s region fits it, 83.2 years at 2.3 against the line’s 83.4. 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.
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 reads like the rest of British Columbia: 51% against 49%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Grandview is 24th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (16,403 to 17,494 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC A | 16,403 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | La Visitation QC A | 17,166 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Davie Village BC A+ | 16,833 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 22 | St.Andrew-Windfields ON A | 17,005 | 2.3 km | 50% |
| 23 | Kennedy Park ON A | 17,156 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 24 | Grandview BC A | 16,947 | 3.1 km | 50% |
| 25 | Laurentian West ON A | 16,857 | 3.5 km | 53% |
| 26 | Greektown BC A+ | 16,618 | 3.6 km | 50% |
| 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 Grandview
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | 3.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sunnyside 2.1 km | 2.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 2.9 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Morgan Creek 3.3 km | 4.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| White Rock 3.7 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Anderson Walk 3.8 km | 4.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| South Surrey 3.8 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
One health region covers Grandview and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Grandview’s own.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Grandview
How is Grandview’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Grandview 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 Grandview?
Women in Grandview’s region live to 85.8 on average and men to 80.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Grandview?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Grandview from a hospital?
For everyday care, Grandview’s residents are 1.5 km from a pharmacy and 2.1 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).