Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0For health, Newton is ahead of 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 Newton apart within its region is distance, and at 3.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Newton is A, #75 of 254 in British Columbia and #586 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Newton
A region that smokes less
Smoking is rarer around Newton than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.6% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Newton’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
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 ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Newton has 11 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.2 km away. 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.
Newton 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: #75 of 254 in British Columbia and #586 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
At 23%, self-reported obesity is near British Columbia’s 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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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
This region is 5th longest-lived of 16 in British Columbia, on a scale 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 Newton’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Newton: 3.7 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Newton’s own, not the region’s.
Newton is near the provincial norm, 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia, with the typical Canadian town at 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 close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Newton’s region comes out on the trend.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.3 would be expected to reach 83.4 years, and Newton’s region is close, at 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.
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 wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 51% very good or excellent against 49% for British Columbia; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Newton is 17th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 43,555 to 59,664 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sault-Saint-Louis QC A | 47,270 | 1.3 km | 54% |
| 2 | Saint-Eustache QC A+ | 47,562 | 1.4 km | 60% |
| 3 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 15 | Mission BC B | 47,280 | 3.3 km | 47% |
| 16 | Timmins ON C | 45,569 | 3.6 km | 48% |
| 17 | Newton BC A | 51,222 | 3.7 km | 50% |
| 18 | Victoriaville QC A | 49,863 | 3.9 km | 61% |
| 19 | Hagerman's Corners ON A | 43,555 | 3.9 km | 51% |
| 40 | Lakeshore ON B− | 45,954 | 20 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Newton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 3.7 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sullivan 3.1 km | 6.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Strawberry Hill 3.1 km | 5.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Panorama Ridge 3.2 km | 6.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Fleetwood 3.8 km | 4.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Brownsville 4.3 km | 3.0 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Johnston Heights 4.9 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Every place around Newton shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Residents of Panorama Ridge live further from a hospital, at 6.9 km against 3.7 km in Newton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Newton shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Newton
What is the life expectancy in Newton?
There is no figure for Newton alone; its health region’s is 85.8 for women and 80.7 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Newton?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How far is Newton from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Newton is 0.9 km from a clinic and 1.2 km from a pharmacy.
How is Newton’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Newton has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).