Few places match Ocean Park for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Ocean Park live 4.5 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Ocean Park grades A for health, #81 of 254 in British Columbia and #635 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Ocean Park
Fewer smokers
Around Ocean Park, 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
Ocean Park’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 ↓
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Ocean Park at 1.1 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
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 ↓
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.
Ocean Park 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: #81 of 254 in British Columbia and #635 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.
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
Ranked 5th of 16 in British Columbia: the regions span 76.6 to 86.8 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Ocean Park’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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Ocean Park’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Ocean Park belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.3 predicts: 83.2 years, the trend 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.
Getting to hospital from Ocean Park: 4.5 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Ocean Park, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Ocean Park 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.
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, Ocean Park is 24th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (10,614 to 11,093 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Sacrement QC A+ | 10,650 | 0.4 km | 62% |
| 2 | Weston-Pelham Park ON A | 10,680 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Bendale South ON A | 10,885 | 0.9 km | 50% |
| 22 | Creditview ON A− | 10,972 | 3.8 km | 49% |
| 23 | Walkerton ON C+ | 10,811 | 4.0 km | 48% |
| 24 | Ocean Park BC A | 10,845 | 4.5 km | 50% |
| 25 | Cathedraltown ON A− | 11,029 | 6.8 km | 51% |
| 26 | Eastern Passage NS B | 10,745 | 7.0 km | 51% |
| 40 | Yellowhead County AB D− | 10,966 | 27 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Ocean Park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Park | 4.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Crescent Heights 1.7 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| White Rock 3.9 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| South Surrey 3.9 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 4.1 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sunnyside 4.9 km | 2.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Anderson Walk 5.0 km | 4.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Ocean Park’s regional figures. Residents of White Rock live nearer a hospital, at 1.1 km against 4.5 km in Ocean Park.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Ocean Park’s own.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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. 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 Ocean Park
What is the life expectancy in Ocean Park?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Ocean Park’s health region only: 85.8 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022/2024).
How is Ocean Park’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Ocean Park: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Ocean Park?
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 Ocean Park from a hospital?
For everyday care, Ocean Park’s residents are 0.7 km from a pharmacy and 4.1 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).