Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0For health, Port Mann is ahead of 91% 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%. For Port Mann itself the measure is access: 3.5 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Port Mann is A, #68 of 254 in British Columbia and #557 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Port Mann
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Port Mann is well below the typical town’s; 5.6% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Port Mann’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
The average resident of Port Mann can reach 10 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.4 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.
Port Mann 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: #68 of 254 in British Columbia and #557 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 tracks the province: 23% of adults here, 25% across 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.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
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 Port Mann’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.
From Port Mann, a hospital is 3.5 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Port Mann, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Port Mann here: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Port Mann’s region shows close to the trend.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Port Mann belongs to reaches 83.2. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with a median of 82.9.
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
Mental health is no outlier: 51% say very good or excellent (British Columbia: 49%) and 23% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Port Mann comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,884 to 6,099 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 3 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 20 | Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park ON A | 6,059 | 3.3 km | 56% |
| 21 | Underwood ON A | 5,972 | 3.4 km | 51% |
| 22 | Port Mann BC A | 5,988 | 3.5 km | 50% |
| 23 | Nutana Urban Centre SK B+ | 5,926 | 3.9 km | 49% |
| 24 | Southwood AB A+ | 6,092 | 3.9 km | 56% |
| 40 | Stettler County No. 6 AB C | 5,966 | 18 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Port Mann
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Mann | 3.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Birdland 1.4 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Whalley 2.3 km | 1.8 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Bridgeview 2.6 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Guildford 3.0 km | 3.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Johnston Heights 3.2 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Fraser Heights 4.6 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Same region, same survey: Port Mann’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Port Mann shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Port Mann
What is the life expectancy in Port Mann?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Port Mann’s health region only: 85.8 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022/2024).
How is Port Mann’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Port Mann has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Port Mann?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How far is Port Mann from a hospital?
Residents of Port Mann have a clinic 2.2 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.4 km away, in straight lines.
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).