Photo: DJ Cane · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Sunnyside beats 92% 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%. Measured from where Sunnyside’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.2 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Sunnyside grades A for health, #59 of 254 in British Columbia and #462 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sunnyside
Fewer smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Sunnyside is well below the typical town’s; 5.6% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Sunnyside’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 ↓
Long-term conditions run low
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 Sunnyside can reach 12 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.5 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.
Sunnyside 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: #59 of 254 in British Columbia and #462 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (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.
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Sunnyside 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.
From Sunnyside, a hospital is 2.2 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Sunnyside, weighted by who lives there.
From Sunnyside that is nearer than the 4.4 km of the typical town in British Columbia, and the 3.7 km of 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
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Sunnyside’s region comes out on the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.3, the expected figure is 83.4 years, and Sunnyside’s region matches it closely with 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.
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
Asked about their mental health, 51% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 23% reported most days stressful.
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: Sunnyside comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (16,354 to 17,269 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.1 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% |
| 20 | Humbermede ON A | 16,959 | 2.0 km | 50% |
| 21 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 16,400 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 22 | Sunnyside BC A | 16,784 | 2.2 km | 50% |
| 23 | St.Andrew-Windfields ON A | 17,005 | 2.3 km | 50% |
| 24 | Kennedy Park ON A | 17,156 | 2.5 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 Sunnyside
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 2.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre 1.7 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| South Surrey 1.9 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Grandview 2.1 km | 3.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Morgan Creek 2.1 km | 4.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Anderson Walk 2.2 km | 4.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| White Rock 2.6 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Sunnyside from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Sunnyside itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Sunnyside
How is Sunnyside’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside?
Women in Sunnyside’s region live to 85.8 on average and men to 80.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Sunnyside?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Sunnyside from a hospital?
For everyday care, Sunnyside’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 0.6 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).