Photo: Sebbby98 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tsawwassen scores better for health than 88% 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 is 6.4 km from the average resident of Tsawwassen, further than the usual 3.7 km. Tsawwassen grades A for health, #94 of 254 in British Columbia and #751 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Tsawwassen
Fewer smokers
Around Tsawwassen, only 5.6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Tsawwassen’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 Tsawwassen can reach 6.0 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.7 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.
Tsawwassen 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: #94 of 254 in British Columbia and #751 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.
16% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.7% diabetes
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 regions in British Columbia
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
Life expectancy in British Columbia runs from 76.6 to 86.8; this region sits 5th of the 16.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Tsawwassen’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Tsawwassen, a hospital is 6.4 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Tsawwassen’s own, not the region’s.
From Tsawwassen that is further 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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Tsawwassen’s region’s dot is close to the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Tsawwassen’s region fits it, 83.2 years at 2.3 against the line’s 83.4. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, 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 close to the province’s: 51% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 23% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Tsawwassen is 18th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,587 to 2,671 people, median 7.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 3 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 16 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley BC B− | 2,597 | 5.5 km | 47% |
| 17 | Westmeria ON B | 2,646 | 5.6 km | 53% |
| 18 | Tsawwassen BC A | 2,629 | 6.4 km | 50% |
| 19 | Grand Manan NB C− | 2,648 | 6.9 km | 43% |
| 20 | Lambeth ON B+ | 2,609 | 7.1 km | 52% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Tsawwassen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsawwassen | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Delta 11 km | 5.2 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Richmond 14 km | 2.8 km | 48% | 86.8 | A |
| Crescent Heights 17 km | 5.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Ocean Park 17 km | 4.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Colebrook 18 km | 8.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Strawberry Hill 19 km | 5.5 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Across a regional line, Richmond has its own figures: life expectancy 86.8, against 83.2 here. Richmond is the closest to care, 2.8 km to Tsawwassen’s 6.4 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Tsawwassen alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Tsawwassen
How is Tsawwassen’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Tsawwassen 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 Tsawwassen?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Tsawwassen’s health region only: 85.8 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Tsawwassen?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Tsawwassen from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Tsawwassen live: 6.7 km to a clinic, 0.7 km to a pharmacy.
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).