Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Health in Fairview beats almost every Canadian town
In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Fairview is well placed: 0.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Fairview is A+, #11 of 254 in British Columbia and #57 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Fairview
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Fairview is well below the typical town’s; 4.4% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 16% of adults, diabetes for 6.1%. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Fairview, a child can expect 1.8 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.8 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Fairview is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.5 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.
Fairview 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: #11 of 254 in British Columbia and #57 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 6.1% diabetes
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Fewer adults report obesity than across British Columbia: 17%, the province 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.
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
This region is 4th 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 Fairview’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Fairview, a hospital is 0.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Fairview’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Fairview are closer than most of the province: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital, 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.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.0 years behind the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Fairview’s region’s dot is under the line.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 2.0 about 84.3 years of life. Fairview’s region falls short of it, at 83.3. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 83.5 years. The towns here bring in about $82,000 a household, below the typical region, while living longer than it; that is why income, which correlates at just 0.14 with life expectancy across regions, isn’t the measure.
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.
52% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia (50%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is behind British Columbia, 46% very good or excellent to 49%; 27% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Fairview comes 3rd of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 31,627 to 36,537 people, median 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centretown ON A+ | 32,035 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 2 | Sainte-Marie QC A | 33,699 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 3 | Fairview BC A+ | 33,969 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 4 | Savane QC A | 32,028 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 5 | West Humber-Clairville ON A | 33,690 | 1.3 km | 50% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Fairview
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Granville Entertainment District 1.5 km | 0.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Kitsilano 1.7 km | 2.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Yaletown 2.0 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| South Cambie 2.0 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Davie Village 2.0 km | 0.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Shaughnessy 2.2 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Fairview from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Fairview itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Fairview
How is Fairview’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Fairview’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Fairview?
There is no figure for Fairview alone; its health region’s is 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Fairview?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How far is Fairview from a hospital?
For everyday care, Fairview’s residents are 0.3 km from a pharmacy and 0.4 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).