Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Health in Killarney beats 96% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.7 km from the average resident of Killarney, about the norm of 3.7 km. Killarney grades A+ for health, #39 of 254 in British Columbia and #183 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Killarney
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Killarney is well below the typical town’s; 4.4% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Less chronic illness
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 Killarney, 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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 21 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.6 km off, Killarney is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Killarney 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: #39 of 254 in British Columbia and #183 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 6.1%
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
Self-reported obesity, 17%, trails British Columbia (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.
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
Among the 16 regions in British Columbia, from 76.6 to 86.8 years, this one is 4th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Killarney 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 Killarney, a hospital is 2.7 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Killarney, weighted by who lives there.
Killarney is closer in than the provincial norm of 4.4 km in British Columbia, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
The region lives 1.0 years less than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Killarney’s dot is marked, under the line.
Deprivation accounts for much of the spread between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), but not for all of Killarney’s region’s: 83.3 years where the line expects 84.3 at 2.0. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 83.5 years. Its towns’ household income, about $82,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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: 52% to 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
Mental health trails British Columbia: 46% very good or excellent to 49%, with 27% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Killarney is 21st of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (30,364 to 34,129 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 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% |
| 19 | Du Moulin QC B+ | 30,364 | 2.6 km | 55% |
| 20 | Grimsby ON C+ | 31,478 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 21 | Killarney BC A+ | 32,167 | 2.7 km | 50% |
| 22 | Saint-Georges QC A | 33,881 | 2.8 km | 59% |
| 23 | Alma QC A | 30,659 | 2.8 km | 66% |
| 40 | Rockland ON C | 30,375 | 15 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Killarney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 2.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Collingwood 2.0 km | 1.8 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Victoria-Fraserview 2.1 km | 1.4 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Norquay Village 2.5 km | 1.6 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Metrotown 2.7 km | 2.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| South Slope 2.8 km | 4.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Garden Village 2.9 km | 1.4 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
Across a regional line, Metrotown has its own figures: life expectancy 84.4, against 83.3 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Killarney itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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 Killarney
How is Killarney’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Killarney’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Killarney?
There is no figure for Killarney alone; its health region’s is 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Killarney?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 13% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Killarney from a hospital?
Residents of Killarney have a clinic 2.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.6 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).