Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0For health, Marpole is ahead of 96% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%. For Marpole itself the measure is access: 3.5 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Marpole a grade of A+, #43 of 254 in British Columbia and #202 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Marpole
A region that smokes less
Around Marpole, only 4.4% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. 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 Marpole, 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 ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 15 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.4 km off, Marpole is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Marpole 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: #43 of 254 in British Columbia and #202 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 16 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
Life expectancy in British Columbia runs from 76.6 to 86.8; this region sits 4th of the 16.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Marpole’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.
The nearest hospital is 3.5 km from the average home in Marpole
Straight-line distances from each part of Marpole, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Marpole is ordinary: 4.4 km is the typical figure in British Columbia, 3.7 km for 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 predicts more: the region falls 1.0 years short of the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Marpole’s, lies beneath the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Marpole’s region, at 2.0, should live about 84.3 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 83.3. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 83.5. On income alone, around $82,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 52% and 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Marpole comes 23rd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (27,031 to 29,234 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montagne QC A | 28,569 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Parc-Kent QC A | 27,291 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 3 | Marie-Victorin QC A | 28,904 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 21 | Duberger—Les Saules QC A+ | 27,419 | 2.8 km | 62% |
| 22 | Agincourt North ON A | 27,790 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 23 | Marpole BC A+ | 28,182 | 3.5 km | 50% |
| 24 | Thetford Mines QC A | 27,155 | 3.7 km | 59% |
| 25 | Squamish BC A+ | 28,578 | 3.7 km | 59% |
| 40 | Amherstburg ON B− | 27,509 | 19 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Marpole
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marpole | 3.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Oakridge 1.8 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Sunset 2.8 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Kerrisdale 2.9 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Shaughnessy 3.7 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| South Cambie 4.1 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Riley Park 4.3 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Marpole from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Marpole shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Marpole
How is Marpole’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 Marpole’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Marpole?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 86.5 for women, 80.2 for men around Marpole (2022/2024).
How healthy is Marpole?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 13%.
How far is Marpole from a hospital?
Residents of Marpole have a clinic 1.1 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.4 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).