Photo: Wpcpey · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Shaughnessy beats 98% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%. Measured from where Shaughnessy’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Shaughnessy grades A+ for health, #17 of 254 in British Columbia and #66 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Shaughnessy
A region that smokes less
Around Shaughnessy, only 4.4% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 16% report high blood pressure and 6.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Shaughnessy, 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 ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Shaughnessy; from its centre of population the trip is 0.6 km. 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.
Shaughnessy 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: #17 of 254 in British Columbia and #66 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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Shaughnessy 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 Shaughnessy, a hospital is 1.0 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Shaughnessy, weighted by who lives there.
From Shaughnessy 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.
Behind regions as deprived by 1.0 years of life
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Shaughnessy’s region comes out below the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.0, the expected figure is 84.3 years, and Shaughnessy’s region falls below with 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. Judged by income, around $82,000 a household, the region would look poorly placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one outlives most.
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
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.
Shaughnessy is 4th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (7,910 to 8,158 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadview BC A | 8,008 | 0.6 km | 48% |
| 2 | Wolseley MB B+ | 8,127 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 3 | Queen Mary Park AB B+ | 7,958 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 4 | Shaughnessy BC A+ | 8,034 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 5 | Drayton Valley AB C+ | 8,047 | 1.1 km | 52% |
| 6 | Killarney/Glengarry AB A+ | 7,935 | 1.1 km | 56% |
| 40 | Clare NS D− | 8,020 | 38 km | 44% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Shaughnessy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaughnessy | 1.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| South Cambie 1.4 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Arbutus Ridge 1.9 km | 2.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Oakridge 2.1 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Fairview 2.2 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Riley Park 2.3 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Kerrisdale 2.4 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Shaughnessy’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Shaughnessy itself is the trip to care.
- 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. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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.
Questions about health in Shaughnessy
What is the life expectancy in Shaughnessy?
Women in Shaughnessy’s region live to 86.5 on average and men to 80.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Shaughnessy’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Shaughnessy’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Shaughnessy?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How far is Shaughnessy from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.1 km from the average resident of Shaughnessy and a pharmacy 0.8 km, as the crow flies.
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).