Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Strathcona scores better for health than 97% 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%. What sets Strathcona apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Strathcona is A+, #32 of 254 in British Columbia and #141 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Strathcona
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Strathcona is well below the typical town’s; 4.4% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (6.1%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Strathcona runs 1.8 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.8 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 72 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.3 km off, Strathcona 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.
Strathcona 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: #32 of 254 in British Columbia and #141 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
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.
Life expectancy across the 16 health 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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Strathcona 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 Strathcona, a hospital is 2.2 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Strathcona, weighted by who lives there.
Strathcona 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.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 1.0 years behind the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Strathcona’s, lies beneath the trend.
Where residents average 2.0 on the index, regions tend to reach 84.3 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Strathcona belongs to trails 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. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $82,000, less than in most regions, yet lives here are longer than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 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 looks weaker than in the province: 46% rate it very good or excellent, against 49% in British Columbia, and 27% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Strathcona is 18th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (13,494 to 14,119 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Sillery QC A+ | 13,950 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 3 | Vanier QC A+ | 13,494 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 16 | Wetaskiwin AB C+ | 13,703 | 2.0 km | 52% |
| 17 | Oakridge BC A+ | 14,071 | 2.0 km | 50% |
| 18 | Strathcona BC A+ | 13,783 | 2.2 km | 50% |
| 19 | Wychwood ON A | 13,828 | 2.4 km | 50% |
| 20 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC A+ | 13,581 | 2.7 km | 66% |
| 40 | Saint-Amable QC A− | 14,119 | 17 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Strathcona
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | 2.2 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Yaletown 1.7 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Mount Pleasant 1.7 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Grandview-Woodland 1.8 km | 2.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Granville Entertainment District 2.4 km | 0.5 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Coal Harbour 2.8 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
| Little Saigon 3.1 km | 1.3 km | 50% | 83.3 | A+ |
Every place around Strathcona shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Strathcona alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Strathcona
How is Strathcona’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Strathcona: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Strathcona?
There is no figure for Strathcona alone; its health region’s is 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Strathcona?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How far is Strathcona from a hospital?
For everyday care, Strathcona’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).