Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Brokenhead’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 3.0 years: life expectancy 78.5
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital is 9.9 km from the average resident of Brokenhead, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Brokenhead is C−, #174 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,417 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Brokenhead
A region that smokes more
Around Brokenhead, 14% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Brokenhead, a pharmacy is 23 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Brokenhead live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (10 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 29% report high blood pressure and 9.8% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Brokenhead grades C− 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: #174 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,417 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.
29% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.8% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 43%, tops Manitoba (36%). More adults drink heavily, 29% to the province’s 21%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Getting to hospital from Brokenhead: 9.9 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Brokenhead’s own, not the region’s.
Brokenhead is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Manitoba, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. Few clinics are listed in Manitoba, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
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.
0.9 more years of life than regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Brokenhead’s region’s dot is above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 3.9 on the index, the line expects 77.6 years; Brokenhead’s region reaches 78.5. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 78.5 years. Higher incomes, shorter lives: about $84,000 a household, above most regions’, with a life expectancy below most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 regions in Manitoba
Regional life expectancy in Manitoba, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 4th of 5 in Manitoba: the regions span 68.5 to 80.7 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Brokenhead’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
49% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Manitoba (52%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health looks weaker than in the province: 49% rate it very good or excellent, against 52% in Manitoba, and 17% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Brokenhead is 30th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,814 to 6,048 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Central Frederick ON A | 5,895 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Boyle Street AB B+ | 5,862 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 28 | Val-David QC A+ | 5,920 | 6.7 km | 60% |
| 29 | Redcliff AB B− | 5,916 | 7.2 km | 52% |
| 30 | Brokenhead MB C− | 5,931 | 9.9 km | 50% |
| 31 | Richelieu QC A | 6,048 | 11 km | 55% |
| 32 | Sainte-Martine QC A | 5,884 | 11 km | 55% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Brokenhead
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokenhead | 9.9 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
| Beausejour 10 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 78.5 | C |
| St. Clements 16 km | 13 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
| Selkirk 18 km | 1.9 km | 50% | 78.5 | C |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Brokenhead from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Beausejour live nearer a hospital, at 0.7 km against 9.9 km in Brokenhead.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Brokenhead shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
Questions about health in Brokenhead
What is the life expectancy in Brokenhead?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.3 for women, 76.0 for men around Brokenhead (2022/2024).
How is Brokenhead’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Brokenhead: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Brokenhead from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Brokenhead is 23 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How healthy is Brokenhead?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
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).