Cross Lake 19 scores below almost every Canadian town for health
Across the region, 40% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Manitoba as a whole reaches 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is 70 km from the average resident of Cross Lake 19, and 100% live more than 30 km away. Cross Lake 19 is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. People on reserves are outside the survey’s sample: the figures here are the surrounding region’s, and don’t describe Cross Lake 19 itself. The Health grade for Cross Lake 19 is D−.
What stands out about health in Cross Lake 19
A region where lives run shorter
Cross Lake 19’s region sits 13.0 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 16.5 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Life expectancy under the deprivation trend
Cross Lake 19’s region falls short of what its deprivation score of 4.9 predicts: 68.5 years against 74.1. For its deprivation ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Cross Lake 19’s own health question: 100% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 70 km. Getting care ↓
Fewer people feeling well
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 11.4 points under the typical Canadian town’s, and 41% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
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.
Cross Lake 19 grades D− 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.
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.
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Manitoba
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Manitoba, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Last of the 5 regions in Manitoba: the highest figure is 80.7, 12.2 years above the lowest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Cross Lake 19’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.
5.6 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Cross Lake 19’s region’s dot is under the line.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 4.9 would suggest 74.1 years, but Cross Lake 19’s region stops at 68.5. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (9 of 10), with a median of 77.2.
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.
From Cross Lake 19, a hospital is 70 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Cross Lake 19, weighted by who lives there.
Cross Lake 19 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.
Self-rated health trails Manitoba: 41% very good or excellent, against 52%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is behind Manitoba, 44% very good or excellent to 52%; 31% 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.
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 14%
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
More adults report obesity than across Manitoba: 64%, the province 36%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Health in the places around Cross Lake 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Lake 19 | 70 km | 40% | 68.5 | D− |
| Cross Lake 19A 5.4 km | 74 km | 40% | 68.5 | D− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Cross Lake 19’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Cross Lake 19 itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Cross Lake 19
How healthy is Cross Lake 19?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 22%.
What is the life expectancy in Cross Lake 19?
For the health region that includes Cross Lake 19, women can expect 70.5 years and men 66.9 (2022/2024).
How far is Cross Lake 19 from a hospital?
Residents of Cross Lake 19 have a pharmacy 359 km away on average, in a straight line.
How is Cross Lake 19’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cross Lake 19 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. As a First Nations reserve it gets no overall grade, and the survey doesn’t interview people on reserves, so the regional figures don’t describe it.
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).