On health, Cross Lake 19A falls short of almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 40% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Manitoba as a whole reaches 51%. Measured from where Cross Lake 19A’s residents live, a hospital is 74 km away on average and 100% of them are over 30 km out. As a First Nations reserve, Cross Lake 19A can be graded for health but gets no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. People on reserves are outside the survey’s sample: the figures here are the surrounding region’s, and don’t describe Cross Lake 19A itself. The Health grade for Cross Lake 19A is D−.
What stands out about health in Cross Lake 19A
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Cross Lake 19A, a child can expect 13.0 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 16.5 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Shorter lives than its deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 4.9, the trend across regions gives 74.1 years of life; Cross Lake 19A’s region reaches only 68.5. For its deprivation ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Cross Lake 19A’s own health question: 100% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 74 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Cross Lake 19A 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
This is the shortest-lived of the 5 regions in Manitoba, 12.2 years behind the first at 80.7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Cross Lake 19A’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 5.6 years short of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Cross Lake 19A’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 19A’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 19A, a hospital is 74 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Cross Lake 19A, weighted by who lives there.
Cross Lake 19A is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Manitoba, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in Manitoba: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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.
41% 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
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Manitoba (44% against 52%), while 31% call most days 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
At 64%, self-reported obesity is above Manitoba’s 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 19A
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 19A | 74 km | 40% | 68.5 | D− |
| Cross Lake 19 5.4 km | 70 km | 40% | 68.5 | D− |
The neighbours all sit in Cross Lake 19A’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Cross Lake 19A shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- 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.
Questions about health in Cross Lake 19A
How healthy is Cross Lake 19A?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 22% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Cross Lake 19A?
There is no figure for Cross Lake 19A alone; its health region’s is 70.5 for women and 66.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Cross Lake 19A from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Cross Lake 19A is 364 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How is Cross Lake 19A’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cross Lake 19A has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. Being a First Nations reserve, it has no overall grade or ranking, and its regional survey figures come from people living off reserve.
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).