Photo: eileenmak · CC BY 2.051% of adults around Morden rate their health very good or excellent
Across the region, life runs to 80.7 years on average: women 82.9, men 78.7, in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is 14 km from the average resident of Morden, further than the usual 3.7 km. Morden grades C+ for health, #154 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,134 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Morden
Far from a hospital
Residents of Morden live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (14 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 3.7 on the deprivation index typically live 78.3 years; Morden’s region, at 80.7, does better. For its deprivation ↓
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.
Morden 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: #154 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,134 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.
2.4 years above the line for regions this deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Morden’s, lies over the trend.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 3.7, Morden’s region would be expected to reach 78.3 years; it reaches 80.7. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes first; their median is 78.2 years.
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 Morden, a hospital is 14 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Morden, weighted by who lives there.
Morden 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (8.3%)
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, 40%, tops Manitoba (36%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 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
Top of the 5 regions in Manitoba: the lowest figure is 68.5, 12.2 years below the highest.
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; Morden’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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Manitoba: 52% and 52%
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 better than in the province too: 56% rate it very good or excellent, against 52% in Manitoba, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Morden is 35th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (11,355 to 11,808 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton-Parc QC A | 11,369 | 0.2 km | 54% |
| 2 | New Toronto ON A | 11,502 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Banff AB A+ | 11,402 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 33 | Ramara ON B | 11,551 | 12 km | 54% |
| 34 | Cardinal Creek ON A | 11,676 | 13 km | 56% |
| 35 | Morden MB C+ | 11,578 | 14 km | 51% |
| 36 | Martensville SK B | 11,808 | 15 km | 49% |
| 37 | Drayton ON B | 11,518 | 15 km | 51% |
| 40 | Chester NS D− | 11,740 | 25 km | 44% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Morden
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Every place around Morden shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Residents of Winkler live nearer a hospital, at 4.6 km against 14 km in Morden.
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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Morden itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Morden
How is Morden’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Morden’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Morden from a hospital?
Residents of Morden have a pharmacy 1.2 km away on average, in a straight line.
What is the life expectancy in Morden?
Women in Morden’s region live to 82.9 on average and men to 78.7, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Morden?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 19%.
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).