Photo: Felspar13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Reynolds trails 94% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. What sets Reynolds apart within its region is distance: 38 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 66% of residents. Reynolds grades D for health.
What stands out about health in Reynolds
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Reynolds, a child can expect 3.0 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A long way to hospital
For 66% of homes in Reynolds the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 42 km. Getting care ↓
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Reynolds is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies far off
Picking up a prescription in Reynolds takes a trip of 27 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. 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.
Reynolds 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.
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
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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Reynolds’ 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.
Getting to hospital from Reynolds: 38 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Reynolds, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 3.1 km for the typical town in Manitoba and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Reynolds is on the far side. 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.
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
More adults report obesity than across Manitoba: 43%, the province 36%. At 29%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 21%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 0.9 years more here
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Reynolds’ region shows above 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 3.9, Reynolds’ region would be expected to reach 77.6 years; it reaches 78.5. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 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.
Self-rated health trails Manitoba: 49% 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
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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Reynolds alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
Questions about health in Reynolds
How far is Reynolds from a hospital?
For everyday care, Reynolds’ residents are 27 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Reynolds?
For the health region that includes Reynolds, women can expect 81.3 years and men 76.0 (2022/2024).
How is Reynolds’ Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Reynolds: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Reynolds?
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).