Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0People in Roblin’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital is 6.2 km from the average resident of Roblin, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Roblin is C+, #161 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,184 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Roblin
More smokers
Smoking is commoner around Roblin than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 10% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies far off
Picking up a prescription in Roblin takes a trip of 52 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
Deprivation runs high
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Roblin at 4.4 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
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.
Roblin 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: #161 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,184 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (7.9%)
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%). More adults drink heavily, 24% 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 Roblin: 6.2 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Roblin’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 3.1 km for the typical town in Manitoba and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Roblin is on the far side. Homes are spread out: from the town’s centre of population the hospital is 1.1 km, while the average resident is 6.2 km away. 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.
Life expectancy across the 5 health 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
The region comes 3rd of 5 in Manitoba, where life expectancy runs from 68.5 to 80.7 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Roblin’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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Roblin’s region comes out on the trend.
At 3.5 on the index, regions tend to reach 79.0 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Roblin belongs to reaches 78.8. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 78.9 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.
Self-rated health much as in Manitoba: 51% to 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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Manitoba (54% against 52%), while 20% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Roblin comes 20th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,130 to 3,240 people, median 6.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blakeley ON B+ | 3,151 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Cedar Hill ON A | 3,190 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 3 | St. Clair ON B+ | 3,201 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 18 | Crystallina Nera West AB B | 3,150 | 4.8 km | 51% |
| 19 | Enniskillen ON C+ | 3,174 | 5.6 km | 49% |
| 20 | Roblin MB C+ | 3,184 | 6.2 km | 51% |
| 21 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON B+ | 3,196 | 7.5 km | 52% |
| 22 | Chalk River ON C+ | 3,147 | 7.6 km | 50% |
| 40 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC B | 3,190 | 28 km | 61% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Roblin alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
Questions about health in Roblin
How is Roblin’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Roblin’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Roblin?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Roblin’s health region only: 81.2 years for women and 76.6 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Roblin from a hospital?
For everyday care, Roblin’s residents are 52 km from a pharmacy on average.
How healthy is Roblin?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
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).