Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lives run shorter around Selkirk: 78.5 years, 3.0 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Selkirk, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Selkirk grades C for health, #171 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,321 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Selkirk
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Selkirk than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 29% report high blood pressure and 9.8% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
More households under strain
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Selkirk at 5.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Selkirk 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: #171 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,321 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.
High blood pressure for 29% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.8%
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.
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
Of the 5 health regions in Manitoba, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 68.5 and a high of 80.7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Selkirk’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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 0.9 years
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Selkirk’s, lies over the trend.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Selkirk’s region beats it: 78.5 years against the 77.6 the trend gives a score of 3.9. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 78.5 years. Its towns’ household income, about $84,000, sits above most regions’ while its life expectancy sits below; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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.
The nearest hospital is 1.9 km from the average home in Selkirk
Straight-line distances from each part of Selkirk, weighted by who lives there.
From Selkirk that is nearer than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Manitoba, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. 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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Manitoba: 49% to 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, 49% very good or excellent to 52%; 17% 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Selkirk comes 11th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (11,339 to 11,804 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% |
| 9 | Williams Lake BC C+ | 11,462 | 1.7 km | 48% |
| 10 | William Whyte MB B+ | 11,432 | 1.7 km | 52% |
| 11 | Selkirk MB C | 11,570 | 1.9 km | 50% |
| 12 | Estevan SK C− | 11,391 | 1.9 km | 49% |
| 13 | South Cameron ON B+ | 11,804 | 1.9 km | 52% |
| 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 Selkirk
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 1.9 km | 50% | 78.5 | C |
| St. Clements 3.7 km | 13 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
| St. Andrews 8.1 km | 12 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
| Brokenhead 18 km | 9.9 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
| West St. Paul 19 km | 7.2 km | 52% | 80.0 | B |
West St. Paul falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 80.0 against 78.5 here. St. Clements is the furthest from care, 13 km to Selkirk’s 1.9 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Selkirk alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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 Selkirk
What is the life expectancy in Selkirk?
There is no figure for Selkirk alone; its health region’s is 81.3 for women and 76.0 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Selkirk?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Selkirk’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Selkirk’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Selkirk from a hospital?
For everyday care, Selkirk’s residents are 1.1 km from a pharmacy on average.
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).