Health in Split Lake 171 trails 98% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 40% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Manitoba as a whole reaches 51%. For Split Lake 171 itself the measure is access, and it lags: 18 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. As a First Nations reserve, Split Lake 171 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 Split Lake 171 itself. Split Lake 171 grades D− for health.
What stands out about health in Split Lake 171
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Split Lake 171, 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
Regions scoring 4.9 on the deprivation index typically live 74.1 years; Split Lake 171’s region, at 68.5, falls short. For its deprivation ↓
Self-rated health runs low
Even once age is allowed for, 11.4 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (41% as answered). Health survey ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (14%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Split Lake 171 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.
How the 5 health regions in Manitoba compare on life expectancy
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
Last of the 5 regions in Manitoba: the highest figure is 80.7, 12.2 years above the lowest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Split Lake 171’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.
5.6 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Split Lake 171’s region is below the line.
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 4.9, Split Lake 171’s region’s 68.5 years sit under the line’s 74.1. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 9 of 10; their median is 77.2 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.
41% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Manitoba (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 weaker than in the province: 44% rate it very good or excellent, against 52% in Manitoba, and 31% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
In the region, high blood pressure (23%) and diabetes (14%)
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, 64%, 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.
The nearest hospital is 18 km from the average home in Split Lake 171
Straight-line distances from each part of Split Lake 171, weighted by who lives there.
Split Lake 171 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Split Lake 171 alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
Questions about health in Split Lake 171
How healthy is Split Lake 171?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 22% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Split Lake 171?
There is no figure for Split Lake 171 alone; its health region’s is 70.5 for women and 66.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Split Lake 171’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Split Lake 171 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town. As a First Nations reserve it gets no overall grade, and the survey doesn’t interview people on reserves, so the regional figures don’t describe it.
How far is Split Lake 171 from a hospital?
For everyday care, Split Lake 171’s residents are 552 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).