Photo: RockyRoller · CC BY-SA 4.0People in Stonewall’s health region live to 78.5 on average, 3.0 years short of the typical Canadian town
Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. For Stonewall itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Stonewall a grade of C, #168 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,266 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Stonewall
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Stonewall is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 29% of adults, diabetes for 9.8%. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Stonewall; from its centre of population the trip is 0.4 km. 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.
Stonewall 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: #168 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,266 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.
The nearest hospital is 0.7 km from the average home in Stonewall
Straight-line distances from each part of Stonewall, 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, Stonewall is on the near 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 0.9 years
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Stonewall’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
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, Stonewall’s region would be expected to reach 77.6 years; it reaches 78.5. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 78.5. A household income of about $84,000, high for a region, doesn’t come with longer lives here; across regions the two barely move together (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.
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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Stonewall’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.
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: Stonewall comes 3rd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,339 to 5,542 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | West Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 5,386 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 4 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON A+ | 5,370 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 5 | Belgravia AB B+ | 5,478 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 40 | Central Frontenac ON B− | 5,348 | 41 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Stonewall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall | 0.7 km | 50% | 78.5 | C |
| Stony Mountain 11 km | 8.7 km | 50% | 78.5 | C− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Stonewall’s regional figures. Stony Mountain is the furthest from care, 8.7 km to Stonewall’s 0.7 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Stonewall shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Stonewall
What is the life expectancy in Stonewall?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.3 for women, 76.0 for men around Stonewall (2022/2024).
How is Stonewall’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Stonewall has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Stonewall?
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%.
How far is Stonewall from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Stonewall is 0.6 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
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).