Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Life expectancy around The Pas is 68.5 years, 13.0 less than for the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 40%, behind the 51% for Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.1 km from the average resident of The Pas, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for The Pas is D, #179 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,477 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in The Pas
Life expectancy short of what deprivation predicts
Set against regions as deprived (4.9), The Pas’ region loses years: 68.5 where the trend says 74.1. 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
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 23% of adults, diabetes for 14%. Conditions and habits ↓
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around The Pas is well above the typical town’s; 9.6% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
The Pas 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. Its place: #179 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,477 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.
Behind regions as deprived by 5.6 years of life
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; The Pas’ region’s dot is under the line.
Where residents average 4.9 on the index, regions tend to reach 74.1 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one The Pas belongs to trails at 68.5. It is outlived by 9 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose 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.
Self-rated health trails Manitoba: 41% very good or excellent, against 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
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Manitoba (44% against 52%), while 31% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
At 64%, self-reported obesity is above Manitoba’s 36%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
From The Pas, a hospital is 1.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of The Pas, weighted by who lives there.
From The Pas that is nearer than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Manitoba, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. The clinic list is thin in Manitoba: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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.
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
No region of the 5 in Manitoba has shorter lives than this one; the longest-lived reaches 80.7, a gap of 12.2 years.
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; The Pas’ 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: The Pas comes 5th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,542 to 5,729 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Bankview AB A+ | 5,610 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 4 | Smithers BC C− | 5,627 | 1.0 km | 42% |
| 5 | The Pas MB D | 5,634 | 1.1 km | 40% |
| 6 | Wolfville NS C− | 5,587 | 1.2 km | 44% |
| 7 | Armstrong BC B+ | 5,643 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 40 | Chertsey QC B | 5,678 | 30 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around The Pas
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pas | 1.1 km | 40% | 68.5 | D |
| Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E 3.8 km | 3.2 km | 40% | 68.5 | D |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized 19 km | 32 km | 40% | 68.5 | D− |
Same region, same survey: The Pas’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Division No. 21, Unorganized live further from a hospital, at 32 km against 1.1 km in The Pas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for The Pas itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
Questions about health in The Pas
How healthy is The Pas?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 22%.
What is the life expectancy in The Pas?
For the health region that includes The Pas, women can expect 70.5 years and men 66.9 (2022/2024).
How far is The Pas from a hospital?
Residents of The Pas have a pharmacy 131 km away on average, in a straight line.
How is The Pas’ Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so The Pas has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).