Photo: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada · Public domainExpect 68.5 years of life in the region around Thompson, 13.0 under the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 40% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Manitoba as a whole reaches 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Thompson is well placed: 1.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Thompson grades D for health, #180 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,489 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Thompson
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
Regions scoring 4.9 on the deprivation index typically live 74.1 years; Thompson’s region, at 68.5, falls short. For its deprivation ↓
Less upbeat about their health
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 ↓
More chronic illness
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 ↓
More smokers
Around Thompson, 9.6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Thompson 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: #180 of 185 in Manitoba and #2,489 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.
5.6 fewer years of life than regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Thompson’s dot is marked, under the line.
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 4.9 would suggest 74.1 years, but Thompson’s region stops at 68.5. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 9 still live longer, with 77.2 years in the middle.
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%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health trails Manitoba: 44% very good or excellent to 52%, with 31% facing stressful days.
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%)
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
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 1.5 km from the average home in Thompson
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Thompson’s own, not the region’s.
Thompson is closer in 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 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
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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Thompson’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Thompson is 10th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 12,661 to 13,184 people, median 2.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor ON A | 12,888 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | Regent Park ON A | 12,797 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Downtown AB B+ | 12,880 | 0.9 km | 51% |
| 8 | View Royal BC A+ | 12,795 | 1.4 km | 55% |
| 9 | Lakeview AB A+ | 12,799 | 1.4 km | 56% |
| 10 | Thompson MB D | 12,917 | 1.5 km | 40% |
| 11 | Centre-Ville QC B+ | 12,981 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 12 | Westboro ON A+ | 12,899 | 1.7 km | 56% |
| 40 | Sainte-Julienne QC B | 12,990 | 21 km | 56% |
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. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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 Thompson 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Thompson
How healthy is Thompson?
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 Thompson?
For the health region that includes Thompson, women can expect 70.5 years and men 66.9 (2022/2024).
How far is Thompson from a hospital?
For everyday care, Thompson’s residents are 435 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Thompson’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Thompson 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).