Photo: Pearson Singbeil Montgomery · CC BY-SA 4.0Lives run shorter around Booth: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.9 km from the average resident of Booth, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Booth a grade of B+, #9 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,221 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Booth
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Booth is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Booth grades B+ 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: #9 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,221 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.
The nearest hospital is 0.9 km from the average home in Booth
Straight-line distances from each part of Booth, weighted by who lives there.
From Booth 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Booth’s dot is marked, close to the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Booth’s region fits it, 80.0 years at 3.3 against the line’s 79.9. Even beside regions as deprived, it lags: 6 of its 10 closest matches reach further, their median 81.2 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.
20% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.6% diabetes
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Manitoba: 32%, the province 36%.
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
Life expectancy in Manitoba runs from 68.5 to 80.7; this region sits 2nd of the 5.
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; Booth’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.
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba (52%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Asked about their mental health, 51% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Manitoba it was 52%, and 21% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Booth is 3rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,825 to 9,215 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corktown ON B+ | 8,952 | 0.3 km | 53% |
| 2 | North Central SK B+ | 9,124 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Booth MB B+ | 9,016 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 4 | Munroe East MB B+ | 8,873 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 5 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC A+ | 8,882 | 1.1 km | 62% |
| 40 | Kimberley BC B− | 9,037 | 24 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Booth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth | 0.9 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Silver Heights 1.2 km | 1.7 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Heritage Park 1.4 km | 1.2 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Sturgeon Creek 1.6 km | 1.0 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Kirkfield 1.7 km | 1.4 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Westwood 2.4 km | 2.0 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Deer Lodge 2.4 km | 3.1 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
The neighbours all sit in Booth’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Booth shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Booth
How is Booth’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Booth’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Booth?
There is no figure for Booth alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Booth from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Booth is 1.0 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How healthy is Booth?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 18% of adults.
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).