Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0People in Burrows Central’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town
Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.2 km from the average resident of Burrows Central, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Burrows Central grades B+ for health, #47 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,340 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Burrows Central
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 5.0 out of 5, Burrows Central sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Burrows Central can reach 13 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.5 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Burrows Central 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: #47 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,340 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 2.2 km from the average home in Burrows Central
Straight-line distances from each part of Burrows Central, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Burrows Central is ordinary: 3.1 km is the typical figure in Manitoba, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town. 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
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, 2nd 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Burrows Central’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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Burrows Central’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 3.3 about 79.9 years; Burrows Central’s region’s 80.0 is within a year of it. 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (20%) and diabetes (8.6%)
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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 32% of adults against 36% for Manitoba.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
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
On mental health the region tracks Manitoba, 51% very good or excellent to 52%; 21% 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: Burrows Central comes 15th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,456 to 5,676 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 13 | Riverdale AB B+ | 5,490 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 14 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC A | 5,457 | 2.2 km | 55% |
| 15 | Burrows Central MB B+ | 5,565 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 16 | Kilkenny AB B+ | 5,481 | 2.6 km | 51% |
| 17 | Huron South ON A | 5,555 | 2.9 km | 53% |
| 40 | Gananoque ON C | 5,568 | 28 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Burrows Central
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows Central | 2.2 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Shaughnessy Park 0.9 km | 2.6 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Robertson 1.0 km | 2.5 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Inkster-Faraday 1.2 km | 2.6 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| William Whyte 1.8 km | 1.7 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Burrows-Keewatin 2.0 km | 3.4 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Weston 2.1 km | 2.1 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Burrows Central’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Burrows Central itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Burrows Central
What is the life expectancy in Burrows Central?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.5 for women, 77.5 for men around Burrows Central (2022/2024).
How is Burrows Central’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Burrows Central’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Burrows Central from a hospital?
Residents of Burrows Central have a pharmacy 0.5 km away on average, in a straight line.
How healthy is Burrows Central?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).