People in Luxton’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. For Luxton itself the measure is access: 3.4 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Luxton a grade of B+, #79 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,439 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Luxton
Deprivation runs high
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Luxton’s neighbourhoods average 4.8 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Luxton can reach 11 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.
Luxton 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: #79 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,439 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.
Getting to hospital from Luxton: 3.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Luxton, weighted by who lives there.
Against 3.1 km for the typical town in Manitoba and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Luxton sits near the middle. 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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Luxton itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Luxton’s region comes out on the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Luxton’s region fits it, 80.0 years at 3.3 against the line’s 79.9. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (6 of 10, 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Manitoba: 53% and 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 is no outlier: 51% say very good or excellent (Manitoba: 52%) and 21% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Luxton comes 18th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,002 to 3,092 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tisdale SK C− | 3,052 | 0.7 km | 47% |
| 2 | Princeton BC B+ | 3,050 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON A+ | 3,056 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 16 | Bainbridge BC A | 3,015 | 3.1 km | 48% |
| 17 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON A | 3,030 | 3.2 km | 56% |
| 18 | Luxton MB B+ | 3,047 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 19 | Glengarry AB B | 3,087 | 3.4 km | 51% |
| 20 | Poplar Park ON B | 3,031 | 3.9 km | 53% |
| 40 | Elkford BC B− | 3,030 | 55 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Luxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxton | 3.4 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| St. John's 0.7 km | 2.8 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Seven Oaks 1.3 km | 3.2 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Munroe West 1.6 km | 2.6 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Chalmers 1.6 km | 2.9 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| North Point Douglas 1.7 km | 2.1 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Jefferson 1.8 km | 2.3 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
One health region covers Luxton and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Luxton’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Luxton
How is Luxton’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Luxton’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Luxton?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Luxton’s health region only: 82.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Luxton from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 0.5 km from the average resident of Luxton, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
How healthy is Luxton?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. 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).