Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around Minto, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). Measured from where Minto’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Minto is B+, #41 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,325 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Minto
Harder circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.5 out of 5, Minto sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Minto has 25 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Minto 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: #41 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,325 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 2.0 km from the average home in Minto
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Minto’s own, not the region’s.
From Minto that is nearer than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Manitoba, and the 3.7 km of 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.
Life expectancy across the 5 health 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
Ranked 2nd of 5 in Manitoba: the regions span 68.5 to 80.7 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Minto’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
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; Minto’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 3.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 79.9 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Minto belongs to reaches 80.0. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean longer-lived: 6 of them above it, a median of 81.2.
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.
High blood pressure for 20% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
At 32%, self-reported obesity is below 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.
Self-rated health much as in Manitoba: 53% to 52%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Neither ahead nor behind Manitoba on mental health (51% to 52%), the region has 21% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Minto is 15th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,724 to 5,943 people, median 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC A+ | 5,764 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 2 | Central Frederick ON A | 5,895 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Boyle Street AB B+ | 5,862 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 13 | Buena Vista SK B+ | 5,777 | 1.7 km | 49% |
| 14 | New Edinburgh ON A+ | 5,728 | 1.8 km | 56% |
| 15 | Minto MB B+ | 5,830 | 2.0 km | 52% |
| 16 | University SK B+ | 5,888 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 17 | River Bend ON A− | 5,930 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Minto
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minto | 2.0 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Sargent Park 1.0 km | 1.5 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Wolseley 1.4 km | 1.0 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| St. Matthews 1.5 km | 1.3 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Daniel McIntyre 1.6 km | 0.8 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| King Edward 1.9 km | 3.7 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| North River Heights 2.1 km | 2.0 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
The neighbours all sit in Minto’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Minto shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Minto
How is Minto’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Minto has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Minto?
Women in Minto’s region live to 82.5 on average and men to 77.5, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Minto from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Minto is 0.6 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How healthy is Minto?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. 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).