Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 3.0William Whyte’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. What sets William Whyte apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for William Whyte is B+, #34 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,294 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in William Whyte
Harder circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, William Whyte’s neighbourhoods average 5.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in William Whyte has 19 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
William Whyte 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: #34 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,294 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.
From William Whyte, a hospital is 1.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is William Whyte’s own, not the region’s.
William Whyte is closer in than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Manitoba, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. 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
Regional life expectancy in Manitoba, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes William Whyte’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
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
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, William Whyte’s, follows the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and William Whyte’s region is a typical case: 80.0 years at a score of 3.3, where the trend says 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
Self-reported obesity, 32%, trails Manitoba (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
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.
William Whyte is 14th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 11,273 to 11,625 people, median 2.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton-Parc QC A | 11,369 | 0.2 km | 54% |
| 2 | New Toronto ON A | 11,502 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Banff AB A+ | 11,402 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 12 | Norquay Village BC A+ | 11,287 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 13 | Williams Lake BC C+ | 11,462 | 1.7 km | 48% |
| 14 | William Whyte MB B+ | 11,432 | 1.7 km | 52% |
| 15 | Selkirk MB C | 11,570 | 1.9 km | 50% |
| 16 | Estevan SK C− | 11,391 | 1.9 km | 49% |
| 40 | Farnham QC A− | 11,315 | 20 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around William Whyte
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Whyte | 1.7 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| North Point Douglas 1.1 km | 2.1 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Centennial 1.4 km | 0.7 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| St. John's 1.4 km | 2.8 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Inkster-Faraday 1.6 km | 2.6 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| Burrows Central 1.8 km | 2.2 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
| West Alexander 1.8 km | 0.5 km | 52% | 80.0 | B+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry William Whyte’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to William Whyte alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
Questions about health in William Whyte
How is William Whyte’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 William Whyte’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in William Whyte?
There is no figure for William Whyte alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is William Whyte from a hospital?
For everyday care, William Whyte’s residents are 0.6 km from a pharmacy on average.
How healthy is William Whyte?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
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).