Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainChronic conditions run high around Beresford: 20% on average, against 17% for the typical Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 49% very good or excellent, against 44% in New Brunswick. What sets Beresford apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.6 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Beresford grades B− for health, #6 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,037 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Beresford
Life expectancy below the norm
Beresford’s region sits 1.3 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.4 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Beresford’s region beats what its deprivation score of 4.2 predicts: 80.2 years against 76.5. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Beresford 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: #6 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,037 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.
3.7 more years of life than regions as deprived
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Beresford’s region shows above the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Beresford’s region, at 4.2, should live about 76.5 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 80.2. It outlives all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 77.9.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in New Brunswick
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in New Brunswick, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
The region comes 2nd of 7 in New Brunswick, where life expectancy runs from 78.9 to 81.5 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Beresford 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.
High blood pressure for 37% of adults in the region, diabetes for 14%
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
About as many adults report obesity as across New Brunswick: 40%, the province 42%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
From Beresford, a hospital is 5.6 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Beresford, weighted by who lives there.
Beresford is closer in than the provincial norm of 11 km in New Brunswick, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. Few clinics are listed in New Brunswick, 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in New Brunswick: 46% to 43%
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 beats New Brunswick as well: 59% very good or excellent to 49%, with 18% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Beresford is 26th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,309 to 4,469 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden BC B+ | 4,433 | 0.7 km | 57% |
| 2 | Roslyn MB B+ | 4,411 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 3 | Beaupré QC A+ | 4,314 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 24 | Queensland AB A | 4,452 | 4.4 km | 56% |
| 25 | New Maryland NB C | 4,455 | 5.6 km | 45% |
| 26 | Beresford NB B− | 4,389 | 5.6 km | 49% |
| 27 | Lorelei AB B | 4,380 | 6.1 km | 51% |
| 28 | Oxford AB B | 4,460 | 6.3 km | 51% |
| 40 | Eganville ON C− | 4,326 | 32 km | 50% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Beresford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 5.6 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Nigadoo 4.6 km | 10 km | 49% | 80.2 | C+ |
| Beresford 7.9 km | 12 km | 49% | 80.2 | C+ |
| Bathurst 8.7 km | 3.5 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Petit-Rocher 9.5 km | 15 km | 49% | 80.2 | C+ |
| Bathurst 10 km | 11 km | 49% | 80.2 | C+ |
The neighbours all sit in Beresford’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Petit-Rocher is the furthest from care, 15 km to Beresford’s 5.6 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Beresford alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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 Beresford
How is Beresford’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Beresford’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Beresford?
Women in Beresford’s region live to 82.7 on average and men to 77.8, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Beresford?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures trail the typical Canadian town than beat it. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Beresford from a hospital?
For everyday care, Beresford’s residents are 1.2 km from a pharmacy on average.
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).