Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer adults feel healthy around Burton: 45% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
People in the region live to 80.1 on average: 81.9 for women and 78.2 for men in 2022/2024. Measured from where Burton’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Burton a grade of C, #32 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,295 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Burton
A region that smokes more
Smoking is commoner around Burton than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 11% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Burton runs 1.4 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.6 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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.
Burton grades C 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: #32 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,295 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.
High blood pressure for 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.4%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 39% of adults against 42% for New Brunswick.
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.
Life expectancy across the 7 health regions in New Brunswick
Regional life expectancy in New Brunswick, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 7 health regions in New Brunswick, 3rd place goes to this one, between a low of 78.9 and a high of 81.5.
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 Burton’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The region lives 1.0 years less than its deprivation predicts
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Burton’s lies below the line.
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 2.9, Burton’s region’s 80.1 years sit under the line’s 81.1. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 9 of 10; their median is 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.
The nearest hospital is 8.3 km from the average home in Burton
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Burton’s own, not the region’s.
Burton is near the provincial norm, 11 km for the typical town in New Brunswick, with 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.
44% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to New Brunswick (43%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health trails New Brunswick: 45% very good or excellent to 49%, with 26% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Burton is 24th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,337 to 5,504 people, median 5.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | West Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 5,386 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 22 | Saint-Boniface QC A− | 5,405 | 6.7 km | 61% |
| 23 | Garner ON B | 5,456 | 6.8 km | 53% |
| 24 | Burton NB C | 5,424 | 8.3 km | 45% |
| 25 | Southwold ON B− | 5,473 | 8.4 km | 49% |
| 26 | Headingley MB B− | 5,368 | 8.8 km | 51% |
| 40 | Central Frontenac ON B− | 5,348 | 41 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Burton
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 8.3 km | 45% | 80.1 | C |
| Oromocto 7.0 km | 2.1 km | 45% | 80.1 | C+ |
| Lincoln 12 km | 9.7 km | 45% | 80.1 | C |
| Maugerville 17 km | 9.3 km | 45% | 80.1 | C |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Burton from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Oromocto live nearer a hospital, at 2.1 km against 8.3 km in Burton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Burton alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Burton
How is Burton’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Burton has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Burton?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in Burton?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.9 for women, 78.2 for men around Burton (2022/2024).
How far is Burton from a hospital?
For everyday care, Burton’s residents are 8.1 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).