Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Health in Charlo trails 98% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 36% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than New Brunswick’s 44%. What sets Charlo apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 25 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Charlo grades D− for health.
What stands out about health in Charlo
Fewer people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 15.4 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (34% as answered). Health survey ↓
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 36% report high blood pressure and 17% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Residents of Charlo live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (25 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Ahead of regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 4.4, would put Charlo’s region near 75.9 years; it reaches 79.0. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Charlo grades D− 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.
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.
34% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in New Brunswick (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: 55% very good or excellent to 49%, with 17% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
36% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 17% 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
About as many adults report obesity as across New Brunswick: 43%, 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 3.1 years
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Charlo’s lies above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 4.4 on the index, the line expects 75.9 years; Charlo’s region reaches 79.0. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 8 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 77.9 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 25 km from the average home in Charlo
Straight-line distances from each part of Charlo, weighted by who lives there.
From Charlo that is further than the 11 km of the typical town in New Brunswick, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. 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.
Life expectancy across the 7 health 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 6th 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Charlo’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health in the places around Charlo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlo | 25 km | 36% | 79.0 | D− |
| Eel River Crossing 7.3 km | 16 km | 36% | 79.0 | D |
| Dalhousie 8.2 km | 23 km | 36% | 79.0 | D− |
| Balmoral 8.8 km | 16 km | 36% | 79.0 | D |
| Dalhousie 14 km | 12 km | 36% | 79.0 | D |
| Nouvelle 16 km | 25 km | 56% | 79.9 | C |
Nouvelle falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 79.9 against 79.0 here. Residents of Dalhousie live nearer a hospital, at 12 km against 25 km in Charlo.
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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Charlo alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Charlo
How healthy is Charlo?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 24% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Charlo from a hospital?
For everyday care, Charlo’s residents are 8.9 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Charlo’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Charlo’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Charlo?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.3 for women, 75.3 for men around Charlo (2022/2024).
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).