Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore smokers around Drummond: 18% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 44% in New Brunswick. What sets Drummond apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 9.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Drummond a grade of C.
What stands out about health in Drummond
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Drummond, a child can expect 2.4 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.5 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A long way to hospital
Residents of Drummond live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (8.4 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Drummond’s neighbourhoods average 4.1 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 21% report high blood pressure and 8.6% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Drummond 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.
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.
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
Life expectancy in New Brunswick runs from 78.9 to 81.5; this region sits 5th of the 7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Drummond’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.
From Drummond, a hospital is 9.3 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Drummond, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Drummond travel about as far as most of the province: the typical town in New Brunswick is 11 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. The clinic list is thin in New Brunswick: 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.6%
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
About as many adults report obesity as across New Brunswick: 45%, 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Drummond’s region comes out on the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Drummond’s region is a typical case: 79.1 years at a score of 3.6, where the trend says 78.8. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.7 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.
Self-rated health beats New Brunswick: 46% very good or excellent, against 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 beats New Brunswick as well: 58% very good or excellent to 49%, with 22% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Drummond
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond | 9.3 km | 48% | 79.1 | C |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault 7.5 km | 1.3 km | 48% | 79.1 | C+ |
| Denmark 10.0 km | 16 km | 45% | 80.1 | C− |
| Saint-André 11 km | 6.1 km | 48% | 79.1 | C+ |
| Grand Falls 14 km | 12 km | 48% | 79.1 | C |
Denmark falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 80.1 against 79.1 here. Grand Falls / Grand-Sault is the closest to care, 1.3 km to Drummond’s 9.3 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Drummond shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Drummond
What is the life expectancy in Drummond?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 80.7 for women, 77.3 for men around Drummond (2022/2024).
How healthy is Drummond?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Drummond from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Drummond is 8.6 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
How is Drummond’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Drummond has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).