Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainChronic conditions run high around Shippagan: 20% on average, against 17% for the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%, ahead of the 44% for New Brunswick. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Shippagan’s is long: 8.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Shippagan is B−, #10 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,080 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Shippagan
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Shippagan runs 1.3 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.4 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Deprivation runs high
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Shippagan at 4.9 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Set against regions as deprived (4.2), Shippagan’s region gains years: 80.2 where the trend says 76.5. For its deprivation ↓
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.
Shippagan 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: #10 of 60 in New Brunswick and #2,080 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 3.7 years of life
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Shippagan’s region is above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 4.2, Shippagan’s region would be expected to reach 76.5 years; 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
Of the 7 health regions in New Brunswick, 2nd 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Shippagan’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.
37% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 14% diabetes
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: 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.
Getting to hospital from Shippagan: 8.5 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Shippagan, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Shippagan is ordinary: 11 km is the typical figure in New Brunswick, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town. Homes are spread out: from the town’s centre of population the hospital is 3.0 km, while the average resident is 8.5 km away. 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%
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: 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.
Shippagan is 23rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,627 to 4,816 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End East ON B+ | 4,816 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Central McDougall AB B+ | 4,802 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 21 | Baturyn AB B | 4,796 | 6.5 km | 51% |
| 22 | Saint-Antonin QC A− | 4,633 | 7.8 km | 60% |
| 23 | Shippagan NB B− | 4,721 | 8.5 km | 49% |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC A− | 4,675 | 11 km | 61% |
| 25 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS D | 4,692 | 12 km | 42% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Shippagan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shippagan | 8.5 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Lamèque 2.5 km | 2.3 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Shippagan 9.4 km | 7.6 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Bas-Caraquet 13 km | 7.3 km | 49% | 80.2 | B− |
| Caraquet 15 km | 9.1 km | 49% | 80.2 | C+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Shippagan from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Lamèque live nearer a hospital, at 2.3 km against 8.5 km in Shippagan.
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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Shippagan alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Shippagan
What is the life expectancy in Shippagan?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 82.7 for women, 77.8 for men around Shippagan (2022/2024).
How healthy is Shippagan?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
How far is Shippagan from a hospital?
For everyday care, Shippagan’s residents are 12 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Shippagan’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Shippagan’s own distance to care, 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).