Photo: Yergoneby · CC BY-SA 4.0Chronic conditions run high around Bonavista: 24% on average, against 17% for the typical Canadian town
Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 44% very good or excellent, against 52% in Newfoundland and Labrador. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Bonavista is well placed: 1.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Bonavista grades C− for health, #17 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,456 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Bonavista
A region where lives run shorter
Life expectancy in the region around Bonavista runs 2.9 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 18.9 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More smokers
Around Bonavista, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.4 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 42%. Health survey ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Bonavista; from its centre of population the trip is 0.5 km. Getting care ↓
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.
Bonavista 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: #17 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,456 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.
How the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador compare on life expectancy
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 5 regions in Newfoundland and Labrador, from 77.1 to 80.2 years, this one is 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Bonavista’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.
In the region, high blood pressure (36%) and diabetes (15%)
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
At 48%, self-reported obesity is above Newfoundland and Labrador’s 42%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Self-rated health trails Newfoundland and Labrador: 42% very good or excellent, against 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 56% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 54%, with 15% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 1.2 km from the average home in Bonavista
Straight-line distances from each part of Bonavista, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 8.5 km for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Bonavista is on the near side.
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 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), Bonavista’s region comes out on the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Bonavista’s region is a typical case: 78.6 years at a score of 3.7, where the trend says 78.3. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.2 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Bonavista is 5th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,246 to 3,337 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rankin Inlet NU D | 3,336 | 0.5 km | 39% |
| 2 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Virden MB B− | 3,322 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 4 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON A | 3,319 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 5 | Bonavista NL C− | 3,293 | 1.2 km | 44% |
| 6 | Inuvik NT C− | 3,337 | 1.4 km | 43% |
| 7 | Pictou NS C− | 3,307 | 1.5 km | 42% |
| 40 | Arviat NU D− | 3,330 | 216 km | 39% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Bonavista
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista | 1.2 km | 44% | 78.6 | C− |
| Trinity Bay North 15 km | 15 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
Same region, same survey: Bonavista’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Trinity Bay North live further from a hospital, at 15 km against 1.2 km in Bonavista.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Bonavista shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Bonavista
How is Bonavista’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Bonavista: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Bonavista?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 24%.
What is the life expectancy in Bonavista?
There is no figure for Bonavista alone; its health region’s is 80.8 for women and 76.4 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Bonavista from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Bonavista is 48 km from a clinic and 1.3 km from a pharmacy.
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).