Photo: Kyla Curtis · Public domainFor health, Botwood sits behind 87% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Newfoundland and Labrador as a whole manages 52%. Measured from where Botwood’s residents live, a hospital is 32 km away on average and 100% of them are over 30 km out. Botwood grades D for health, #19 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,476 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Botwood
A long way to hospital
For 100% of homes in Botwood the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 31 km. Getting care ↓
Shorter lives in the region
Born around Botwood, a child can expect 2.5 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 18.9 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (33%) and diabetes (13%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Botwood than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Botwood 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. Its place: #19 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,476 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.
From Botwood, a hospital is 32 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Botwood, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Botwood travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador is 8.5 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
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 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador
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 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Botwood’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
In the region, high blood pressure (33%) and diabetes (13%)
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 46%, 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. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 1.2 years
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Botwood’s region comes out above the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.9, the expected figure is 77.8 years, and Botwood’s region does better with 79.0. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 78.3 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Newfoundland and Labrador: 51% and 50%
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 looks better than in the province too: 59% rate it very good or excellent, against 54% in Newfoundland and Labrador, and 11% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Botwood is 39th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,849 to 2,920 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview AB C− | 2,918 | 0.6 km | 48% |
| 2 | Black Diamond AB A+ | 2,910 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | Westmount SK A− | 2,872 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 37 | Sicamous BC C− | 2,854 | 25 km | 48% |
| 38 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC B | 2,916 | 29 km | 56% |
| 39 | Botwood NL D | 2,884 | 32 km | 54% |
| 40 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON D | 2,877 | 44 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Botwood
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botwood | 32 km | 54% | 79.0 | D |
| Bishop's Falls 17 km | 15 km | 54% | 79.0 | C− |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Botwood’s; read across for the hospital trip. Bishop's Falls is the closest to care, 15 km to Botwood’s 32 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Botwood’s own.
Questions about health in Botwood
How far is Botwood from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Botwood live: 1.1 km to a clinic, 1.1 km to a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Botwood?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 80.5 for women, 77.4 for men around Botwood (2022/2024).
How healthy is Botwood?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 22% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Botwood’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Botwood’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).