Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0The region around Carbonear carries more chronic illness than the typical Canadian town: 24% to 17%
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Newfoundland and Labrador as a whole reaches 52%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.4 km from the average resident of Carbonear, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Carbonear is D, #18 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,462 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Carbonear
Shorter lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Carbonear 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 ↓
A region that smokes more
Around Carbonear, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Even once age is allowed for, 7.4 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (42% as answered). Health survey ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Carbonear; from its centre of population the trip is 1.4 km. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Carbonear 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: #18 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,462 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.
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
Life expectancy in Newfoundland and Labrador runs from 77.1 to 80.2; this region sits 3rd of the 5.
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; Carbonear’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 (36%) and diabetes (15%)
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
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%
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 is no outlier: 56% say very good or excellent (Newfoundland and Labrador: 54%) and 15% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Carbonear: 1.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Carbonear, 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, Carbonear 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Carbonear’s, follows the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.7, the expected figure is 78.3 years, and Carbonear’s region matches it closely with 78.6. 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.
Carbonear is 8th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,963 to 5,112 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altona MB B | 4,989 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Central Business District SK A− | 4,987 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 6 | River-Osborne MB B+ | 5,090 | 1.1 km | 52% |
| 7 | Queen Alexandra AB B+ | 5,106 | 1.3 km | 51% |
| 8 | Carbonear NL D | 5,041 | 1.4 km | 44% |
| 9 | Hearst ON C | 5,032 | 1.4 km | 48% |
| 10 | Westmount ON A | 5,048 | 1.5 km | 53% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Carbonear
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonear | 1.4 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Victoria 3.6 km | 5.1 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Harbour Grace 5.6 km | 4.9 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Upper Island Cove 9.6 km | 8.5 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Spaniard's Bay 14 km | 12 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Bay Roberts 17 km | 16 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
Only the hospital column is local here: Carbonear and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Residents of Bay Roberts live further from a hospital, at 16 km against 1.4 km in Carbonear.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Carbonear alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Carbonear
How is Carbonear’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Carbonear has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Carbonear?
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.
What is the life expectancy in Carbonear?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 80.8 for women, 76.4 for men around Carbonear (2022/2024).
How far is Carbonear from a hospital?
Residents of Carbonear have a clinic 42 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.5 km away, in straight lines.
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).