Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0Life expectancy around Corner Brook is 78.5 years, 3.0 less than for the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Newfoundland and Labrador’s 52%. Measured from where Corner Brook’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Corner Brook grades C for health, #15 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,327 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Corner Brook
More smokers
Smoking is commoner around Corner Brook than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 12% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A heavier load of illness
High blood pressure (31%) and diabetes (14%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 4.6 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 44%. Health survey ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Set against regions as deprived (4.3), Corner Brook’s region gains years: 78.5 where the trend says 76.0. 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.
Corner Brook 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: #15 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,327 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 2.5 years more here
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Corner Brook’s dot is marked, above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Corner Brook’s region sits above it: 78.5 years where a score of 4.3 predicts 76.0. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 5 of them below it, a median of 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (31%) and diabetes (14%)
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
Obesity tracks the province: 43% of adults here, 42% across Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
Self-rated health trails Newfoundland and Labrador: 44% 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
Asked about their mental health, 56% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Newfoundland and Labrador it was 54%, and 19% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Corner Brook: 2.5 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Corner Brook’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Corner Brook are closer 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 regions in Newfoundland and Labrador
Regional life expectancy in Newfoundland and Labrador, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 77.1 and a high of 80.2.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Corner Brook’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Corner Brook is 22nd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 19,986 to 21,117 people, median 2.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Édouard-Montpetit QC A | 20,601 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Westmount QC A | 20,377 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 3 | Longue-Pointe QC A | 20,337 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 20 | Lower Sackville NS B+ | 20,171 | 2.4 km | 51% |
| 21 | East Windsor ON B | 20,876 | 2.4 km | 52% |
| 22 | Corner Brook NL C | 20,549 | 2.5 km | 47% |
| 23 | White Oaks ON A− | 21,108 | 2.5 km | 52% |
| 24 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON A | 20,615 | 2.7 km | 50% |
| 40 | Quispamsis NB D | 20,240 | 17 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Corner Brook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Brook | 2.5 km | 47% | 78.5 | C |
| Irishtown-Summerside 4.3 km | 4.9 km | 47% | 78.5 | C− |
| Massey Drive 4.5 km | 2.9 km | 47% | 78.5 | C |
| Humber Arm South 16 km | 17 km | 47% | 78.5 | D |
Every place around Corner Brook shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Humber Arm South is the furthest from care, 17 km to Corner Brook’s 2.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Corner Brook alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- 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.
Questions about health in Corner Brook
What is the life expectancy in Corner Brook?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.1 for women, 76.0 for men around Corner Brook (2022/2024).
How healthy is Corner Brook?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 20%.
How is Corner Brook’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Corner Brook’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Corner Brook from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Corner Brook is 169 km from a clinic and 1.9 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).