Photo: WikiPedant · CC BY-SA 4.0On health, Division No. 1, Subdivision E falls short of 98% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Newfoundland and Labrador as a whole reaches 52%. For Division No. 1, Subdivision E itself the measure is access, and it lags: 27 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Division No. 1, Subdivision E is D−, #29 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,579 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Division No. 1, Subdivision E
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 36% of adults, diabetes for 15%. Conditions and habits ↓
Shorter lives in the region
Born around Division No. 1, Subdivision E, a child can expect 2.9 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 18.9 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Division No. 1, Subdivision E live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (27 km from its centre of population), and 20% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs high
Around Division No. 1, Subdivision E, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Division No. 1, Subdivision E 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: #29 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,579 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.
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
Self-reported obesity, 48%, tops Newfoundland and Labrador (42%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Life expectancy across the 5 health 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, 3rd 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 27 km from the average home in Division No. 1, Subdivision E
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 8.5 km for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Division No. 1, Subdivision E is on the far 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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s lies near the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s region, at 3.7, should live about 78.3 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 78.6, near enough. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 6 of the 10, around a median of 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.
42% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Newfoundland and Labrador (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
Stress touches 15% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 56%, the province 54% (Newfoundland and Labrador).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Division No. 1, Subdivision E comes 37th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,935 to 3,021 people, median 6.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dewdney Place SK B+ | 3,021 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 2 | Buchanan ON B | 3,006 | 1.0 km | 53% |
| 3 | Wawa ON C− | 2,943 | 1.2 km | 46% |
| 35 | Wallace-Woodworth MB C | 2,983 | 19 km | 51% |
| 36 | Cocagne NB C | 2,982 | 24 km | 43% |
| 37 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL D− | 2,978 | 27 km | 44% |
| 38 | Stanstead QC A− | 2,994 | 27 km | 57% |
| 39 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB D− | 2,980 | 29 km | 48% |
| 40 | Markstay-Warren ON D | 2,990 | 32 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Division No. 1, Subdivision E
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E | 27 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y 14 km | 35 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Division No. 1, Subdivision E shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Division No. 1, Subdivision E
How far is Division No. 1, Subdivision E from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Division No. 1, Subdivision E is 21 km from a clinic and 4.8 km from a pharmacy.
How healthy is Division No. 1, Subdivision E?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 24% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Division No. 1, Subdivision E?
For the health region that includes Division No. 1, Subdivision E, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.4 (2022/2024).
How is Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Division No. 1, Subdivision E has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance 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).