Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 7, Subdivision E scores below 98% of Canadian towns for health
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Newfoundland and Labrador as a whole reaches 52%. What sets Division No. 7, Subdivision E apart within its region is distance: 27 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 43% of residents. Health gives Division No. 7, Subdivision E a grade of D−, #29 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,579 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Division No. 7, Subdivision E
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 36% report high blood pressure and 15% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Shorter lives in the region
Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s region sits 2.9 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 18.9 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
For 43% of homes in Division No. 7, Subdivision E the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 26 km. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Division No. 7, Subdivision E than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 13% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Division No. 7, 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.
High blood pressure for 36% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 48% of adults against 42% for 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.
How the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador compare on life expectancy
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
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Division No. 7, Subdivision E’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.
From Division No. 7, Subdivision E, a hospital is 27 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s own, not the region’s.
Division No. 7, Subdivision E is further out than the provincial norm of 8.5 km in Newfoundland and Labrador, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s, follows the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s region fits it, 78.6 years at 3.7 against the line’s 78.3. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 6, with 78.2 years in the middle.
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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Newfoundland and Labrador: 42% to 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.
Division No. 7, Subdivision E is 35th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,588 to 2,677 people, median 7.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 3 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 33 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC B+ | 2,662 | 24 km | 61% |
| 34 | Sainte-Croix QC B+ | 2,612 | 24 km | 59% |
| 35 | Division No. 7, Subdivision E NL D− | 2,632 | 27 km | 44% |
| 36 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC B− | 2,668 | 30 km | 57% |
| 37 | Chase BC C− | 2,591 | 32 km | 48% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Division No. 7, Subdivision E
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E | 27 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K 19 km | 8.2 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
Every place around Division No. 7, Subdivision E shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Division No. 7, Subdivision K is the closest to care, 8.2 km to Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s 27 km.
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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Division No. 7, Subdivision E itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Division No. 7, Subdivision E
How far is Division No. 7, Subdivision E from a hospital?
A clinic is 30 km from the average resident of Division No. 7, Subdivision E and a pharmacy 26 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Division No. 7, Subdivision E?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 24%.
What is the life expectancy in Division No. 7, Subdivision E?
For the health region that includes Division No. 7, Subdivision E, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.4 (2022/2024).
How is Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Division No. 7, Subdivision E’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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).