Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Division No. 7, Subdivision K trails 93% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 44%, behind the 52% for Newfoundland and Labrador. Measured from where Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.2 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Division No. 7, Subdivision K a grade of D.
What stands out about health in Division No. 7, Subdivision K
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
Born around Division No. 7, Subdivision K, 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 ↓
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Division No. 7, Subdivision K than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 13% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Self-rated health runs low
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 7.4 points under the typical Canadian town’s, and 42% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
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 K 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.
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%
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
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 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 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
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
Neither ahead nor behind Newfoundland and Labrador on mental health (56% to 54%), the region has 15% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
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, Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s, follows the trend.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.7 would be expected to reach 78.3 years, and Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s region is close, at 78.6. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (6 of 10, 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.
Getting to hospital from Division No. 7, Subdivision K: 8.2 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Division No. 7, Subdivision K, weighted by who lives there.
Against 8.5 km for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Division No. 7, Subdivision K sits near the middle.
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.
Health in the places around Division No. 7, Subdivision K
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. 7, Subdivision K | 8.2 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Clarenville 9.0 km | 2.0 km | 44% | 78.6 | D |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L 11 km | 15 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M 19 km | 20 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E 19 km | 27 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
Division No. 7, Subdivision K and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Residents of Division No. 7, Subdivision E live further from a hospital, at 27 km against 8.2 km in Division No. 7, Subdivision K.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Division No. 7, Subdivision K alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
Questions about health in Division No. 7, Subdivision K
How healthy is Division No. 7, Subdivision K?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 24%.
What is the life expectancy in Division No. 7, Subdivision K?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 80.8 for women, 76.4 for men around Division No. 7, Subdivision K (2022/2024).
How far is Division No. 7, Subdivision K from a hospital?
A clinic is 50 km from the average resident of Division No. 7, Subdivision K and a pharmacy 7.7 km, as the crow flies.
How is Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Division No. 7, Subdivision K: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with 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).