Photo: Jorshua59 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Health in Marystown trails almost every Canadian town
In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Newfoundland and Labrador’s 52%. What sets Marystown apart within its region is distance: 31 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 57% of residents. Marystown grades D− for health, #2,581 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Marystown
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (36%) and diabetes (15%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Marystown’s own health question: 57% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 31 km. Getting care ↓
Shorter lives in the region
Born around Marystown, 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 ↓
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Marystown is well above the typical town’s; 13% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Marystown 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: #2,581 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%
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.
Getting to hospital from Marystown: 31 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Marystown’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, Marystown 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.
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
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 Marystown’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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Marystown’s region is near the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Marystown’s region fits it, 78.6 years at 3.7 against the line’s 78.3. 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.
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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Newfoundland and Labrador (56% against 54%), while 15% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Marystown is 40th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,129 to 5,279 people, median 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Alexander MB B+ | 5,161 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Heritage SK B+ | 5,172 | 0.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Didsbury AB A+ | 5,185 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 38 | Kneehill County AB C | 5,129 | 17 km | 52% |
| 39 | Upper Tantallon NS B− | 5,248 | 20 km | 51% |
| 40 | Marystown NL D− | 5,196 | 31 km | 44% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Marystown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marystown | 31 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Burin 11 km | 23 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
Only the hospital column is local here: Marystown and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Marystown alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Marystown
How far is Marystown from a hospital?
A clinic is 9.2 km from the average resident of Marystown and a pharmacy 3.1 km, as the crow flies.
How is Marystown’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Marystown has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Marystown?
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 Marystown?
For the health region that includes Marystown, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.4 (2022/2024).
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).