Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Chronic conditions run high around Springdale: 22% on average, against 17% for the typical Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 52% in Newfoundland and Labrador. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Springdale is well placed: 1.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Springdale grades C+ for health, #8 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,212 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Springdale
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Springdale, a child can expect 2.5 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 18.9 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A region that smokes more
Around Springdale, 14% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Springdale’s neighbourhoods average 4.4 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Near a hospital
Measured from where people live, Springdale is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 1.6 km away. Getting care ↓
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.
Springdale 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: #8 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #2,212 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.
How the 5 health regions in Newfoundland and Labrador compare on life expectancy
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 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Springdale itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 33% of adults in the region, diabetes for 13%
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
At 46%, self-reported obesity is above Newfoundland and Labrador’s 42%.
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.
From Springdale, a hospital is 1.3 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Springdale, weighted by who lives there.
Springdale is closer in 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.2 years more here
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Springdale’s lies above the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 3.9 at 77.8 years of life; Springdale’s region does better, at 79.0. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, a median of 78.3.
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.
51% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Newfoundland and Labrador (50%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health beats Newfoundland and Labrador as well: 59% very good or excellent to 54%, with 11% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Springdale is 9th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,854 to 2,928 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview AB C− | 2,918 | 0.6 km | 48% |
| 2 | Black Diamond AB A+ | 2,910 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | Westmount SK A− | 2,872 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 7 | Athabasca AB C− | 2,887 | 1.2 km | 48% |
| 8 | Norwood West MB B+ | 2,909 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 9 | Springdale NL C+ | 2,893 | 1.3 km | 54% |
| 10 | Tipaskan AB B+ | 2,875 | 1.6 km | 51% |
| 11 | Grassie MB B+ | 2,857 | 1.8 km | 52% |
| 40 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON D | 2,877 | 44 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Springdale itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Springdale
What is the life expectancy in Springdale?
For the health region that includes Springdale, women can expect 80.5 years and men 77.4 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Springdale?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 22%.
How far is Springdale from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Springdale is 61 km from a clinic and 0.9 km from a pharmacy.
How is Springdale’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Springdale: 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).