Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domainFor health, Trinity Bay North sits behind 96% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Newfoundland and Labrador’s 52%. Measured from where Trinity Bay North’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 15 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Trinity Bay North grades D− for health.
What stands out about health in Trinity Bay North
More chronic illness
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 Trinity Bay North, 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
Around Trinity Bay North, 13% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Trinity Bay North the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 14 km. 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.
Trinity Bay North 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.
36% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 15% diabetes
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
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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Trinity Bay North’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Trinity Bay North: 15 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Trinity Bay North’s own, not the region’s.
Trinity Bay North 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.
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 Trinity Bay North’s lies near the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Trinity Bay North’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. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their 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.
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
Asked about their mental health, 56% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Newfoundland and Labrador it was 54%, and 15% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Trinity Bay North
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Bay North | 15 km | 44% | 78.6 | D− |
| Bonavista 15 km | 1.2 km | 44% | 78.6 | C− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Trinity Bay North’s regional figures. Residents of Bonavista live nearer a hospital, at 1.2 km against 15 km in Trinity Bay North.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Trinity Bay North’s own.
Questions about health in Trinity Bay North
How healthy is Trinity Bay North?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 24%.
What is the life expectancy in Trinity Bay North?
For the health region that includes Trinity Bay North, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.4 (2022/2024).
How far is Trinity Bay North from a hospital?
A clinic is 54 km from the average resident of Trinity Bay North and a pharmacy 15 km, as the crow flies.
How is Trinity Bay North’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Trinity Bay North: 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).