Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOn health, Annapolis County, Subdivision C falls short of 90% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Nova Scotia’s 48%. Closer to home, a hospital is 13 km from the average resident of Annapolis County, Subdivision C, further than the usual 3.7 km. Annapolis County, Subdivision C grades D for health, #72 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,511 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Annapolis County, Subdivision C than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 16% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 14 km. Getting care ↓
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 ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s region beats what its deprivation score of 3.9 predicts: 80.0 years against 77.8. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C 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: #72 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,511 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (27%) and diabetes (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
About as many adults report obesity as across Nova Scotia: 40%, the province 39%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
2.2 more years of life than regions as deprived
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s region comes out above the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.9, the expected figure is 77.8 years, and Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s region does better with 80.0. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes first; their median is 78.3 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.
From Annapolis County, Subdivision C, a hospital is 13 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Annapolis County, Subdivision C, weighted by who lives there.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C is further out than the provincial norm of 9.2 km in Nova Scotia, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. Few clinics are listed in Nova Scotia, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
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.
Self-rated health trails Nova Scotia: 42% very good or excellent, against 47%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Stress touches 21% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 47%, the province 48% (Nova Scotia).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Life expectancy across the 4 health regions in Nova Scotia
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Nova Scotia, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 4 health regions in Nova Scotia, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 78.8 and a high of 81.4.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Annapolis County, Subdivision C’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.
Among 40 towns its size, Annapolis County, Subdivision C is 30th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,602 to 5,783 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC A+ | 5,764 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 3 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 28 | Carp ON A | 5,621 | 7.2 km | 56% |
| 29 | Orford QC A | 5,698 | 9.2 km | 57% |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C NS D | 5,694 | 13 km | 44% |
| 31 | Lanoraie QC B+ | 5,694 | 14 km | 56% |
| 32 | Saint Marys NB C− | 5,701 | 15 km | 45% |
| 40 | Chertsey QC B | 5,678 | 30 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision C
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
The neighbours all sit in Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Annapolis County, Subdivision C shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
Questions about health in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
How healthy is Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Annapolis County, Subdivision C from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Annapolis County, Subdivision C is 4.2 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
What is the life expectancy in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
For the health region that includes Annapolis County, Subdivision C, women can expect 82.5 years and men 77.6 (2022/2024).
How is Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s homes are from a hospital, against 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).