Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainArthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner around Antigonish County, Subdivision A (21% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 48% for Nova Scotia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s is long: 8.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Antigonish County, Subdivision A a grade of C−, #44 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,398 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Shorter lives in the region
Born around Antigonish County, Subdivision A, a child can expect 2.7 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More smokers
Smoking is commoner around Antigonish County, Subdivision A than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 12% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Set against regions as deprived (4.0), Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s region gains years: 78.8 where the trend says 77.1. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Antigonish County, Subdivision A 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: #44 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,398 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 4 health regions in Nova Scotia compare on life expectancy
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
No region of the 4 in Nova Scotia has shorter lives than this one; the longest-lived reaches 81.4, a gap of 2.6 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
In the region, high blood pressure (30%) and diabetes (11%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 45%, tops Nova Scotia (39%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 1.7 years ahead of the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s, lies over the trend.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 4.0 on the index, the line expects 77.1 years; Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s region reaches 78.8. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 77.8 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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A, a hospital is 8.2 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Antigonish County, Subdivision A, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Antigonish County, Subdivision A here: the typical town in Nova Scotia is 9.2 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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 much as in Nova Scotia: 48% to 47%
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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Nova Scotia (51% against 48%), while 24% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Antigonish County, Subdivision A is 28th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (9,465 to 9,903 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North London ON A− | 9,584 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 2 | South Cambie BC A+ | 9,846 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Daniel McIntyre MB B+ | 9,584 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 26 | Lac-Deschênes QC B | 9,742 | 6.1 km | 55% |
| 27 | Laurentian Valley ON C+ | 9,714 | 6.7 km | 50% |
| 28 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS C− | 9,682 | 8.2 km | 49% |
| 29 | Wiarton ON C+ | 9,799 | 8.2 km | 48% |
| 30 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON B− | 9,886 | 8.3 km | 51% |
| 40 | Shediac NB C | 9,849 | 24 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Antigonish County, Subdivision A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 8.2 km | 49% | 78.8 | C− |
| Antigonish 3.7 km | 1.7 km | 49% | 78.8 | C |
Only the hospital column is local here: Antigonish County, Subdivision A and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Residents of Antigonish live nearer a hospital, at 1.7 km against 8.2 km in Antigonish County, Subdivision A.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Antigonish County, Subdivision A shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
What is the life expectancy in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
For the health region that includes Antigonish County, Subdivision A, women can expect 80.9 years and men 76.6 (2022/2024).
How is Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 21% of adults.
How far is Antigonish County, Subdivision A from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Antigonish County, Subdivision A is 7.0 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
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).