Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Antigonish County, Subdivision B trails 88% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Nova Scotia, 49% against 48%. Closer to home, a hospital is 18 km from the average resident of Antigonish County, Subdivision B, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Antigonish County, Subdivision B is D, #64 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,487 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Antigonish County, Subdivision B
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Antigonish County, Subdivision B runs 2.7 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Antigonish County, Subdivision B the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 17 km. Getting care ↓
More chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 30% of adults, diabetes for 11%. Conditions and habits ↓
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Antigonish County, Subdivision B is well above the typical town’s; 12% 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.
Antigonish County, Subdivision B 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: #64 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,487 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
Regional life expectancy in Nova Scotia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
This is the shortest-lived of the 4 regions in Nova Scotia, 2.6 years behind the first at 81.4.
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 Antigonish County, Subdivision B’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.
The nearest hospital is 18 km from the average home in Antigonish County, Subdivision B
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Antigonish County, Subdivision B’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 9.2 km for the typical town in Nova Scotia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Antigonish County, Subdivision B is on the far side. The clinic list is thin in Nova Scotia: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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.
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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 45% of adults against 39% for Nova Scotia.
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
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Antigonish County, Subdivision B’s region comes out above 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 B’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.
48% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Nova Scotia (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 B is 39th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,400 to 6,572 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON A | 6,419 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 2 | Petrolia ON B− | 6,422 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Humboldt SK C− | 6,551 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 37 | Oliver Paipoonge ON D | 6,524 | 17 km | 49% |
| 38 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB D | 6,462 | 18 km | 48% |
| 39 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS D | 6,486 | 18 km | 49% |
| 40 | Mont-Joli QC B+ | 6,492 | 29 km | 60% |
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 B
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 B | 18 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
| Antigonish 18 km | 1.7 km | 49% | 78.8 | C |
One health region covers Antigonish County, Subdivision B and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Antigonish is the closest to care, 1.7 km to Antigonish County, Subdivision B’s 18 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Antigonish County, Subdivision B alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Antigonish County, Subdivision B
How far is Antigonish County, Subdivision B from a hospital?
For everyday care, Antigonish County, Subdivision B’s residents are 14 km from a pharmacy on average.
What is the life expectancy in Antigonish County, Subdivision B?
There is no figure for Antigonish County, Subdivision B alone; its health region’s is 80.9 for women and 76.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Antigonish County, Subdivision B’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Antigonish County, Subdivision B has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Antigonish County, Subdivision B?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).