Photo: André Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 2.0For health, Argyle sits behind 95% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Nova Scotia as a whole reaches 48%. Closer to home, a hospital is 23 km from the average resident of Argyle, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Argyle is D−, #83 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,557 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Argyle
Smoking runs high
Around Argyle, 16% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to hospital
Residents of Argyle live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (18 km from its centre of population), and 28% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.4 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 42%. Health survey ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 3.9, the trend across regions gives 77.8 years of life; Argyle’s region reaches 80.0. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Argyle 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: #83 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,557 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.
27% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 13% 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, 40%, sits within a few points of 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.
The nearest hospital is 23 km from the average home in Argyle
Straight-line distances from each part of Argyle, weighted by who lives there.
Argyle 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.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 2.2 years
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Argyle’s dot is marked, above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Argyle’s region beats it: 80.0 years against the 77.8 the trend gives a score of 3.9. Of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, not one does as well; half fall below 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.
42% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Nova Scotia (47%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 47% very good or excellent against 48% for Nova Scotia; stress is a daily matter for 21%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
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
Ranked 2nd of 4 in Nova Scotia: the regions span 78.8 to 81.4 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Argyle 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Argyle comes 39th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,093 to 8,340 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 8,224 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 2 | Valley Gardens MB B+ | 8,329 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 3 | Wolseley MB B+ | 8,127 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 37 | Rigaud QC B+ | 8,187 | 22 km | 55% |
| 38 | Vermilion River County AB C− | 8,282 | 23 km | 52% |
| 39 | Argyle NS D− | 8,216 | 23 km | 44% |
| 40 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB C | 8,138 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Argyle
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 Argyle’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Residents of Yarmouth live nearer a hospital, at 1.8 km against 23 km in Argyle.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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 Argyle’s own.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
Questions about health in Argyle
How far is Argyle from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 12 km from the average resident of Argyle, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
How healthy is Argyle?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 20% of adults.
How is Argyle’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Argyle: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Argyle?
There is no figure for Argyle alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.6 for men in 2022/2024.
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).