Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Cumberland County, Subdivision C trails 91% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 42% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Nova Scotia as a whole reaches 48%. For Cumberland County, Subdivision C itself the measure is access, and it lags: 12 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Cumberland County, Subdivision C is D, #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,525 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Cumberland County, Subdivision C is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Fewer people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 9.6 points fewer adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (41% as answered). Health survey ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Cumberland County, Subdivision C, a child can expect 2.2 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run high
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 29% of adults, diabetes for 13%. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Cumberland 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: #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,525 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.
29% 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
At 43%, self-reported obesity is above Nova Scotia’s 39%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
41% 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
On mental health the region is behind Nova Scotia, 44% very good or excellent to 48%; 24% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Longest and shortest lives among the 4 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
Among the 4 regions in Nova Scotia, from 78.8 to 81.4 years, this one is 3rd.
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; Cumberland County, Subdivision C’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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 1.4 years
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s region, at 3.8, outlives the trend’s 77.9 years with 79.3. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with a median of 78.5.
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.
Getting to hospital from Cumberland County, Subdivision C: 12 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Cumberland County, Subdivision C, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Cumberland County, Subdivision C here: the typical town in Nova Scotia is 9.2 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Cumberland County, Subdivision C comes 36th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,947 to 6,132 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 3 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 34 | Dunluce AB B | 6,079 | 7.1 km | 51% |
| 35 | Richelieu QC A | 6,048 | 11 km | 55% |
| 36 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C NS D | 6,040 | 12 km | 42% |
| 37 | Saint-Pie QC A− | 6,085 | 13 km | 55% |
| 38 | Saint-Henri QC A− | 6,048 | 15 km | 59% |
| 40 | Stettler County No. 6 AB C | 5,966 | 18 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cumberland County, Subdivision C
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 12 km | 42% | 79.3 | D |
| Amherst 9.1 km | 2.9 km | 42% | 79.3 | C− |
| Westmorland 19 km | 16 km | 43% | 81.5 | C+ |
Across a regional line, Westmorland has its own figures: life expectancy 81.5, against 79.3 here. Amherst is the closest to care, 2.9 km to Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s 12 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Cumberland County, Subdivision C alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
How healthy is Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 21%.
What is the life expectancy in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
There is no figure for Cumberland County, Subdivision C alone; its health region’s is 81.5 for women and 77.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Cumberland County, Subdivision C from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s residents are 11 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cumberland County, Subdivision C has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance 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).