Photo: halifaxfman · CC BY 3.0For health, Cumberland County, Subdivision D sits behind 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%. Measured from where Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 12 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Cumberland County, Subdivision D is D, #77 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,524 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cumberland County, Subdivision D
A region that smokes more
Smoking is commoner around Cumberland County, Subdivision D than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Self-rated health runs low
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
Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s region sits 2.2 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.2 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 29% report high blood pressure and 13% diabetes. 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 D 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: #77 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,524 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 (29%) 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
Self-reported obesity, 43%, 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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Nova Scotia: 41% to 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 health looks weaker than in the province: 44% rate it very good or excellent, against 48% in Nova Scotia, and 24% find most days quite stressful.
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
The region comes 3rd of 4 in Nova Scotia, where life expectancy runs from 78.8 to 81.4 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; Cumberland County, Subdivision D’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.
The region lives 1.4 years longer than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s dot is marked, above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 3.8 on the index, the line expects 77.9 years; Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s region reaches 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 D: 12 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Cumberland County, Subdivision D, weighted by who lives there.
Cumberland County, Subdivision D is near the provincial norm, 9.2 km for the typical town in Nova Scotia, with the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. The centre of population is 3.7 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 12 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Cumberland County, Subdivision D is 27th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,587 to 4,799 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 2 | Raymond AB B | 4,594 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 3 | Jasper AB C− | 4,627 | 1.0 km | 48% |
| 25 | Shippagan NB B− | 4,721 | 8.5 km | 49% |
| 26 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC A− | 4,675 | 11 km | 61% |
| 27 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS D | 4,692 | 12 km | 42% |
| 28 | Dutton ON C+ | 4,686 | 12 km | 49% |
| 29 | Château-Richer QC A+ | 4,732 | 12 km | 62% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s own.
Questions about health in Cumberland County, Subdivision D
How healthy is Cumberland County, Subdivision D?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 21%.
What is the life expectancy in Cumberland County, Subdivision D?
Women in Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s region live to 81.5 on average and men to 77.1, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Cumberland County, Subdivision D from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 24 km from the average resident of Cumberland County, Subdivision D, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
How is Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Cumberland County, Subdivision D: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with 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).