Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOn health, Inverness County, Subdivision C falls short of 91% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Nova Scotia’s 48%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Inverness County, Subdivision C live 23 km from a hospital on average, and 38% of them more than 30 km. Inverness County, Subdivision C grades D for health, #76 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,523 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Inverness County, Subdivision C
A region where lives run shorter
Inverness County, Subdivision C’s region sits 2.7 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Inverness County, Subdivision C live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (22 km from its centre of population), and 38% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
A heavier load of illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 30% report high blood pressure and 11% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Inverness County, Subdivision C is well above the typical town’s; 12% of adults are daily smokers. 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.
Inverness 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: #76 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,523 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.
Life expectancy across the 4 health regions in Nova Scotia
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Inverness County, Subdivision C’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Inverness County, Subdivision C, a hospital is 23 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Inverness County, Subdivision C’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Inverness County, Subdivision C travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Nova Scotia is 9.2 km from a hospital, 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.
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
At 45%, 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.
1.7 more years of life than regions as deprived
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Inverness County, Subdivision C’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 4.0, Inverness County, Subdivision C’s region would be expected to reach 77.1 years; it reaches 78.8. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (6 of 10, 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
Mental health beats Nova Scotia as well: 51% very good or excellent to 48%, with 24% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Inverness County, Subdivision C is 34th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,264 to 3,361 people, median 7.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rankin Inlet NU D | 3,336 | 0.5 km | 39% |
| 2 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Virden MB B− | 3,322 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 32 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC B+ | 3,330 | 23 km | 59% |
| 33 | Sainte-Clotilde QC B+ | 3,297 | 23 km | 55% |
| 34 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS D | 3,314 | 23 km | 49% |
| 35 | North Algona Wilberforce ON C− | 3,290 | 25 km | 50% |
| 36 | Hampton NB D | 3,268 | 27 km | 43% |
| 40 | Arviat NU D− | 3,330 | 216 km | 39% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Inverness County, Subdivision C
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness County, Subdivision C | 23 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
| Port Hawkesbury 18 km | 10 km | 49% | 78.8 | C− |
Inverness County, Subdivision C and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Port Hawkesbury is the closest to care, 10 km to Inverness County, Subdivision C’s 23 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Inverness County, Subdivision C shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Inverness County, Subdivision C
How far is Inverness County, Subdivision C from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Inverness County, Subdivision C is 14 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
What is the life expectancy in Inverness County, Subdivision C?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Inverness County, Subdivision C’s health region only: 80.9 years for women and 76.6 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Inverness County, Subdivision C?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 21%.
How is Inverness County, Subdivision C’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Inverness County, Subdivision C: 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).