Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainKings County, Subdivision C’s health region counts 19% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%
Across the region, 44% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Nova Scotia as a whole reaches 48%. What sets Kings County, Subdivision C apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.6 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Kings County, Subdivision C grades C− for health, #51 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,437 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Kings County, Subdivision C
Less upbeat about their health
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 ↓
Long-term conditions run high
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 27% report high blood pressure and 13% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Kings County, Subdivision C, a child can expect 1.5 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.7 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Ahead of regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.9, would put Kings County, Subdivision C’s region near 77.8 years; it reaches 80.0. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Kings County, Subdivision C grades C− 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: #51 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,437 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 2.2 years of life
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Kings County, Subdivision C’s region shows above the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Kings County, Subdivision C’s region, at 3.9, should live about 77.8 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 80.0. 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%)
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 is close to the province’s: 47% rate it very good or excellent, against 48% in Nova Scotia, and 21% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 27% of adults in the region, diabetes for 13%
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Nova Scotia: 40%, the province 39%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
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
This region is 2nd longest-lived of 4 in Nova Scotia, on a scale 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; Kings 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.
From Kings County, Subdivision C, a hospital is 5.6 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Kings County, Subdivision C, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 9.2 km for the typical town in Nova Scotia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Kings County, Subdivision C is on the near 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Kings County, Subdivision C comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,802 to 9,193 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corktown ON B+ | 8,952 | 0.3 km | 53% |
| 2 | North Central SK B+ | 9,124 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Booth MB B+ | 9,016 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 20 | South Slope BC A | 8,989 | 4.4 km | 48% |
| 21 | Silver Springs AB A | 9,042 | 4.8 km | 56% |
| 22 | Kings County, Subdivision C NS C− | 8,994 | 5.6 km | 44% |
| 23 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON A | 8,907 | 5.6 km | 56% |
| 24 | Crescent Heights BC A | 9,033 | 5.6 km | 50% |
| 40 | Kimberley BC B− | 9,037 | 24 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Kings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 5.6 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
| Kentville 2.8 km | 1.7 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
| Kings County, Subdivision B 9.0 km | 5.8 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
| Wolfville 11 km | 1.2 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
| Kings County, Subdivision D 13 km | 7.1 km | 44% | 80.0 | C− |
Only the hospital column is local here: Kings County, Subdivision C and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Wolfville is the closest to care, 1.2 km to Kings County, Subdivision C’s 5.6 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Kings County, Subdivision C shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Kings County, Subdivision C
How is Kings County, Subdivision C’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Kings County, Subdivision C has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Kings County, Subdivision C?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Kings County, Subdivision C?
There is no figure for Kings County, Subdivision C alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Kings County, Subdivision C from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Kings County, Subdivision C is 3.1 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
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).