Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHealth in Richmond County, Subdivision A trails 87% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Nova Scotia, 49% against 48%. For Richmond County, Subdivision A itself the measure is access, and it lags: 17 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Richmond County, Subdivision A grades D for health, #62 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,479 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Richmond County, Subdivision A
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Richmond County, Subdivision A runs 2.7 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A long way to hospital
Distance is Richmond County, Subdivision A’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 19 km. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (30%) and diabetes (11%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Smoking runs high
Around Richmond County, Subdivision A, 12% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. 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.
Richmond County, Subdivision A 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: #62 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,479 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.
How the 4 health regions in Nova Scotia compare on life expectancy
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
Last of the 4 regions in Nova Scotia: the highest figure is 81.4, 2.6 years above the lowest.
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 Richmond County, Subdivision A’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Richmond County, Subdivision A: 17 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Richmond County, Subdivision A’s own, not the region’s.
Richmond County, Subdivision A is further out than the provincial norm of 9.2 km in Nova Scotia, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
High blood pressure for 30% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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 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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 1.7 years
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Richmond County, Subdivision A’s dot is marked, above the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Richmond County, Subdivision A’s region, at 4.0, should live about 77.1 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 78.8. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (6 of 10), with a median of 77.8.
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%)
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 better than in the province too: 51% 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Richmond County, Subdivision A comes 33rd of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,237 to 4,380 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown SK B+ | 4,282 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Beaupré QC A+ | 4,314 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 3 | Claresholm AB A+ | 4,242 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 31 | East Angus QC A | 4,261 | 16 km | 57% |
| 32 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay BC B+ | 4,309 | 17 km | 55% |
| 33 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS D | 4,305 | 17 km | 49% |
| 34 | White City SK B− | 4,379 | 17 km | 49% |
| 35 | Prescott ON C+ | 4,342 | 17 km | 51% |
| 40 | Eganville ON C− | 4,326 | 32 km | 50% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Richmond County, Subdivision A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision A | 17 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
| Richmond County, Subdivision C 15 km | 19 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
| Richmond County, Subdivision B 19 km | 37 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
Every place around Richmond County, Subdivision A shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Residents of Richmond County, Subdivision B live further from a hospital, at 37 km against 17 km in Richmond County, Subdivision A.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Richmond County, Subdivision A alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Richmond County, Subdivision A
What is the life expectancy in Richmond County, Subdivision A?
Women in Richmond County, Subdivision A’s region live to 80.9 on average and men to 76.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Richmond County, Subdivision A from a hospital?
For everyday care, Richmond County, Subdivision A’s residents are 16 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Richmond County, Subdivision A’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Richmond County, Subdivision A’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Richmond County, Subdivision A?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 21%.
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).