Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOn health, Richmond County, Subdivision C falls short of 89% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 49% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Nova Scotia (48%). Closer to home, a hospital is 19 km from the average resident of Richmond County, Subdivision C, further than the usual 3.7 km. Richmond County, Subdivision C grades D for health, #69 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,504 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Richmond County, Subdivision C
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Richmond County, Subdivision C, a child can expect 2.7 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A long way to hospital
Distance is Richmond County, Subdivision C’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 20 km. Getting care ↓
More chronic 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 ↓
A region that smokes more
Around Richmond County, Subdivision C, 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 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: #69 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #2,504 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
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
No region of the 4 in Nova Scotia has shorter lives than this one; the longest-lived reaches 81.4, a gap of 2.6 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Richmond County, Subdivision C itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Richmond County, Subdivision C: 19 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Richmond 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, Richmond County, Subdivision C is on the far side. 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.
30% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 11% 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
More adults report obesity than across Nova Scotia: 45%, 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.7 years of life
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Richmond County, Subdivision C’s dot is marked, above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Richmond County, Subdivision C’s region beats it: 78.8 years against the 77.1 the trend gives a score of 4.0. 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 C comes 35th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,383 to 3,506 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynnwood AB B+ | 3,452 | 0.4 km | 51% |
| 2 | Malartic QC B+ | 3,506 | 0.8 km | 57% |
| 3 | Virginia Park AB B+ | 3,431 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 33 | Meaghers Grant NS B | 3,430 | 15 km | 51% |
| 34 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC A+ | 3,400 | 17 km | 62% |
| 35 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS D | 3,444 | 19 km | 49% |
| 36 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON C− | 3,412 | 20 km | 51% |
| 37 | Richmond QC A− | 3,419 | 21 km | 57% |
| 40 | Lewisporte NL D | 3,405 | 45 km | 54% |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision C | 19 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
| Richmond County, Subdivision A 15 km | 17 km | 49% | 78.8 | D |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Richmond County, Subdivision C’s regional figures.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Richmond County, Subdivision C shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Richmond County, Subdivision C
How far is Richmond County, Subdivision C from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Richmond County, Subdivision C is 4.9 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
What is the life expectancy in Richmond County, Subdivision C?
There is no figure for Richmond County, Subdivision C alone; its health region’s is 80.9 for women and 76.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Richmond 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 Richmond County, Subdivision C’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Richmond 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).