Photo: Onasill ~ Bill - Onasill ~ 109 Millions Views · CC BY-SA 2.0Lives run long around Aurora: 86.3 years, 4.8 more than the typical Canadian town’s region
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. What sets Aurora apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Aurora is A−, #336 of 866 in Ontario and #950 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Aurora
Easier circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Aurora’s neighbourhoods average 1.5 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 5.3 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.1 km off, Aurora is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
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.
Aurora grades A− 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: #336 of 866 in Ontario and #950 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.
From Aurora, a hospital is 6.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Aurora’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Aurora travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
This is the longest-lived of the 34 regions in Ontario, 12.6 years ahead of the last at 73.7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Aurora’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 1.3 years
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Aurora’s, lies over the trend.
At 1.9 on the index, the trend across 102 regions (correlation −0.83) points to 85.0 years, and the region Aurora belongs to reaches 86.3. It outlives 9 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 83.5 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.8%
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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 23% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs under the province, 9.8% to 17%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
50% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario (51%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 53% very good or excellent against 51% for Ontario; stress is a daily matter for 25%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Aurora is 31st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 51,346 to 85,944 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Whalley BC A | 52,642 | 1.8 km | 50% |
| 29 | Blainville QC A+ | 61,739 | 4.9 km | 60% |
| 30 | Langford BC A+ | 59,664 | 6.3 km | 55% |
| 31 | Aurora ON A− | 67,385 | 6.7 km | 51% |
| 32 | Bradford ON B+ | 51,346 | 8.5 km | 54% |
| 33 | Mirabel QC A | 68,471 | 8.7 km | 60% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Aurora
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 6.7 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| Newmarket 5.4 km | 2.5 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| King 11 km | 12 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| East Gwillimbury 12 km | 6.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| Richmond Hill 13 km | 4.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Cathedraltown 14 km | 6.8 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| Hope 14 km | 4.8 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Aurora from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. King is the furthest from care, 12 km to Aurora’s 6.7 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Aurora shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Aurora
What is the life expectancy in Aurora?
There is no figure for Aurora alone; its health region’s is 87.9 for women and 84.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Aurora’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 Aurora’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Aurora from a hospital?
Residents of Aurora have a clinic 2.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.1 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Aurora?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
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).