Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.053% of adults around Ayr rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 82.8 years, 84.9 for a girl and 80.7 for a boy (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 9.1 km from the average resident of Ayr, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Ayr is A−, #344 of 866 in Ontario and #960 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Ayr
A long-lived region
Born around Ayr, a child can expect 1.3 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Ayr 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: #344 of 866 in Ontario and #960 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Ontario, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 6th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Ayr 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Ayr’s region comes out on the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Ayr’s region is a typical case: 82.8 years at a score of 2.6, where the trend says 82.5. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 82.5 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (8%)
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 33%, self-reported obesity is above Ontario’s 30%.
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.
From Ayr, a hospital is 9.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Ayr, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Ayr 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 55% to 51%
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
For 23% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 52% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Ontario’s 51%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Ayr is 34th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (12,804 to 13,302 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor ON A | 12,888 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | Downtown AB B+ | 12,880 | 0.9 km | 51% |
| 3 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON A | 13,215 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 32 | North Saanich BC A | 12,986 | 6.9 km | 55% |
| 33 | New Springbrook ON B+ | 12,804 | 6.9 km | 49% |
| 34 | Ayr ON A− | 13,051 | 9.1 km | 53% |
| 35 | Redstone AB A | 13,230 | 10 km | 56% |
| 36 | Brighton ON C | 12,900 | 14 km | 49% |
| 40 | Sainte-Julienne QC B | 12,990 | 21 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Ayr
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 9.1 km | 53% | 82.8 | A− |
| Doon South 8.4 km | 4.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Huron South 9.9 km | 2.9 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Pioneer Park 11 km | 3.0 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Rosenberg 11 km | 2.8 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Pioneer Tower West 11 km | 2.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Cambridge 13 km | 3.3 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Ayr and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Pioneer Tower West is the closest to care, 2.7 km to Ayr’s 9.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Ayr’s own.
Questions about health in Ayr
What is the life expectancy in Ayr?
For the health region that includes Ayr, women can expect 84.9 years and men 80.7 (2022/2024).
How far is Ayr from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Ayr live: 8.6 km to a clinic, 7.7 km to a pharmacy.
How is Ayr’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 Ayr’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Ayr?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
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).