Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Beckwith’s health region
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.3 and men 79.2 (2022/2024). What sets Beckwith apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 7.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Beckwith a grade of B−, #680 of 866 in Ontario and #2,008 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Beckwith
Deprivation runs low
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Beckwith’s neighbourhoods average 1.4 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
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.
Beckwith grades B− 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: #680 of 866 in Ontario and #2,008 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
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 15th.
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 Beckwith’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Level with regions as deprived, give or take a few months
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Beckwith’s region comes out on the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Beckwith’s region fits it, 81.2 years at 2.9 against the line’s 81.3. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 4 above, 4 below, a median of 81.2 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 24% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.6%
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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 38% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 21% 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.
From Beckwith, a hospital is 7.2 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Beckwith’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Beckwith is on the far side. The centre of population is 3.6 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 7.2 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 49% and 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
Mental health beats Ontario as well: 56% very good or excellent to 51%, with 22% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Beckwith is 31st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 9,922 to 10,218 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-des-Fées QC B+ | 10,075 | 0.5 km | 55% |
| 2 | Vincent ON B | 10,011 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 3 | Maple Leaf ON A | 10,040 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 29 | Mount Pleasant North ON B+ | 10,103 | 6.8 km | 49% |
| 30 | Mono ON B | 10,036 | 7.1 km | 51% |
| 31 | Beckwith ON B− | 10,073 | 7.2 km | 51% |
| 32 | Stanley MB B− | 9,929 | 8.0 km | 51% |
| 33 | Mitchell ON B− | 10,080 | 17 km | 45% |
| 40 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands ON C+ | 10,185 | 26 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Beckwith
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith | 7.2 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| Carleton Place 3.5 km | 1.0 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Almonte 15 km | 4.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| Corkery 18 km | 10 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Munster - Ashton 18 km | 14 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Drummond/North Elmsley 19 km | 7.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
Across a regional line, Corkery has its own figures: life expectancy 83.7, against 81.2 here. Residents of Munster - Ashton live further from a hospital, at 14 km against 7.2 km in Beckwith.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Beckwith’s own.
Questions about health in Beckwith
How is Beckwith’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Beckwith’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Beckwith from a hospital?
For everyday care, Beckwith’s residents are 6.4 km from a pharmacy and 15 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Beckwith?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in Beckwith?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.3 for women, 79.2 for men around Beckwith (2022/2024).
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).