Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0People in Bolton’s health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond the typical Canadian town
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. What sets Bolton apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 12 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Bolton grades B+ for health, #497 of 866 in Ontario and #1,403 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Bolton
Ahead of regions as deprived
Set against regions as deprived (2.5), Bolton’s region gains years: 85.3 where the trend says 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Bolton the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 13 km. Getting care ↓
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Bolton is well below the typical town’s; 5.9% of adults are daily smokers. 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.
Bolton 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: #497 of 866 in Ontario and #1,403 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.
2.4 more years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Bolton’s lies above the line.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Bolton’s region, at 2.5, outlives the trend’s 82.9 years with 85.3. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 82.7 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 (21%) and diabetes (12%)
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 lower than in the province, at 27% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs under the province, 11% 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.
Getting to hospital from Bolton: 12 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Bolton’s own, not the region’s.
From Bolton that is further than the 3.3 km of the typical town in Ontario, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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
Ranked 2nd of 34 in Ontario: the regions span 73.7 to 86.3 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Bolton’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 51% 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: 55% very good or excellent to 51%, with 26% facing stressful days.
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: Bolton comes 39th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 68,471 to 118,378 people, median 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria BC A+ | 103,888 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 2 | New Westminster BC A | 92,124 | 1.8 km | 48% |
| 3 | Chomedey QC A | 81,813 | 1.8 km | 53% |
| 37 | Fort McMurray AB D | 81,611 | 9.1 km | 48% |
| 38 | Simcoe ON D | 75,618 | 11 km | 48% |
| 39 | Bolton ON B+ | 90,201 | 12 km | 49% |
| 40 | Lindsay ON C | 85,351 | 13 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Bolton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 12 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Wildfield 7.7 km | 6.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Mount Royal 8.0 km | 4.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Castlemore Estates 9.3 km | 5.4 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Vales of Castlemore 10 km | 3.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) 10 km | 2.4 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Countryside 11 km | 3.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Same region, same survey: Bolton’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Sandalwood East (mountainash) live nearer a hospital, at 2.4 km against 12 km in Bolton.
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.
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Bolton alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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 Bolton
What is the life expectancy in Bolton?
Women in Bolton’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 83.3, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Bolton from a hospital?
A clinic is 5.9 km from the average resident of Bolton and a pharmacy 3.0 km, as the crow flies.
How is Bolton’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Bolton has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Bolton?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 19%.
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).