Lives run long around Alloa: 85.3 years, 3.8 more than the typical Canadian town’s region
In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. Measured from where Alloa’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 7.6 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Alloa grades B+ for health, #471 of 866 in Ontario and #1,193 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Alloa
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Alloa’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.5 predicts: 85.3 years against 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Alloa is well below the typical town’s; 5.9% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Alloa can reach 5.0 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.4 km off. 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.
Alloa 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: #471 of 866 in Ontario and #1,193 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.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 2.4 years ahead of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Alloa’s region’s dot is above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.5, Alloa’s region would be expected to reach 82.9 years; it reaches 85.3. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 12%
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
Self-reported obesity, 27%, trails Ontario (30%). Fewer adults drink heavily, 11% to the province’s 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 Alloa, a hospital is 7.6 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Alloa’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Alloa 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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 region is 2nd longest-lived of 34 in Ontario, on a scale from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Alloa’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.
Self-rated health much as in Ontario: 51% to 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is ahead of Ontario, 55% very good or excellent to 51%; 26% describe most days as quite a bit 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: Alloa comes 33rd of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 28,264 to 31,128 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montagne QC A | 28,569 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Verdun-Centre QC A | 30,304 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Marie-Victorin QC A | 28,904 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 31 | Meadowvale Village ON B+ | 30,139 | 6.8 km | 49% |
| 32 | Beamsville ON C+ | 28,356 | 7.0 km | 49% |
| 33 | Alloa ON B+ | 29,669 | 7.6 km | 49% |
| 34 | Des Explorateurs QC B | 31,128 | 8.3 km | 55% |
| 35 | Sainte-Julie QC A− | 30,981 | 11 km | 55% |
| 40 | Conception Bay South NL C+ | 29,725 | 17 km | 54% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Alloa
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa | 7.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant North 0.9 km | 6.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Fletchers Meadow North 1.8 km | 6.1 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Mount Pleasant Village 2.3 km | 5.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Van Kirk 2.6 km | 6.4 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Fletchers Meadow South 2.7 km | 4.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Creditview 2.7 km | 6.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Alloa’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Alloa alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Alloa
What is the life expectancy in Alloa?
Women in Alloa’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 83.3, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Alloa?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 19%.
How far is Alloa from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Alloa live: 5.1 km to a clinic, 0.4 km to a pharmacy.
How is Alloa’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Alloa 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).