Life expectancy around Deerfield is 85.3 years, 3.8 more than for the typical Canadian town
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. What sets Deerfield apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Deerfield a grade of A−, #356 of 866 in Ontario and #990 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Deerfield
More years than its deprivation would give
Deerfield’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.5 predicts: 85.3 years against 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Deerfield, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Deerfield; from its centre of population the trip is 1.2 km. Getting care ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Deerfield has 11 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Deerfield 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: #356 of 866 in Ontario and #990 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.
The region lives 2.4 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Deerfield’s, lies over the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 2.5 at 82.9 years of life; Deerfield’s region does better, at 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (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
At 27%, self-reported obesity is below Ontario’s 30%. Heavy drinking is rarer (11% against 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 Deerfield, a hospital is 1.3 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Deerfield, weighted by who lives there.
From Deerfield that is nearer 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 73.7 and a high of 86.3.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Deerfield’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
51% 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 health looks better than in the province too: 55% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 26% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Deerfield is 7th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (12,880 to 13,331 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% |
| 5 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON A | 13,171 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 6 | Albert Park SK B+ | 12,967 | 1.2 km | 49% |
| 7 | Deerfield ON A− | 13,090 | 1.3 km | 49% |
| 8 | Thompson MB D | 12,917 | 1.5 km | 40% |
| 9 | Centre-Ville QC B+ | 12,981 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 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 Deerfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 1.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Trinity Commons 1.1 km | 2.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Springdale 1.4 km | 2.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| M-Section (bramalea) 1.7 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Rosedale Village 1.9 km | 3.0 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) 1.9 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| N-Section (bramalea) 2.0 km | 2.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Around Deerfield the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Deerfield alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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.
Questions about health in Deerfield
What is the life expectancy in Deerfield?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Deerfield’s health region only: 87.2 years for women and 83.3 for men (2022/2024).
How is Deerfield’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Deerfield’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Deerfield?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 19% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Deerfield from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.3 km from the average resident of Deerfield and a pharmacy 0.6 km, as the crow flies.
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).