Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Life expectancy around H-Section (bramalea) is 85.3 years, 3.8 more than for the typical Canadian town
Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.6 km from the average resident of H-Section (bramalea), nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for H-Section (bramalea) is A−, #363 of 866 in Ontario and #1,003 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in H-Section (bramalea)
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 2.5 on the deprivation index typically live 82.9 years; H-Section (bramalea)’s region, at 85.3, does better. For its deprivation ↓
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around H-Section (bramalea) than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.9% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 18 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.8 km off, H-Section (bramalea) is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
H-Section (bramalea) 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: #363 of 866 in Ontario and #1,003 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
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), H-Section (bramalea)’s region comes out above the trend.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 2.5 on the index, the line expects 82.9 years; H-Section (bramalea)’s region reaches 85.3. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, none lives longer; the middle of the group 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
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.
Getting to hospital from H-Section (bramalea): 1.6 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is H-Section (bramalea)’s own, not the region’s.
From H-Section (bramalea) 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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for H-Section (bramalea)’s own areas.
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 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: H-Section (bramalea) comes 9th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 8,864 to 9,224 people, median 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corktown ON B+ | 8,952 | 0.3 km | 53% |
| 2 | North Central SK B+ | 9,124 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Booth MB B+ | 9,016 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 7 | DT Cooksville ON A− | 8,864 | 1.3 km | 49% |
| 8 | Sundance AB A+ | 9,043 | 1.4 km | 56% |
| 9 | H-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 9,040 | 1.6 km | 49% |
| 10 | Marlborough AB A+ | 8,932 | 2.2 km | 56% |
| 11 | Saint-Robert QC A | 9,186 | 2.4 km | 55% |
| 40 | Kimberley BC B− | 9,037 | 24 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around H-Section (bramalea)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-Section (bramalea) | 1.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Bramalea Woods 1.1 km | 2.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Norton Park 1.3 km | 2.2 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| E-F-K-Section (bramalea) 1.5 km | 0.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| M-Section (bramalea) 1.7 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| G-Section (bramalea) 1.8 km | 0.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) 2.1 km | 2.1 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
One health region covers H-Section (bramalea) and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 H-Section (bramalea)’s own.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in H-Section (bramalea)
What is the life expectancy in H-Section (bramalea)?
Women in H-Section (bramalea)’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 83.3, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is H-Section (bramalea)’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so H-Section (bramalea) has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is H-Section (bramalea)?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 19% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is H-Section (bramalea) from a hospital?
Residents of H-Section (bramalea) have a clinic 1.6 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.8 km away, in straight lines.
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).