People in M-Section (bramalea)’s health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and M-Section (bramalea) is well placed: 1.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for M-Section (bramalea) is A−, #359 of 866 in Ontario and #998 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in M-Section (bramalea)
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
At 85.3 years, M-Section (bramalea)’s region outlives the 82.9 that regions scoring 2.5 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Smoking runs low
Around M-Section (bramalea), only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Near a hospital
Measured from where people live, M-Section (bramalea) is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 1.4 km away. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in M-Section (bramalea) has 16 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.5 km away. 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.
M-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: #359 of 866 in Ontario and #998 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 2.4 years more here
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and M-Section (bramalea)’s region shows above the trend.
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, M-Section (bramalea)’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%
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
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 M-Section (bramalea), a hospital is 1.5 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is M-Section (bramalea)’s own, not the region’s.
M-Section (bramalea) is closer in than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 2nd of the 34.
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 M-Section (bramalea)’s own areas.
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%)
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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Ontario (55% against 51%), while 26% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
M-Section (bramalea) is 6th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 9,742 to 10,062 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Cambie BC A+ | 9,846 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Vincent ON B | 10,011 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 3 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON A | 9,909 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 4 | Maple Leaf ON A | 10,040 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 5 | Bridgewater NS C− | 9,989 | 1.4 km | 44% |
| 6 | M-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 9,901 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 7 | Roberval QC A+ | 9,828 | 1.7 km | 66% |
| 8 | Ladysmith BC B | 9,926 | 1.7 km | 47% |
| 40 | Shediac NB C | 9,849 | 24 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around M-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-Section (bramalea) | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| N-Section (bramalea) 1.4 km | 2.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Professors Lake 1.6 km | 1.0 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Deerfield 1.7 km | 1.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| H-Section (bramalea) 1.7 km | 1.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Bramalea Woods 1.7 km | 2.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| G-Section (bramalea) 1.9 km | 0.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry M-Section (bramalea)’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for M-Section (bramalea) itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in M-Section (bramalea)
What is the life expectancy in M-Section (bramalea)?
There is no figure for M-Section (bramalea) alone; its health region’s is 87.2 for women and 83.3 for men in 2022/2024.
How is M-Section (bramalea)’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for M-Section (bramalea): Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is M-Section (bramalea)?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 19%.
How far is M-Section (bramalea) from a hospital?
For everyday care, M-Section (bramalea)’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 1.5 km from a clinic on average.
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).