Expect 85.3 years of life in the region around Spring Valley, 3.8 above 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%. Closer to home, a hospital is 5.7 km from the average resident of Spring Valley, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Spring Valley a grade of A−, #447 of 866 in Ontario and #1,151 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Spring Valley
Ahead of regions as deprived
Spring Valley’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.5 predicts: 85.3 years against 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Spring Valley, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 10 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.6 km off, Spring Valley is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Spring Valley 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: #447 of 866 in Ontario and #1,151 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.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 2.4 years
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Spring Valley’s lies 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, Spring Valley’s region would be expected to reach 82.9 years; it reaches 85.3. Of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, not one does as well; half fall below 82.7.
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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 12% diabetes
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Ontario: 27%, the province 30%. At 11%, heavy drinking trails the provincial 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 Spring Valley, a hospital is 5.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Spring Valley’s own, not the region’s.
Spring Valley is further out 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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Spring Valley’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.
Self-rated health much as in Ontario: 51% to 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
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: Spring Valley comes 28th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 12,304 to 12,808 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DT Hospital ON A− | 12,384 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Regent Park ON A | 12,797 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Yonge-Eglinton ON A | 12,424 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 26 | Tyndall Park MB B+ | 12,393 | 4.6 km | 52% |
| 27 | Rutherford AB B | 12,808 | 5.0 km | 51% |
| 28 | Spring Valley ON A− | 12,564 | 5.7 km | 49% |
| 29 | Kings County, Subdivision B NS C− | 12,661 | 5.8 km | 44% |
| 30 | New Springbrook ON B+ | 12,804 | 6.9 km | 49% |
| 40 | Lac Ste. Anne County AB D− | 12,639 | 25 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Spring Valley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 5.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Credit Valley 1.6 km | 4.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Creditview 1.7 km | 6.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant Village 2.1 km | 5.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village 2.2 km | 4.0 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Northwood Park 2.8 km | 3.2 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Fletchers Meadow South 3.3 km | 4.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Same region, same survey: Spring Valley’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Spring Valley shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Spring Valley
What is the life expectancy in Spring Valley?
For the health region that includes Spring Valley, women can expect 87.2 years and men 83.3 (2022/2024).
How is Spring Valley’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Spring Valley: 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 Spring Valley?
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%.
How far is Spring Valley from a hospital?
For everyday care, Spring Valley’s residents are 0.6 km from a pharmacy and 4.3 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).