People in Springbrook’s health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond 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%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Springbrook live 4.6 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. The Health grade for Springbrook is A−, #429 of 866 in Ontario and #1,118 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Springbrook
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
At 85.3 years, Springbrook’s region outlives the 82.9 that regions scoring 2.5 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Springbrook is well below the typical town’s; 5.9% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Easier circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 1.5 out of 5, Springbrook sits in the index’s least pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 13 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.0 km off, Springbrook 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.
Springbrook 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: #429 of 866 in Ontario and #1,118 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 predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 2.4 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Springbrook’s region’s dot is above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Springbrook’s region beats it: 85.3 years against the 82.9 the trend gives a score of 2.5. 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.
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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 27% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs under the province, 11% to 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 Springbrook: 4.6 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Springbrook, weighted by who lives there.
Springbrook 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 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
The region comes 2nd of 34 in Ontario, where life expectancy runs from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
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; Springbrook’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.
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
Mental health beats Ontario as well: 55% very good or excellent to 51%, with 26% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Springbrook is 26th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (14,725 to 15,230 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Louis QC A | 14,824 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Roncesvalles ON A | 14,725 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 3 | Carleton Place ON B | 14,837 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 24 | Doon South ON A | 15,044 | 4.4 km | 53% |
| 25 | Lakewood SK B+ | 14,880 | 4.5 km | 49% |
| 26 | Springbrook ON A− | 14,961 | 4.6 km | 49% |
| 27 | Orsainville QC A+ | 14,751 | 6.0 km | 62% |
| 28 | Middle Sackville NS B | 14,898 | 6.4 km | 51% |
| 40 | Whistler BC A | 15,090 | 48 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Springbrook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook | 4.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Fletchers West 1.5 km | 3.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Credit Valley 1.9 km | 4.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Northwood Park 2.4 km | 3.2 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| New Springbrook 2.5 km | 6.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Churchville 2.6 km | 6.2 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Hickory Woods 3.1 km | 4.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Springbrook and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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 Springbrook’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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 Springbrook
What is the life expectancy in Springbrook?
For the health region that includes Springbrook, women can expect 87.2 years and men 83.3 (2022/2024).
How is Springbrook’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Springbrook’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Springbrook?
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 Springbrook from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Springbrook live: 2.7 km to a clinic, 1.0 km to a pharmacy.
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).