Springdale’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 3.8 years: life expectancy 85.3
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 just 2.3 km from the average resident of Springdale, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Springdale is A−, #377 of 866 in Ontario and #1,029 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Springdale
Outliving the trend for its deprivation
Regions scoring 2.5 on the deprivation index typically live 82.9 years; Springdale’s region, at 85.3, does better. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Springdale, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 7.6 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.9 km off, Springdale is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Springdale 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: #377 of 866 in Ontario and #1,029 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-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 2.4 years
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Springdale’s region shows above the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Springdale’s region, at 2.5, should live about 82.9 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and 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.
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.
The nearest hospital is 2.3 km from the average home in Springdale
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Springdale’s own, not the region’s.
From Springdale 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 2nd.
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 Springdale’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
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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Springdale comes 15th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 12,990 to 13,453 people, median 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 2 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON A | 13,215 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 3 | Lloydminster (Part) SK C | 13,137 | 1.2 km | 46% |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC A | 13,181 | 2.0 km | 55% |
| 14 | Mount Dennis ON A | 13,364 | 2.0 km | 50% |
| 15 | Springdale ON A− | 13,221 | 2.3 km | 49% |
| 16 | Ionview ON A | 13,382 | 2.4 km | 50% |
| 17 | Quantztown ON A | 13,146 | 3.0 km | 51% |
| 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 Springdale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 2.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Rosedale Village 0.9 km | 3.0 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Deerfield 1.4 km | 1.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Countryside 1.4 km | 3.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Trinity Commons 1.8 km | 2.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) 1.9 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| M-Section (bramalea) 3.1 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Around Springdale 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Springdale itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
Questions about health in Springdale
What is the life expectancy in Springdale?
There is no figure for Springdale alone; its health region’s is 87.2 for women and 83.3 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Springdale’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Springdale’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Springdale?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 19% of adults.
How far is Springdale from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.3 km from the average resident of Springdale and a pharmacy 0.9 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).