Wildfield’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 3.8 years: life expectancy 85.3
Across the region, 49% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). Closer to home, a hospital is 6.6 km from the average resident of Wildfield, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Wildfield is B+, #460 of 866 in Ontario and #1,170 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Wildfield
Living past what deprivation predicts
At 85.3 years, Wildfield’s region outlives the 82.9 that regions scoring 2.5 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Deprivation runs low
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Wildfield’s neighbourhoods average 1.6 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
A region that smokes less
Around Wildfield, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Wildfield grades B+ 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: #460 of 866 in Ontario and #1,170 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
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Wildfield’s region comes out above the trend.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Wildfield’s region, at 2.5, outlives the trend’s 82.9 years with 85.3. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure 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.
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.
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 Wildfield’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Wildfield: 6.6 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Wildfield’s own, not the region’s.
From Wildfield that is further 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.
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Wildfield is 31st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 8,379 to 8,621 people, median 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garneau AB B+ | 8,492 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 2 | West Centretown ON A+ | 8,560 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 29 | Ogden AB A | 8,484 | 6.1 km | 56% |
| 30 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC A+ | 8,466 | 6.4 km | 60% |
| 31 | Wildfield ON B+ | 8,511 | 6.6 km | 49% |
| 32 | Rosewood SK B+ | 8,427 | 7.0 km | 49% |
| 33 | Lac la Biche County AB D | 8,580 | 11 km | 48% |
| 40 | Muskoka Lakes ON B | 8,463 | 20 km | 54% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Wildfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfield | 6.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Castlemore Estates 1.7 km | 5.4 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Mount Royal 2.7 km | 4.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Vales of Castlemore 3.6 km | 3.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) 4.3 km | 2.4 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing 4.7 km | 5.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Valley Creek 4.7 km | 4.3 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Wildfield from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Sandalwood East (mountainash) live nearer a hospital, at 2.4 km against 6.6 km in Wildfield.
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 Wildfield itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Wildfield
What is the life expectancy in Wildfield?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Wildfield’s health region only: 87.2 years for women and 83.3 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Wildfield?
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 Wildfield from a hospital?
A clinic is 6.6 km from the average resident of Wildfield and a pharmacy 2.0 km, as the crow flies.
How is Wildfield’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Wildfield has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).