Photo: Art Anderson · CC BY-SA 3.0Centre Hastings scores below 88% of Canadian towns for health
Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 45% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Measured from where Centre Hastings’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 13 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Centre Hastings grades D for health, #853 of 866 in Ontario and #2,485 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Centre Hastings
A region that smokes more
Smoking is commoner around Centre Hastings than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Centre Hastings the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 9.8 km. Getting care ↓
Shorter lives in the region
Born around Centre Hastings, a child can expect 1.7 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs low
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 6.7 points under the typical Canadian town’s, and 43% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
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.
Centre Hastings grades D 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: #853 of 866 in Ontario and #2,485 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.
28% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 11% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 39%, tops Ontario (30%). More adults drink heavily, 25% 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.
The nearest hospital is 13 km from the average home in Centre Hastings
Straight-line distances from each part of Centre Hastings, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Centre Hastings is on the far side.
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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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 26th 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Centre Hastings’ residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health trails Ontario: 43% very good or excellent, against 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health looks weaker than in the province: 47% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 27% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Centre Hastings’ region’s dot is close to the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Centre Hastings’ region, at 3.2, should live about 80.0 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 79.8, near enough. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (7 of 10, median 81.2 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Centre Hastings is 32nd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,100 to 5,249 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Alexander MB B+ | 5,161 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Heritage SK B+ | 5,172 | 0.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Didsbury AB A+ | 5,185 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 30 | Metchosin BC A | 5,207 | 13 km | 55% |
| 31 | Coverdale NB C+ | 5,167 | 13 km | 43% |
| 32 | Centre Hastings ON D | 5,170 | 13 km | 45% |
| 33 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton QC A | 5,249 | 14 km | 57% |
| 34 | Lake Echo NS B | 5,223 | 15 km | 51% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Centre Hastings
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
Every place around Centre Hastings shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Marmora is the furthest from care, 24 km to Centre Hastings’ 13 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Centre Hastings itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Centre Hastings
How is Centre Hastings’ Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Centre Hastings’ own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Centre Hastings?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
How far is Centre Hastings from a hospital?
For everyday care, Centre Hastings’ residents are 6.7 km from a pharmacy and 7.6 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Centre Hastings?
Women in Centre Hastings’ region live to 81.8 on average and men to 77.8, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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).