Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5People in Espanola’s health region live to 79.1 on average, 2.4 years short of the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 51% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.4 km from the average resident of Espanola, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Espanola grades C+ for health, #759 of 866 in Ontario and #2,210 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Espanola
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Espanola is well above the typical town’s; 13% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 24 km from the average home in Espanola, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (9.5%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Near a hospital
Measured from where people live, Espanola is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.8 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Espanola grades C+ 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: #759 of 866 in Ontario and #2,210 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.
High blood pressure for 24% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.5%
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
More adults report obesity than across Ontario: 43%, the province 30%. At 25%, heavy drinking beats 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 Espanola, a hospital is 1.4 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Espanola, weighted by who lives there.
Espanola is closer in 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.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 0.8 years
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Espanola’s region shows above the trend.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 3.7 on the index, the line expects 78.3 years; Espanola’s region reaches 79.1. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.2 years. Its towns’ household income, about $82,000, sits above most regions’ while its life expectancy sits below; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 0.14).
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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
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
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 28th place goes to this one, between a low of 73.7 and a high of 86.3.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Espanola’s 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 51% and 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Stress touches 22% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 51%, the province 51% (Ontario).
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: Espanola comes 8th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,393 to 5,616 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Bankview AB A+ | 5,610 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 6 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault NB C+ | 5,465 | 1.3 km | 48% |
| 7 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON A+ | 5,486 | 1.3 km | 56% |
| 8 | Espanola ON C+ | 5,504 | 1.4 km | 51% |
| 9 | Riverdale AB B+ | 5,490 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 10 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC A | 5,457 | 2.2 km | 55% |
| 40 | Gananoque ON C | 5,568 | 28 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Espanola
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espanola | 1.4 km | 51% | 79.1 | C+ |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers 18 km | 20 km | 51% | 79.1 | C− |
Around Espanola the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Sables-Spanish Rivers is the furthest from care, 20 km to Espanola’s 1.4 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Espanola itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Espanola
How is Espanola’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Espanola has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Espanola?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Espanola’s health region only: 82.0 years for women and 76.3 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Espanola from a hospital?
Residents of Espanola have a clinic 1.4 km away on average and a pharmacy 24 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Espanola?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).