Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5For health, Georgetown is ahead of 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%. For Georgetown itself the measure is access: 4.3 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Georgetown grades A for health, #56 of 866 in Ontario and #361 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Georgetown
Life expectancy above the norm
Georgetown’s region sits 3.4 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.4 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Georgetown has 5.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.3 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Georgetown 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: #56 of 866 in Ontario and #361 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.
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
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 3rd 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Georgetown’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Georgetown, a hospital is 4.3 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Georgetown’s own, not the region’s.
From Georgetown that is further than the 3.3 km of the typical town in Ontario, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. The centre of population is 0.4 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 4.3 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.
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 1.2 years short of the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Georgetown’s region is below the line.
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 1.6, Georgetown’s region’s 84.9 years sit under the line’s 86.1. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (8 of 10, median 83.5 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.
20% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.6% 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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 26% of adults against 30% for Ontario.
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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 54% 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 looks better than in the province too: 56% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 24% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Georgetown is 26th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 51,739 to 90,201 people, median 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Whalley BC A | 52,642 | 1.8 km | 50% |
| 24 | Rimouski QC A | 51,756 | 4.1 km | 60% |
| 25 | Fleetwood BC A | 63,957 | 4.1 km | 50% |
| 26 | Georgetown ON A | 68,265 | 4.3 km | 54% |
| 27 | Shawinigan QC A | 51,739 | 4.5 km | 61% |
| 28 | Prince George BC C− | 85,944 | 4.6 km | 39% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Georgetown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 4.3 km | 54% | 84.9 | A |
| Creditview 8.9 km | 6.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Alloa 9.6 km | 7.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Spring Valley 9.7 km | 5.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Mount Pleasant North 9.9 km | 6.8 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant Village 10 km | 5.7 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| New Springbrook 11 km | 6.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | B+ |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Creditview’s life expectancy is 85.3, this region’s 84.9. Alloa is the furthest from care, 7.6 km to Georgetown’s 4.3 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Georgetown shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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 Georgetown
What is the life expectancy in Georgetown?
Women in Georgetown’s region live to 86.5 on average and men to 83.2, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Georgetown’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 Georgetown’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Georgetown?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
How far is Georgetown from a hospital?
Residents of Georgetown have a clinic 4.1 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.3 km away, in straight lines.
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).