Photo: William B. Grice · CC BY-SA 4.049% of adults around Grimsby rate their health very good or excellent
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.2, women 83.6 and men 78.8 (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.7 km from the average resident of Grimsby, about the norm of 3.7 km. Grimsby grades C+ for health, #722 of 866 in Ontario and #2,130 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Grimsby
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Grimsby is well above the typical town’s; 11% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A heavier load of illness
High blood pressure (25%) and diabetes (11%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Grimsby 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: #722 of 866 in Ontario and #2,130 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 25% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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, 32%, sits within a few points of Ontario (30%).
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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Grimsby’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Grimsby’s region is a typical case: 81.2 years at a score of 2.9, where the trend says 81.4. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 5 still live longer, with 81.4 years in the middle. Judged by income, around $80,000 a household, the region would look poorly placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one outlives most.
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.
The nearest hospital is 2.7 km from the average home in Grimsby
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Grimsby’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Grimsby here: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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 15th.
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 Grimsby’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 48% to 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 50% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Ontario’s 51%, with 20% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Grimsby is 21st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 29,725 to 33,229 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verdun-Centre QC A | 30,304 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Centretown ON A+ | 32,035 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre QC A | 31,113 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 19 | Du Moulin QC B+ | 30,364 | 2.6 km | 55% |
| 20 | Boisbriand QC A+ | 29,830 | 2.7 km | 60% |
| 21 | Grimsby ON C+ | 31,478 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 22 | Killarney BC A+ | 32,167 | 2.7 km | 50% |
| 23 | Alma QC A | 30,659 | 2.8 km | 66% |
| 40 | Conception Bay South NL C+ | 29,725 | 17 km | 54% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Grimsby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 2.7 km | 49% | 81.2 | C+ |
| Fifty Point 6.3 km | 8.4 km | 53% | 81.2 | B− |
| Industrial 7.9 km | 8.5 km | 53% | 81.2 | B− |
| Trillium 10 km | 7.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Smithville 11 km | 12 km | 49% | 81.2 | C |
| Beamsville 12 km | 7.0 km | 49% | 81.2 | C+ |
| Westmeria 12 km | 5.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
Across a regional line, Fifty Point has its own figures: life expectancy 81.2, against 81.2 here. Residents of Smithville live further from a hospital, at 12 km against 2.7 km in Grimsby.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Grimsby 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
Questions about health in Grimsby
How is Grimsby’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Grimsby’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Grimsby?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 19% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Grimsby?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Grimsby’s health region only: 83.6 years for women and 78.8 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Grimsby from a hospital?
For everyday care, Grimsby’s residents are 1.0 km from a pharmacy and 3.4 km from a clinic on average.
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).