Photo: RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY 2.0Around Battlefield, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent
People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.5 for women and 79.0 for men in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Battlefield is well placed: 1.0 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Battlefield is B, #524 of 866 in Ontario and #1,612 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Battlefield
Near a hospital
Measured from where people live, Battlefield is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.8 km away. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Battlefield has 12 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. Getting care ↓
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.
Battlefield 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: #524 of 866 in Ontario and #1,612 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.
The nearest hospital is 1.0 km from the average home in Battlefield
Straight-line distances from each part of Battlefield, 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, Battlefield is on the near 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Battlefield’s region comes out on the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Battlefield’s region is a typical case: 81.2 years at a score of 3.0, where the trend says 81.0. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 5, with 80.9 years in the middle.
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 22% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.5%
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Ontario: 28% report obesity, the province 30%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (21% against 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 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
This region is 15th longest-lived of 34 in Ontario, on a scale from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Battlefield itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
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 is close to the province’s: 52% 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Battlefield comes 5th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,431 to 6,627 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humboldt SK C− | 6,551 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 2 | Centre QC A | 6,627 | 0.8 km | 55% |
| 3 | Stipeley ON B | 6,572 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 4 | West Broadway MB B+ | 6,537 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 5 | Battlefield ON B | 6,531 | 1.0 km | 53% |
| 6 | Glamorgan AB A+ | 6,479 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 7 | Garden Village BC A | 6,492 | 1.4 km | 48% |
| 40 | Mont-Joli QC B+ | 6,492 | 29 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Battlefield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 1.0 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Stoney Creek 0.9 km | 1.8 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Corman 1.2 km | 1.8 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Riverdale West 1.5 km | 1.9 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Kentley 1.5 km | 1.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Vincent 1.7 km | 1.1 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Riverdale East 1.9 km | 2.5 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Battlefield from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Battlefield itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Battlefield
How is Battlefield’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 Battlefield’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Battlefield?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
How far is Battlefield from a hospital?
For everyday care, Battlefield’s residents are 0.4 km from a pharmacy and 2.6 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Battlefield?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.5 for women, 79.0 for men around Battlefield (2022/2024).
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).