Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Berrisfield’s health region
Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.5 for women, 79.0 for men, 2022/2024). Measured from where Berrisfield’s residents live, a hospital is 3.0 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Berrisfield grades B for health, #596 of 866 in Ontario and #1,828 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Berrisfield
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.4 out of 5, Berrisfield sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Berrisfield can reach 14 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.8 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Berrisfield 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: #596 of 866 in Ontario and #1,828 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.
Getting to hospital from Berrisfield: 3.0 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Berrisfield’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Berrisfield 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.
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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 15th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Berrisfield’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Berrisfield’s lies near the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.0 would be expected to reach 81.0 years, and Berrisfield’s region is close, at 81.2. 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.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.5% 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 is close to the province’s level, 28% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 21% to 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.
Self-rated health beats Ontario: 54% very good or excellent, against 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 reads like the rest of Ontario: 52% against 51%, and 27% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Berrisfield is 11th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,713 to 3,828 people, median 5.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Park SK A− | 3,827 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Clareview Town Centre AB B+ | 3,800 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Meadowgreen SK A− | 3,782 | 1.0 km | 49% |
| 9 | Stoney Creek ON B | 3,828 | 1.8 km | 53% |
| 10 | Pleasantview AB B+ | 3,746 | 2.5 km | 51% |
| 11 | Berrisfield ON B | 3,773 | 3.0 km | 53% |
| 12 | Meadows MB B+ | 3,822 | 3.1 km | 52% |
| 13 | Pacific Heights SK B+ | 3,770 | 3.1 km | 49% |
| 40 | Cartier MB C | 3,739 | 30 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Berrisfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrisfield | 3.0 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Lisgar 0.6 km | 3.5 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Quinndale 1.0 km | 3.9 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Lawfield 1.2 km | 2.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Hampton Heights 1.2 km | 2.1 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Macassa 1.5 km | 1.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Huntington 1.6 km | 2.8 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
One health region covers Berrisfield and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
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.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Berrisfield’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Berrisfield
How is Berrisfield’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Berrisfield: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Berrisfield?
Taken together the region leans less healthy than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 17% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Berrisfield?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Berrisfield’s health region only: 83.5 years for women and 79.0 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Berrisfield from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.4 km from the average resident of Berrisfield and a pharmacy 0.8 km, as the crow flies.
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).