Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Burkholme, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.5 and men at 79.0. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Burkholme is well placed: 1.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Burkholme grades B for health, #548 of 866 in Ontario and #1,697 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Burkholme
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.3 out of 5, Burkholme sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Burkholme has 31 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.5 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.
Burkholme 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: #548 of 866 in Ontario and #1,697 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 1.6 km from the average home in Burkholme
Straight-line distances from each part of Burkholme, weighted by who lives there.
Burkholme 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.
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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Burkholme 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Burkholme’s region shows close to the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Burkholme’s region fits it, 81.2 years at 3.0 against the line’s 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (22%) and diabetes (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
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.
54% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Ontario (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 no outlier: 52% say very good or excellent (Ontario: 51%) and 27% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Burkholme is 9th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,536 to 3,634 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ste. Anne MB B | 3,587 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 2 | Beausejour MB C | 3,565 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Victoria Park ON A | 3,574 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 7 | Carman MB B | 3,547 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 8 | Guybourg QC A | 3,554 | 1.4 km | 54% |
| 9 | Burkholme ON B | 3,580 | 1.6 km | 53% |
| 10 | East Elmwood MB B+ | 3,611 | 1.7 km | 52% |
| 11 | Lawson Heights Urban Centre SK B+ | 3,622 | 2.3 km | 49% |
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 AB D− | 3,592 | 112 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Burkholme
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholme | 1.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Macassa 0.9 km | 1.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Eastmount 1.2 km | 0.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B+ |
| Hampton Heights 1.2 km | 2.1 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Hill Park 1.2 km | 1.8 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Lawfield 1.3 km | 2.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Bruleville 1.3 km | 2.5 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
Every place around Burkholme shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Burkholme shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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. 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. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
Questions about health in Burkholme
How is Burkholme’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Burkholme has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Burkholme?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 17%.
How far is Burkholme from a hospital?
For everyday care, Burkholme’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 0.9 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Burkholme?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Burkholme’s health region only: 83.5 years for women and 79.0 for men (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).