Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Fessenden’s health region
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: residents of Fessenden live 2.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Health gives Fessenden a grade of B, #590 of 866 in Ontario and #1,820 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Fessenden
Pharmacies on every corner
With 15 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.5 km off, Fessenden is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Fessenden 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: #590 of 866 in Ontario and #1,820 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 Fessenden: 2.9 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Fessenden, weighted by who lives there.
Fessenden is near the provincial norm, 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario, with 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Fessenden’s region, on the line, stands for every town in it.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.0, the expected figure is 81.0 years, and Fessenden’s region matches it closely with 81.2. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (5 of 10, median 80.9 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.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.5% diabetes
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 28% of adults against 30% for Ontario. 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.
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
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Fessenden’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
54% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Ontario (51%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 27% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 52% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Ontario’s 51%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Fessenden is 18th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,497 to 3,606 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 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% |
| 16 | Collectivité Nouvelle QC A | 3,587 | 2.6 km | 55% |
| 17 | Zone Aéroportuaire QC A | 3,588 | 2.8 km | 55% |
| 18 | Fessenden ON B | 3,551 | 2.9 km | 53% |
| 19 | Bridgeview BC A | 3,511 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 20 | Glendale MB B+ | 3,586 | 3.2 km | 52% |
| 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 Fessenden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fessenden | 2.9 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Mountview 0.8 km | 2.2 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Gurnett 0.9 km | 3.6 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Gilbert 0.9 km | 2.3 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Gilkson 1.2 km | 3.1 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Westcliffe East 1.3 km | 1.5 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
| Falkirk East 1.9 km | 4.0 km | 53% | 81.2 | B |
Every place around Fessenden shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Fessenden shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Fessenden
How is Fessenden’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 Fessenden’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Fessenden?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures trail the typical Canadian town than beat it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
What is the life expectancy in Fessenden?
For the health region that includes Fessenden, women can expect 83.5 years and men 79.0 (2022/2024).
How far is Fessenden from a hospital?
For everyday care, Fessenden’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 1.1 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).