Photo: Fishonleash · CC BY 4.0King’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 4.8 years: life expectancy 86.3
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 51% against 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is 12 km from the average resident of King, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives King a grade of A−, #404 of 866 in Ontario and #1,075 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in King
A long way to hospital
Residents of King live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (13 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places King at 1.4 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
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.
King grades A− 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: #404 of 866 in Ontario and #1,075 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.
From King, a hospital is 12 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of King, 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, King is on the far 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.
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 is the longest-lived of the 34 regions in Ontario, 12.6 years ahead of the last at 73.7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; King’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
1.3 more years of life than regions as deprived
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; King’s region sits above the trend line through 102 regions.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and King’s region sits above it: 86.3 years where a score of 1.9 predicts 85.0. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (9 of 10, median 83.5 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (7.8%)
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, 23%, trails Ontario (30%). Fewer adults drink heavily, 9.8% to the province’s 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.
50% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to 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
On mental health the region tracks Ontario, 53% very good or excellent to 51%; 25% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: King comes 37th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (27,544 to 30,659 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montagne QC A | 28,569 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Verdun-Centre QC A | 30,304 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Marie-Victorin QC A | 28,904 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 35 | Picton ON C− | 27,544 | 8.2 km | 45% |
| 36 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay ON A | 28,714 | 11 km | 56% |
| 37 | King ON A− | 29,077 | 12 km | 51% |
| 38 | Portobello South ON A | 29,960 | 13 km | 56% |
| 39 | Rockland ON C | 30,375 | 15 km | 49% |
| 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 King
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | 12 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| Hope 8.9 km | 4.8 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Teston 9.4 km | 3.4 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Peace Village 9.8 km | 2.6 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Purpleville 10 km | 4.2 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Aurora 11 km | 6.7 km | 51% | 86.3 | A− |
| Upper Thornhill Estates 12 km | 2.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry King’s regional figures. Upper Thornhill Estates is the closest to care, 2.0 km to King’s 12 km.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: King shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in King
What is the life expectancy in King?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 87.9 for women, 84.6 for men around King (2022/2024).
How far is King from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in King live: 7.9 km to a clinic, 2.3 km to a pharmacy.
How is King’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so King has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is King?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
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).