Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0Health in Cherry Hill beats 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 53% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Cherry Hill is well placed: 0.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Cherry Hill is A, #61 of 866 in Ontario and #374 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cherry Hill
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Cherry Hill runs 1.3 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.2 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Cherry Hill is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.5 km away. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Cherry Hill can reach 28 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.3 km off. 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.
Cherry Hill 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: #61 of 866 in Ontario and #374 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health regions in Ontario
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 6th 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 Cherry Hill’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.
The nearest hospital is 0.7 km from the average home in Cherry Hill
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cherry Hill’s own, not the region’s.
Cherry Hill 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Cherry Hill’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Cherry Hill’s region is a typical case: 82.8 years at a score of 2.6, where the trend says 82.5. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 82.5 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.
17% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8% 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
At 33%, self-reported obesity is above Ontario’s 30%.
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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 55% to 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 52% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Ontario’s 51%, with 23% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Cherry Hill is 3rd nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,199 to 6,411 people, median 4.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beasley ON B+ | 6,338 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Neepawa MB B− | 6,328 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 3 | Cherry Hill ON A | 6,304 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 4 | St. Paul AB C− | 6,218 | 0.9 km | 48% |
| 5 | Mission AB A+ | 6,329 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 40 | Lanark Highlands ON C+ | 6,370 | 21 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cherry Hill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | 0.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Victoria Park 1.1 km | 0.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Westmount 1.2 km | 1.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Victoria Hills 1.5 km | 1.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park 1.6 km | 1.1 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| City Commercial Core 1.8 km | 0.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park 1.9 km | 1.1 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Cherry Hill from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Cherry Hill itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Cherry Hill
How is Cherry Hill’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cherry Hill has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Cherry Hill?
For the health region that includes Cherry Hill, women can expect 84.9 years and men 80.7 (2022/2024).
How far is Cherry Hill from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Cherry Hill is 0.7 km from a clinic and 0.3 km from a pharmacy.
How healthy is Cherry Hill?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. 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).