Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Doon South scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 53%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Doon South live 4.4 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Doon South grades A for health, #230 of 866 in Ontario and #751 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Doon South
Fewer households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Doon South’s neighbourhoods average 1.0 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Doon South 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Doon South 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: #230 of 866 in Ontario and #751 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.
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 6th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Doon South 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Doon South’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.6, the expected figure is 82.5 years, and Doon South’s region matches it closely with 82.8. 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.
The nearest hospital is 4.4 km from the average home in Doon South
Straight-line distances from each part of Doon South, weighted by who lives there.
Doon South is further out 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.
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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Ontario (52% against 51%), while 23% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Doon South is 23rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (14,802 to 15,285 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Louis QC A | 14,824 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Carleton Place ON B | 14,837 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 3 | Lairet QC A+ | 15,251 | 1.2 km | 62% |
| 21 | Vales of Castlemore ON A− | 14,894 | 3.3 km | 49% |
| 22 | Laurel AB B | 15,263 | 3.6 km | 51% |
| 23 | Doon South ON A | 15,044 | 4.4 km | 53% |
| 24 | Lakewood SK B+ | 14,880 | 4.5 km | 49% |
| 25 | Springbrook ON A− | 14,961 | 4.6 km | 49% |
| 40 | Whistler BC A | 15,090 | 48 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Doon South
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doon South | 4.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Pioneer Park 2.4 km | 3.0 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Huron South 3.1 km | 2.9 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Pioneer Tower West 3.7 km | 2.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Rosenberg 4.7 km | 2.8 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Trillium Industrial Park 5.1 km | 1.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Country Hills 5.2 km | 0.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Around Doon South the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Country Hills is the closest to care, 0.5 km to Doon South’s 4.4 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Doon South alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Doon South
How is Doon South’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Doon South’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Doon South?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Doon South’s health region only: 84.9 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Doon South?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How far is Doon South from a hospital?
A clinic is 5.7 km from the average resident of Doon South and a pharmacy 0.9 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).