Health in Fairfield · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Fairfield beats 92% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 53% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.7 km from the average resident of Fairfield, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Fairfield a grade of A, #91 of 866 in Ontario and #487 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Born around Fairfield, a child can expect 1.3 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Fairfield can reach 25 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.8 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Fairfield 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.
Very good or excellent health (53%)Better than 58% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (16%)Better than 61% of Canadian towns
Smokers (9%)Better than 95% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (82.8)Better than 88% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (1.7 km)Better than 88% of Canadian towns
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: #91 of 866 in Ontario and #487 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 wider area
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
82.8
years at birth, 2022/2024
21.2
more years expected at 65
6th
longest of 34 regions in Ontario
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
York Regional Health Unit86.3
Peel Regional Health Unit85.3
Halton Regional Health Unit84.9
City of Toronto Health Unit84.7
City of Ottawa Health Unit83.7
Waterloo Health Unit82.8
Durham Regional Health Unit82.6
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit82.4
Middlesex-London Health Unit81.9
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit81.8
Huron Perth Health Unit81.7
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit81.5
Grey Bruce Health Unit81.3
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit81.3
City of Hamilton Health Unit81.2
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit81.2
Niagara Regional Area Health Unit81.2
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit81.0
Renfrew County and District Health Unit81.0
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit81.0
Oxford Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit80.6
Peterborough County—City Health Unit80.5
Brant County Health Unit80.4
Lambton Health Unit80.0
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit80.0
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit79.8
Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit79.6
Sudbury and District Health Unit79.1
Chatham-Kent Health Unit78.6
The District of Algoma Health Unit77.9
Porcupine Health Unit77.3
Timiskaming Health Unit77.0
Thunder Bay District Health Unit76.5
Northwestern Health Unit73.7
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 6th place goes to this one, between a low of 73.7 and a high of 86.3.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency3.3
Ethno-cultural composition2.9
Situational vulnerability2.5
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Fairfield’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting care
From Fairfield, a hospital is 1.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Fairfield’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
1.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
1.0 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
0.8 km
residents’ average distance
25 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Fairfield is on the near side.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Fairfield’s lies near the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
At 2.6 on the index, regions tend to reach 82.5 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Fairfield belongs to reaches 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.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (8%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
17%
Arthritis
15%
Diabetes
8%
Obese (self-reported)
33%
Mood disorder
14%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
8.9%
Smoke every day
6.2%
Heavy drinking
16%
Ontario
Self-reported obesity, 33%, tops Ontario (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.
Health survey
55% 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
Health very good or excellent
55%
Health fair or poor
15%
Mental health very good or excellent
52%
Mental health fair or poor
19%
Most days quite a bit stressful
23%
Strong sense of belonging
56%
Satisfied with life
80%
Ontario
Mental health is close to the province’s: 52% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 23% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Towns its size
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Fairfield comes 10th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,431 to 3,564 people, median 3.2 km.
Around Fairfield the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Fairfield itself is the trip to care.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Fairfield
What is the life expectancy in Fairfield?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Fairfield’s health region only: 84.9 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022/2024).
How is Fairfield’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Fairfield’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Fairfield?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How far is Fairfield from a hospital?
For everyday care, Fairfield’s residents are 0.8 km from a pharmacy and 1.0 km from a clinic on average.
Photo: Jason F. Voll · CC BY-SA 3.0