For health, Heritage Park is ahead of 89% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Measured from where Heritage Park’s residents live, a hospital is 3.5 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The Health grade for Heritage Park is A, #188 of 866 in Ontario and #682 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Heritage Park
A long-lived region
Born around Heritage Park, 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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Heritage Park has 8.1 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. 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.
Heritage Park 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: #188 of 866 in Ontario and #682 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.
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
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Heritage Park’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.
From Heritage Park, a hospital is 3.5 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Heritage Park, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Heritage Park is ordinary: 3.3 km is the typical figure in Ontario, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town.
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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Heritage Park’s region’s dot is 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 Heritage Park’s region matches it closely with 82.8. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their 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.
High blood pressure for 17% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
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.
Self-rated health beats Ontario: 55% very good or excellent, against 51%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Heritage Park comes 16th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,267 to 6,468 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beasley ON B+ | 6,338 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON A | 6,419 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Petrolia ON B− | 6,422 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 14 | Port-Cartier QC B+ | 6,436 | 3.5 km | 61% |
| 15 | Woodhill ON A− | 6,386 | 3.5 km | 49% |
| 16 | Heritage Park ON A | 6,369 | 3.5 km | 53% |
| 17 | Pineview ON A | 6,346 | 3.7 km | 56% |
| 18 | Valley Park ON B | 6,394 | 3.7 km | 53% |
| 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 Heritage Park
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Park | 3.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Grand River North 0.9 km | 4.3 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Rosemount 1.0 km | 2.3 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Stanley Park 1.5 km | 2.9 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Idlewood 1.8 km | 2.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Auditorium 2.5 km | 1.1 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Central Frederick 2.8 km | 0.8 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Every place around Heritage Park shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- 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. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Heritage Park shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Heritage Park
How is Heritage Park’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Heritage Park 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 Heritage Park?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.9 for women, 80.7 for men around Heritage Park (2022/2024).
How healthy is Heritage Park?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
How far is Heritage Park from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.4 km from the average resident of Heritage Park and a pharmacy 0.4 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).