Huron South scores better for health than 90% 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%. For Huron South itself the measure is access: 2.9 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Huron South a grade of A, #156 of 866 in Ontario and #635 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Huron South
A long-lived region
Huron South’s region sits 1.3 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.2 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Deprivation runs low
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Huron South’s neighbourhoods average 1.0 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 5.0 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.4 km off, Huron South is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Huron 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: #156 of 866 in Ontario and #635 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
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Huron South’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Huron South, a hospital is 2.9 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Huron South’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Huron South here: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Huron South’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Huron South’s region fits it, 82.8 years at 2.6 against the line’s 82.5. 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 33% of adults against 30% for Ontario.
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%
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
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.
Huron South is 17th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,443 to 5,667 people, median 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Hillview AB B+ | 5,473 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 15 | Burrows Central MB B+ | 5,565 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 16 | Kilkenny AB B+ | 5,481 | 2.6 km | 51% |
| 17 | Huron South ON A | 5,555 | 2.9 km | 53% |
| 18 | Charleswood AB A+ | 5,642 | 3.1 km | 56% |
| 19 | Oakridge AB A+ | 5,623 | 3.3 km | 56% |
| 40 | Gananoque ON C | 5,568 | 28 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Huron South
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron South | 2.9 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Rosenberg 1.7 km | 2.8 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Pioneer Park 2.9 km | 3.0 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Doon South 3.1 km | 4.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Country Hills West 3.2 km | 1.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Country Hills 3.3 km | 0.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Trillium Industrial Park 4.0 km | 1.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Around Huron South the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Huron South alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Huron South
How is Huron South’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Huron South’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Huron South?
There is no figure for Huron South alone; its health region’s is 84.9 for women and 80.7 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Huron South?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Huron South from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Huron South live: 5.7 km to a clinic, 1.4 km to a pharmacy.
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).