Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Stanley Park is ahead of 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%. What sets Stanley Park apart within its region is distance, and at 2.9 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Stanley Park is A, #156 of 866 in Ontario and #635 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Stanley Park
A long-lived region
Born around Stanley 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
The average resident of Stanley Park can reach 14 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.8 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.
Stanley 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: #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.
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
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Stanley Park’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 2.9 km from the average home in Stanley Park
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Stanley Park’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Stanley Park travel about as far as most of the province: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital, 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Stanley Park’s region is near 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 Stanley Park’s region matches it closely with 82.8. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 7, with 82.5 years in the middle.
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.
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
Mental health reads like the rest of Ontario: 52% against 51%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Stanley Park is 17th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 8,523 to 8,907 people, median 3.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Centretown ON A+ | 8,560 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 2 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 3 | Innisfail AB C+ | 8,736 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 15 | Delson QC A | 8,802 | 2.5 km | 55% |
| 16 | Dalhousie AB A+ | 8,617 | 2.7 km | 56% |
| 17 | Stanley Park ON A | 8,721 | 2.9 km | 53% |
| 18 | Uplands ON A− | 8,819 | 2.9 km | 52% |
| 19 | Pioneer Park ON A | 8,781 | 3.0 km | 53% |
| 40 | Stone Mills ON B− | 8,523 | 20 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Stanley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Park | 2.9 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Heritage Park 1.5 km | 3.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Idlewood 1.8 km | 2.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Rosemount 1.8 km | 2.3 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Vanier 1.9 km | 2.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Auditorium 2.1 km | 1.1 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Centreville Chicopee 2.3 km | 1.4 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Stanley Park’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Stanley Park shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
Questions about health in Stanley Park
How is Stanley Park’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 Stanley Park’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Stanley Park?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.9 for women, 80.7 for men around Stanley Park (2022/2024).
How healthy is Stanley Park?
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%.
How far is Stanley Park from a hospital?
Residents of Stanley Park have a clinic 0.8 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.8 km away, in straight lines.
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).