Westmount scores better for health than 92% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 53% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. For Westmount itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Westmount grades A for health, #86 of 866 in Ontario and #469 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Westmount
Longer lives in the region
Born around Westmount, 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 ↓
Near a hospital
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Westmount; from its centre of population the trip is 1.4 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Westmount has 26 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Westmount 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: #86 of 866 in Ontario and #469 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
Ranked 6th of 34 in Ontario: the regions span 73.7 to 86.3 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Westmount’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Westmount, a hospital is 1.5 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Westmount’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Westmount are closer than 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Westmount’s region shows close to the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Westmount’s region, at 2.6, should live about 82.5 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 82.8, near enough. 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
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.
55% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Ontario (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
Neither ahead nor behind Ontario on mental health (52% to 51%), the region has 23% of adults stressed most days.
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: Westmount comes 10th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,969 to 5,129 people, median 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altona MB B | 4,989 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Central Business District SK A− | 4,987 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 8 | Carbonear NL D | 5,041 | 1.4 km | 44% |
| 9 | Hearst ON C | 5,032 | 1.4 km | 48% |
| 10 | Westmount ON A | 5,048 | 1.5 km | 53% |
| 11 | Sussex NB C | 4,994 | 1.8 km | 43% |
| 12 | North Park SK B+ | 5,000 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Westmount
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 1.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Victoria Hills 0.7 km | 1.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Cherry Hill 1.2 km | 0.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Victoria Park 2.0 km | 0.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Highland West 2.2 km | 3.5 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Forest Hill 2.3 km | 1.7 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside 2.3 km | 0.8 km | 53% | 82.8 | A |
The neighbours all sit in Westmount’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Westmount alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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 Westmount
How is Westmount’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Westmount: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Westmount?
For the health region that includes Westmount, women can expect 84.9 years and men 80.7 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Westmount?
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 Westmount from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Westmount is 1.3 km from a clinic and 0.6 km from 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).