Health in Listowel · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Around Listowel, 45% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
Across the region, life runs to 81.7 years on average: women 83.7, men 79.7, in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Listowel live 3.8 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. The Health grade for Listowel is B, #596 of 866 in Ontario and #1,828 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Ontario: 51% · Very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy for the Huron Perth Health Unit
Chronic conditions
15%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Ontario: 17%
Smokers
12%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Ontario: 11%
Life expectancy
81.7
at birth, 2022/2024
women 83.7 · men 79.7
Nearest hospital
3.8 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Health Grade
Listowel grades B 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 (45%)Better than 15% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (15%)Better than 66% of Canadian towns
Smokers (12%)Better than 63% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (81.7)Better than 70% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (3.8 km)Better than 76% 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: #596 of 866 in Ontario and #1,828 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.
For its deprivation
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Listowel’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.9, the expected figure is 81.4 years, and Listowel’s region matches it closely with 81.7. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 8 of the 10, around a median of 81.2 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
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.1%
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
19%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
7.1%
Obese (self-reported)
40%
Mood disorder
12%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
12%
Smoke every day
11%
Heavy drinking
25%
Ontario
At 40%, self-reported obesity is above Ontario’s 30%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (25% against 17%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Listowel: 3.8 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Listowel’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
3.8 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
3.4 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
3.7 km
residents’ average distance
0.6 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
For distance to care Listowel is ordinary: 3.3 km is the typical figure in Ontario, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town. Homes are spread out: from the town’s centre of population the hospital is 1.7 km, while the average resident is 3.8 km away.
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Listowel shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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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.
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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.
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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 Listowel
How healthy is Listowel?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How is Listowel’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 Listowel’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Listowel?
For the health region that includes Listowel, women can expect 83.7 years and men 79.7 (2022/2024).
How far is Listowel from a hospital?
For everyday care, Listowel’s residents are 3.7 km from a pharmacy and 3.4 km from a clinic on average.
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