Around Jackson, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent
For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.9 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 79.6 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Jackson live 4.4 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Jackson grades B+ for health, #473 of 866 in Ontario and #1,195 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Jackson
Easier circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 1.3 out of 5, Jackson sits in the index’s least pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Jackson 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.
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: #473 of 866 in Ontario and #1,195 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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
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
This region is 9th longest-lived of 34 in Ontario, on a scale from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Jackson’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Jackson’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Jackson’s region fits it, 81.9 years at 2.7 against the line’s 81.9. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, a median of 81.3. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $80,000, less than in most regions, yet lives here are longer than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 0.14).
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 23% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.4%
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 33% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 24% to 17%.
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.
The nearest hospital is 4.4 km from the average home in Jackson
Straight-line distances from each part of Jackson, weighted by who lives there.
Jackson is further out than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 53% and 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health reads like the rest of Ontario: 53% against 51%, and 22% 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, Jackson is 21st nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (7,976 to 8,251 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadview BC A | 8,008 | 0.6 km | 48% |
| 2 | G-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 8,224 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 3 | Wolseley MB B+ | 8,127 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 19 | Ottewell AB B | 8,040 | 4.1 km | 51% |
| 20 | Morgan Creek BC A | 8,084 | 4.1 km | 50% |
| 21 | Jackson ON B+ | 8,124 | 4.4 km | 52% |
| 22 | Walden AB A | 8,190 | 4.4 km | 56% |
| 23 | Scenic Acres AB A | 8,026 | 4.6 km | 56% |
| 40 | Clare NS D− | 8,020 | 38 km | 44% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Jackson
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 4.4 km | 52% | 81.9 | B+ |
| Hamilton Road 2.8 km | 3.2 km | 52% | 81.9 | A− |
| Glen Cairn 2.9 km | 2.0 km | 52% | 81.9 | A− |
| Westminster 3.7 km | 2.0 km | 52% | 81.9 | A− |
| Argyle 4.2 km | 5.2 km | 52% | 81.9 | B+ |
| East London 5.1 km | 1.5 km | 52% | 81.9 | A− |
| White Oaks 5.9 km | 2.5 km | 52% | 81.9 | A− |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Jackson’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Jackson alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Jackson
How is Jackson’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Jackson’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Jackson?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Jackson’s health region only: 84.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Jackson?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Jackson from a hospital?
Residents of Jackson have a clinic 3.2 km away on average and a pharmacy 2.1 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).