Photo: Andrew Currie from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Milliken’s region outlives the typical Canadian town by 4.8 years: life expectancy 86.3
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 51%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.0 km from the average resident of Milliken, about the norm of 3.7 km. Milliken grades A for health, #254 of 866 in Ontario and #792 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Milliken
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Milliken can reach 13 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.7 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.
Milliken 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: #254 of 866 in Ontario and #792 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.
From Milliken, a hospital is 3.0 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Milliken, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Milliken 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 1.3 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Milliken’s region’s dot is above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Milliken’s region beats it: 86.3 years against the 85.0 the trend gives a score of 1.9. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 9 of them below it, a median of 83.5.
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 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.8%
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Ontario: 23%, the province 30%. At 9.8%, heavy drinking trails the provincial 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 34 regions in Ontario
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 is the longest-lived of the 34 regions in Ontario, 12.6 years ahead of the last at 73.7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Milliken’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
50% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario (51%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Asked about their mental health, 53% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Ontario it was 51%, and 25% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Milliken is 12th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (11,879 to 12,399 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DT Hospital ON A− | 12,384 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Woodbine Corridor ON A | 12,283 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 3 | Nelson BC A | 12,126 | 1.3 km | 55% |
| 10 | German Mills ON A | 11,923 | 2.7 km | 51% |
| 11 | Chalmers MB B+ | 12,384 | 2.9 km | 52% |
| 12 | Milliken ON A | 12,138 | 3.0 km | 51% |
| 13 | Humber Summit ON A | 12,194 | 3.2 km | 50% |
| 14 | River Park South MB B+ | 12,304 | 3.5 km | 52% |
| 40 | Mont-Tremblant QC A− | 11,879 | 25 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Milliken
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milliken | 3.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Underwood 0.6 km | 3.4 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Steeles 1.8 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Hagerman's Corners 2.3 km | 3.9 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Milliken 2.4 km | 3.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| East L'Amoreaux 3.1 km | 0.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Agincourt North 3.3 km | 2.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Across a regional line, Steeles has its own figures: life expectancy 84.7, against 86.3 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Milliken shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Milliken
What is the life expectancy in Milliken?
There is no figure for Milliken alone; its health region’s is 87.9 for women and 84.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Milliken?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
How is Milliken’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 Milliken’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Milliken from a hospital?
Residents of Milliken have a clinic 1.9 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.7 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).