Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Expect 86.3 years of life in the region around Mount Joy, 4.8 above the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 51% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.2 km from the average resident of Mount Joy, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Mount Joy is A, #208 of 866 in Ontario and #716 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Mount Joy
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Mount Joy at 1.5 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Mount Joy has 8.5 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.8 km away. 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.
Mount Joy 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: #208 of 866 in Ontario and #716 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.
Getting to hospital from Mount Joy: 2.2 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Mount Joy’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Mount Joy is on the near side.
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 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
Top of the 34 regions in Ontario: the lowest figure is 73.7, 12.6 years below the highest.
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 Mount Joy’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.
1.3 more years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Mount Joy’s lies above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Mount Joy’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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (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
At 23%, self-reported obesity is below Ontario’s 30%. Heavy drinking is rarer (9.8% against 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.
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
Mental health is close to the province’s: 53% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 25% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mount Joy is 12th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 8,224 to 8,466 people, median 4.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alta Vista ON A+ | 8,387 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 2 | G-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 8,224 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 3 | Valley Gardens MB B+ | 8,329 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 10 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC A | 8,352 | 2.1 km | 55% |
| 11 | Hillhurst AB A+ | 8,435 | 2.1 km | 56% |
| 12 | Mount Joy ON A | 8,345 | 2.2 km | 51% |
| 13 | Norton Park ON A− | 8,402 | 2.2 km | 49% |
| 14 | Deer Lake BC A | 8,417 | 2.3 km | 48% |
| 40 | Vermilion River County AB C− | 8,282 | 23 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Mount Joy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy | 2.2 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Markham Village 0.9 km | 1.3 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Greensborough 1.2 km | 3.8 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Wismer Commons 1.6 km | 3.7 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Quantztown 2.4 km | 3.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Upper Cornell 2.7 km | 1.8 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
| Cornell 2.9 km | 1.0 km | 51% | 86.3 | A |
Same region, same survey: Mount Joy’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Mount Joy alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Mount Joy
What is the life expectancy in Mount Joy?
Women in Mount Joy’s region live to 87.9 on average and men to 84.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Mount Joy’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Mount Joy’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Mount Joy?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
How far is Mount Joy from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.7 km from the average resident of Mount Joy and a pharmacy 0.8 km, as the crow flies.
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).