Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0For health, Marmora sits behind 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 45% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Ontario’s 51%. Measured from where Marmora’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 24 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Marmora is D, #864 of 866 in Ontario and #2,549 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Marmora
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Marmora is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Marmora live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (21 km from its centre of population), and 19% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Marmora runs 1.7 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs low
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 6.7 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 43%. Health survey ↓
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.
Marmora grades D 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: #864 of 866 in Ontario and #2,549 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.
High blood pressure for 28% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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 39%, 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. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
The nearest hospital is 24 km from the average home in Marmora
Straight-line distances from each part of Marmora, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Marmora is on the far 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.
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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 26th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Marmora’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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 43% to 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is behind Ontario, 47% very good or excellent to 51%; 27% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Marmora’s, follows the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.2, the expected figure is 80.0 years, and Marmora’s region matches it closely with 79.8. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 7 of 10; their median is 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.
Marmora is 38th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,681 to 4,842 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 9.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End East ON B+ | 4,816 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Central McDougall AB B+ | 4,802 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 36 | Guysborough NS D | 4,721 | 22 km | 49% |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC B+ | 4,817 | 23 km | 59% |
| 38 | Marmora ON D | 4,761 | 24 km | 45% |
| 39 | Dundas NB C | 4,733 | 27 km | 43% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Marmora
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmora | 24 km | 45% | 79.8 | D |
| Havelock 16 km | 20 km | 47% | 80.5 | C− |
| Madoc 19 km | 18 km | 45% | 79.8 | D |
| Centre Hastings 19 km | 13 km | 45% | 79.8 | D |
Havelock falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 80.5 against 79.8 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Marmora’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
Questions about health in Marmora
How far is Marmora from a hospital?
Residents of Marmora have a clinic 17 km away on average and a pharmacy 4.0 km away, in straight lines.
How is Marmora’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Marmora: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Marmora?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
What is the life expectancy in Marmora?
Women in Marmora’s region live to 81.8 on average and men to 77.8, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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).