Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.054% of adults around Midland rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 81.5 years, 83.5 for a girl and 79.5 for a boy (2022/2024). For Midland itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.4 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Midland grades A− for health, #407 of 866 in Ontario and #1,078 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Midland
Near a hospital
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Midland: 1.9 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
Harder circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Midland’s neighbourhoods average 4.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Midland has 4.5 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.1 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.
Midland 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: #407 of 866 in Ontario and #1,078 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.
The nearest hospital is 1.4 km from the average home in Midland
Straight-line distances from each part of Midland, 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, Midland 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.
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
The region comes 12th of 34 in Ontario, where life expectancy runs from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Midland itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
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
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Midland’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.8 about 81.5 years; Midland’s region’s 81.5 is within a year of it. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 8 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 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.
20% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8% diabetes
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
More adults report obesity than across Ontario: 34%, the province 30%. At 20%, heavy drinking beats 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Ontario: 54% 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
Mental health is no outlier: 49% say very good or excellent (Ontario: 51%) and 24% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Midland comes 10th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (18,733 to 19,918 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granville Entertainment District BC A+ | 19,125 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 2 | North End NS B+ | 19,733 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 3 | Central London ON A− | 19,363 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 8 | Weston ON A | 18,896 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 9 | Laflèche QC A | 19,706 | 1.3 km | 55% |
| 10 | Midland ON A− | 19,305 | 1.4 km | 54% |
| 11 | O'Connor-Parkview ON A | 18,746 | 1.4 km | 50% |
| 12 | Walkerville ON B+ | 19,541 | 1.4 km | 52% |
| 40 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire QC A− | 19,447 | 19 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Midland
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 1.4 km | 54% | 81.5 | A− |
| Penetanguishene 4.9 km | 0.8 km | 54% | 81.5 | A− |
| Tay 8.9 km | 8.0 km | 54% | 81.5 | B+ |
| Tiny 9.8 km | 8.5 km | 54% | 81.5 | B+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Midland from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Tiny is the furthest from care, 8.5 km to Midland’s 1.4 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Midland’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
Questions about health in Midland
How is Midland’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Midland’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Midland?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
How far is Midland from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.3 km from the average resident of Midland and a pharmacy 1.1 km, as the crow flies.
What is the life expectancy in Midland?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Midland’s health region only: 83.5 years for women and 79.5 for men (2022/2024).
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).