Photo: Hozombel at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Milton scores better for health than 95% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Measured from where Milton’s residents live, a hospital is 2.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The Health grade for Milton is A, #37 of 866 in Ontario and #290 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Milton
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Milton runs 3.4 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.4 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Milton at 1.5 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 9.6 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.1 km off, Milton is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Milton 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: #37 of 866 in Ontario and #290 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.
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
Ranked 3rd of 34 in Ontario: the regions span 73.7 to 86.3 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Milton’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.
From Milton, a hospital is 2.8 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Milton, weighted by who lives there.
Against 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Milton sits near the middle.
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.
Behind regions as deprived by 1.2 years of life
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Milton’s lies below the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Milton’s region, at 1.6, should live about 86.1 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), but it reaches only 84.9. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (8 of 10, median 83.5 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 7.6% diabetes
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 26% of adults against 30% for Ontario.
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%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health beats Ontario as well: 56% very good or excellent to 51%, with 24% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Milton is 5th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (103,888 to 222,031 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria BC A+ | 103,888 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 2 | St. Catharines ON C+ | 153,865 | 2.6 km | 49% |
| 3 | Niagara Falls ON C+ | 113,983 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 4 | Saanich BC A+ | 126,011 | 2.7 km | 55% |
| 5 | Milton ON A | 157,345 | 2.8 km | 54% |
| 6 | Oshawa ON B+ | 213,592 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 7 | Coquitlam BC A | 173,599 | 2.9 km | 48% |
| 40 | Terrebonne QC B+ | 126,872 | 9.7 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Milton
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | 2.8 km | 54% | 84.9 | A |
| Lisgar 10 km | 5.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Churchill Meadows 12 km | 2.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Meadowvale 12 km | 5.1 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Central Erin Mills 14 km | 1.5 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Oakville 14 km | 3.4 km | 54% | 84.9 | A |
| Erin Mills 15 km | 2.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Lisgar falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 85.3 against 84.9 here. Lisgar is the furthest from care, 5.9 km to Milton’s 2.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Milton alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Milton
What is the life expectancy in Milton?
There is no figure for Milton alone; its health region’s is 86.5 for women and 83.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Milton’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Milton’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Milton?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Milton from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Milton is 2.3 km from a clinic and 1.1 km from a pharmacy.
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).