Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0People in Dixie’s health region live to 85.3 on average, 3.8 years beyond the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 49% against 51%. For Dixie itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.6 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Dixie grades A− for health, #363 of 866 in Ontario and #1,003 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Dixie
More years than its deprivation would give
Dixie’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.5 predicts: 85.3 years against 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
A region that smokes less
Around Dixie, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Dixie can reach 30 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.4 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.
Dixie 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: #363 of 866 in Ontario and #1,003 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.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 2.4 years ahead of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Dixie’s dot is marked, above the line.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Dixie’s region, at 2.5, outlives the trend’s 82.9 years with 85.3. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 82.7 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 12% 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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Ontario: 27%, the province 30%. At 11%, 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.
From Dixie, a hospital is 1.6 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Dixie, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Dixie are closer than 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.
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
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 2nd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Dixie’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
51% 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 looks better than in the province too: 55% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 26% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Dixie is 7th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,691 to 3,806 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clareview Town Centre AB B+ | 3,800 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 2 | Central ON B | 3,698 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | Meadowgreen SK A− | 3,782 | 1.0 km | 49% |
| 5 | Maniwaki QC B+ | 3,803 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 6 | Industrial Sector A and Keith ON B | 3,723 | 1.5 km | 53% |
| 7 | Dixie ON A− | 3,749 | 1.6 km | 49% |
| 8 | Greenfield AB B+ | 3,710 | 1.8 km | 51% |
| 9 | North Glenora AB B+ | 3,693 | 1.8 km | 51% |
| 40 | Cartier MB C | 3,739 | 30 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Dixie
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie | 1.6 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Applewood 1.6 km | 2.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Markland Wood 1.9 km | 3.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Alderwood 2.9 km | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Rathwood 3.2 km | 4.2 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
| Etobicoke West Mall 3.4 km | 4.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A− |
| Mississauga Valleys 3.8 km | 2.9 km | 49% | 85.3 | A− |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Markland Wood’s life expectancy is 84.7, this region’s 85.3.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Dixie alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Dixie
What is the life expectancy in Dixie?
There is no figure for Dixie alone; its health region’s is 87.2 for women and 83.3 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Dixie?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 19%.
How far is Dixie from a hospital?
For everyday care, Dixie’s residents are 0.4 km from a pharmacy and 1.8 km from a clinic on average.
How is Dixie’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Dixie: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
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).