Photo: P199 · Public domainFor health, Cumberland is ahead of 90% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. Measured from where Cumberland’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 10 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Cumberland a grade of A, #131 of 866 in Ontario and #586 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cumberland
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Cumberland, a child can expect 2.2 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 22.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer smokers
Smoking is rarer around Cumberland than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.9% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Cumberland’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 8.8 km. Getting care ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 4.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 56%. Health survey ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Cumberland 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: #131 of 866 in Ontario and #586 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
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 5th place goes to this one, between a low of 73.7 and a high of 86.3.
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 Cumberland’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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.6%
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 is close to the province’s level, 29% 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.
From Cumberland, a hospital is 10 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cumberland’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, Cumberland 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.
Self-rated health beats Ontario: 56% very good or excellent, against 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
Neither ahead nor behind Ontario on mental health (50% to 51%), the region has 25% of adults stressed most days.
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 edges past the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Cumberland’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.6 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Cumberland belongs to reaches 83.7. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 8, with 83.0 years in the middle.
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.
Cumberland is 33rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,048 to 6,228 people, median 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | South Walkerville ON B+ | 6,129 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 31 | Dunluce AB B | 6,079 | 7.1 km | 51% |
| 32 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC C− | 6,172 | 8.0 km | 39% |
| 33 | Cumberland ON A | 6,139 | 10 km | 56% |
| 34 | Tay Valley ON B− | 6,171 | 12 km | 51% |
| 35 | Saint-Pie QC A− | 6,085 | 13 km | 55% |
| 40 | Saint-Césaire QC B+ | 6,150 | 21 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cumberland
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 10 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Bassin-de-la-Lièvre 5.0 km | 7.7 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Cardinal Creek 5.3 km | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Fallingbrook 6.9 km | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre 7.4 km | 1.7 km | 55% | 80.7 | B+ |
| Queenswood - Chatelaine 7.8 km | 11 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Portobello South 8.1 km | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
Across a regional line, Bassin-de-la-Lièvre has its own figures: life expectancy 80.7, against 83.7 here. Residents of Vallée-de-la-Lièvre live nearer a hospital, at 1.7 km against 10 km in Cumberland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Cumberland shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Cumberland
What is the life expectancy in Cumberland?
Women in Cumberland’s region live to 85.7 on average and men to 81.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Cumberland?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Cumberland from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cumberland’s residents are 4.4 km from a pharmacy and 5.6 km from a clinic on average.
How is Cumberland’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Cumberland’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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).