Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Dunrobin beats 94% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. What sets Dunrobin apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.1 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Dunrobin grades A for health, #61 of 866 in Ontario and #374 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Dunrobin
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Dunrobin runs 2.2 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Dunrobin, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Dunrobin at 1.2 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 4.1 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (56% as answered). 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.
Dunrobin 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: #61 of 866 in Ontario and #374 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 5th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Dunrobin’s own areas.
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Ontario: 29% report obesity, the province 30%.
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: 56% 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
For 25% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 50% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Ontario’s 51%.
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
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Dunrobin’s region is near the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Dunrobin’s region fits it, 83.7 years at 2.3 against the line’s 83.6. 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.
From Dunrobin, a hospital is 5.1 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Dunrobin’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, Dunrobin 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Dunrobin is 25th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,634 to 5,819 people, median 3.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC A+ | 5,764 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 3 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 23 | Sherwood/McCarthy SK B | 5,753 | 4.4 km | 49% |
| 24 | Lampman ON B | 5,663 | 5.0 km | 53% |
| 25 | Dunrobin ON A | 5,724 | 5.1 km | 56% |
| 26 | Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek ON A | 5,714 | 5.1 km | 56% |
| 27 | Elsinore AB B | 5,796 | 6.9 km | 51% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Dunrobin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunrobin | 5.1 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Pontiac 7.4 km | 12 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant 9.0 km | 5.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Carp 9.4 km | 7.2 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Des Explorateurs 11 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Kanata Lakes 13 km | 8.7 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Beaverbrook 13 km | 7.3 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
Across a regional line, Pontiac has its own figures: life expectancy 80.7, against 83.7 here. Residents of Pontiac live further from a hospital, at 12 km against 5.1 km in Dunrobin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Dunrobin itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Dunrobin
What is the life expectancy in Dunrobin?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Dunrobin’s health region only: 85.7 years for women and 81.6 for men (2022/2024).
How is Dunrobin’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Dunrobin’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Dunrobin?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
How far is Dunrobin from a hospital?
A clinic is 8.6 km from the average resident of Dunrobin and a pharmacy 5.3 km, as the crow flies.
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).