Photo: Canadian Postcard Company · Public domainHealth in Fallingbrook beats 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Fallingbrook’s is long: 13 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Fallingbrook grades A for health, #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Fallingbrook
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Fallingbrook 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 ↓
Smoking runs low
Around Fallingbrook, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Fallingbrook the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 13 km. Getting care ↓
More people feeling well
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.
Fallingbrook 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: #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Ontario, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 5th 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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Fallingbrook’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Ontario: 29%, 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.
The nearest hospital is 13 km from the average home in Fallingbrook
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Fallingbrook’s own, not the region’s.
Fallingbrook is further out than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
56% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Ontario (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 is close to the province’s: 50% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 25% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Fallingbrook’s lies near the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Fallingbrook’s region, at 2.3, should live about 83.6 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 83.7, near enough. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (8 of 10), with a median of 83.0.
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Fallingbrook is 38th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 17,341 to 18,312 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay-Cloverhill ON A | 17,591 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | Downtown Yonge East ON A | 18,251 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 3 | Schmidtville NS B+ | 18,105 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 36 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux QC A+ | 17,558 | 6.6 km | 62% |
| 37 | Coventry Hills AB A | 17,391 | 7.2 km | 56% |
| 38 | Fallingbrook ON A | 17,836 | 13 km | 56% |
| 39 | Oakbank MB D | 17,494 | 16 km | 50% |
| 40 | Lake Country BC B− | 17,637 | 20 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Fallingbrook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallingbrook | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Queenswood Heights 1.4 km | 11 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Cardinal Creek 1.8 km | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Queenswood - Chatelaine 1.9 km | 11 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Portobello South 2.8 km | 13 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Orleans Village - Chateauneuf 3.0 km | 9.9 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
| Convent Glen - Orleans Woods 4.0 km | 8.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A |
Around Fallingbrook the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Fallingbrook itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Fallingbrook
What is the life expectancy in Fallingbrook?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.7 for women, 81.6 for men around Fallingbrook (2022/2024).
How is Fallingbrook’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Fallingbrook has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Fallingbrook from a hospital?
Residents of Fallingbrook have a clinic 1.2 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.7 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Fallingbrook?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).