Photo: Annichou · CC BY-SA 3.0Overbrook scores better for health than 96% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Overbrook is well placed: 1.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Overbrook a grade of A+, #23 of 866 in Ontario and #202 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Overbrook
Life expectancy above the norm
Overbrook’s region sits 2.2 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Overbrook is well below the typical town’s; 5.9% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Upbeat about their health
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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 40 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.4 km off, Overbrook is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Overbrook 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: #23 of 866 in Ontario and #202 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
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
The region comes 5th of 34 in Ontario, where life expectancy runs from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Overbrook’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.
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (6.6%)
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
Self-reported obesity, 29%, sits within a few points of Ontario (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%
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 reads like the rest of Ontario: 50% against 51%, and 25% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 1.9 km from the average home in Overbrook
Straight-line distances from each part of Overbrook, weighted by who lives there.
From Overbrook that is nearer than the 3.3 km of the typical town in Ontario, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Overbrook’s region’s dot is 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 Overbrook belongs to reaches 83.7. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 8 of them below it, 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, Overbrook is 15th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (19,512 to 20,377 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End NS B+ | 19,733 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 2 | Westmount QC A | 20,377 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 3 | Longue-Pointe QC A | 20,337 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 13 | Henry Farm ON A | 19,953 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 14 | Stony Plain AB B+ | 19,662 | 1.9 km | 51% |
| 15 | Overbrook ON A+ | 19,953 | 1.9 km | 56% |
| 16 | Esquimalt BC A+ | 19,512 | 2.0 km | 55% |
| 17 | Maple ON A | 20,122 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 40 | Quispamsis NB D | 20,240 | 17 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Overbrook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook | 1.9 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Vanier South 1.0 km | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows 1.4 km | 1.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Vanier North 1.8 km | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Manor Park 2.4 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Waterridge Village 2.4 km | 0.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Riverview 2.5 km | 1.1 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
Only the hospital column is local here: Overbrook and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
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. Only the distances on this page belong to Overbrook alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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 Overbrook
What is the life expectancy in Overbrook?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Overbrook’s health region only: 85.7 years for women and 81.6 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Overbrook?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How is Overbrook’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Overbrook’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Overbrook from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Overbrook live: 1.0 km to a clinic, 0.4 km to 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).