Photo: SimonP at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Expect 83.7 years of life in the region around Sandy Hill, 2.2 above the typical Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. For Sandy Hill itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.6 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Sandy Hill a grade of A+.
What stands out about health in Sandy Hill
Smoking runs low
Around Sandy Hill, only 5.9% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. 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
A typical home in Sandy Hill has 50 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. 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.
Sandy Hill 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.
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.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.6% 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
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.
56% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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 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.
Getting to hospital from Sandy Hill: 1.6 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Sandy Hill’s own, not the region’s.
Sandy Hill is closer in 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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Sandy Hill’s region, on the line, stands for every town in it.
Use the deprivation index alone and Sandy Hill’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. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (8 of 10, median 83.0 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.
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Sandy Hill’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Sandy Hill is 12th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,535 to 14,148 people, median 2.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Sillery QC A+ | 13,950 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 3 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 13,596 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 10 | Beaurivage QC A | 13,574 | 1.5 km | 54% |
| 11 | Terrace BC C− | 13,648 | 1.6 km | 42% |
| 12 | Sandy Hill ON A+ | 13,830 | 1.6 km | 56% |
| 13 | Dawson Creek BC C+ | 13,635 | 1.7 km | 43% |
| 14 | Oakridge ON A | 13,913 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 40 | Saint-Amable QC A− | 14,119 | 17 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sandy Hill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hill | 1.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Lowertown East 0.9 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Lowertown West 1.1 km | 0.4 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Old Ottawa East 1.5 km | 1.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Vanier South 1.9 km | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| New Edinburgh 1.9 km | 1.8 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Centretown 1.9 km | 0.5 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Sandy Hill from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Sandy Hill’s own.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
Questions about health in Sandy Hill
What is the life expectancy in Sandy Hill?
Women in Sandy Hill’s region live to 85.7 on average and men to 81.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Sandy Hill’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Sandy Hill’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Sandy Hill?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
How far is Sandy Hill from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Sandy Hill is 0.4 km from a clinic and 0.4 km from 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).