Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0Health in Vanier North beats 96% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. What sets Vanier North apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Vanier North a grade of A+, #23 of 866 in Ontario and #202 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Vanier North
Longer lives in the region
Born around Vanier North, 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 ↓
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Vanier North 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 ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Vanier North has 35 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.
Vanier North 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.
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
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 5th.
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 Vanier North’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.6% diabetes
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 tracks the province: 29% of adults here, 30% across 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%)
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.
From Vanier North, a hospital is 2.0 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Vanier North’s own, not the region’s.
Vanier North 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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Vanier North’s region shows close to the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.3, the expected figure is 83.6 years, and Vanier North’s region matches it closely with 83.7. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 8 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Vanier North is 14th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 10,269 to 10,723 people, median 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Sacrement QC A+ | 10,650 | 0.4 km | 62% |
| 2 | Weston-Pelham Park ON A | 10,680 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | South Central ON B+ | 10,392 | 0.6 km | 52% |
| 12 | Whitecourt AB C− | 10,708 | 1.6 km | 48% |
| 13 | New Glasgow NS C− | 10,378 | 2.0 km | 42% |
| 14 | Vanier North ON A+ | 10,498 | 2.0 km | 56% |
| 15 | Upper Thornhill Estates ON A | 10,435 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 16 | Rosemont/Mount Royal SK B+ | 10,497 | 2.0 km | 49% |
| 40 | Contrecoeur QC B+ | 10,708 | 22 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Vanier North
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier North | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Vanier South 0.9 km | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| New Edinburgh 1.2 km | 1.8 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Manor Park 1.2 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Overbrook 1.8 km | 1.9 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Lowertown East 1.8 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
| Sandy Hill 2.0 km | 1.6 km | 56% | 83.7 | A+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Vanier North from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Vanier North itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Vanier North
What is the life expectancy in Vanier North?
For the health region that includes Vanier North, women can expect 85.7 years and men 81.6 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Vanier North?
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 is Vanier North’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Vanier North: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Vanier North from a hospital?
For everyday care, Vanier North’s residents are 0.4 km from a pharmacy and 0.6 km from a clinic on average.
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).