Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Quinte West’s health region counts 18% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%
In the health survey, 45% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Ontario’s 51%. What sets Quinte West apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.5 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Quinte West grades C− for health, #833 of 866 in Ontario and #2,412 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Quinte West
Shorter lives in the region
Quinte West’s region sits 1.7 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 6.7 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 43%. Health survey ↓
More chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 28% report high blood pressure and 11% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Quinte West grades C− 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: #833 of 866 in Ontario and #2,412 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
This region is 26th longest-lived of 34 in Ontario, on a scale from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Quinte West’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
43% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer 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 trails Ontario: 47% very good or excellent to 51%, with 27% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 28% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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 runs higher than in the province, at 39% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 25% to 17%.
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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Quinte West’s region is near the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Quinte West’s region fits it, 79.8 years at 3.2 against the line’s 80.0. Even beside regions as deprived, it lags: 7 of its 10 closest matches reach further, their median 81.2 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.
The nearest hospital is 5.5 km from the average home in Quinte West
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Quinte West’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, Quinte West 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, Quinte West is 26th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 43,243 to 58,010 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sault-Saint-Louis QC A | 47,270 | 1.3 km | 54% |
| 2 | Saint-Eustache QC A+ | 47,562 | 1.4 km | 60% |
| 3 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 24 | Fabreville QC A | 48,457 | 4.5 km | 53% |
| 25 | Spruce Grove AB B | 44,575 | 5.1 km | 51% |
| 26 | Quinte West ON C− | 50,385 | 5.5 km | 45% |
| 27 | Hurontario ON A− | 43,877 | 5.5 km | 49% |
| 28 | Rouyn-Noranda QC B | 43,270 | 7.1 km | 57% |
| 40 | Lakeshore ON B− | 45,954 | 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 Quinte West
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinte West | 5.5 km | 45% | 79.8 | C− |
| Belleville 16 km | 3.1 km | 45% | 79.8 | C− |
| Brighton 17 km | 14 km | 49% | 81.0 | C |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Brighton’s life expectancy is 81.0, this region’s 79.8. Residents of Brighton live further from a hospital, at 14 km against 5.5 km in Quinte West.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Quinte West itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
Questions about health in Quinte West
How is Quinte West’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Quinte West’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Quinte West?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 20% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Quinte West?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.8 for women, 77.8 for men around Quinte West (2022/2024).
How far is Quinte West from a hospital?
For everyday care, Quinte West’s residents are 2.9 km from a pharmacy and 5.3 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).