Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Rideau Lakes’ health region
People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.3 for women and 79.2 for men in 2022/2024. Measured from where Rideau Lakes’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 9.3 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Rideau Lakes grades B− for health, #692 of 866 in Ontario and #2,038 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Rideau Lakes
Hospital care at a distance
Residents of Rideau Lakes live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (3.3 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 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.
Rideau Lakes grades B− 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: #692 of 866 in Ontario and #2,038 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.
From Rideau Lakes, a hospital is 9.3 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Rideau Lakes’ own, not the region’s.
From Rideau Lakes that is further than the 3.3 km of the typical town in Ontario, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. The centre of population is 3.3 km from a hospital, but spread-out homes take the residents’ average to 9.3 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Rideau Lakes’ dot is marked, close to the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Rideau Lakes’ region, at 2.9, should live about 81.3 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 81.2, near enough. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 4 above and 4 below; their median is 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (7.6%)
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, 38%, tops Ontario (30%). More adults drink heavily, 21% to the province’s 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.
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
Ranked 15th 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Rideau Lakes’ own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health much as in Ontario: 49% 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 beats Ontario as well: 56% very good or excellent to 51%, with 22% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Rideau Lakes is 26th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 11,910 to 12,413 people, median 5.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DT Hospital ON A− | 12,384 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Woodbine Corridor ON A | 12,283 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 3 | Nelson BC A | 12,126 | 1.3 km | 55% |
| 24 | Georgian Bluffs ON C+ | 12,061 | 9.1 km | 48% |
| 25 | Blackfalds AB C | 12,258 | 9.2 km | 52% |
| 26 | Rideau Lakes ON B− | 12,148 | 9.3 km | 51% |
| 27 | Chapman Mills ON A | 12,075 | 9.8 km | 56% |
| 28 | Orleans Village - Chateauneuf ON A | 12,399 | 9.9 km | 56% |
| 40 | Morrisburg ON C | 11,943 | 22 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Rideau Lakes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rideau Lakes | 9.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| Athens 18 km | 14 km | 51% | 81.2 | C+ |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Rideau Lakes from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Athens is the furthest from care, 14 km to Rideau Lakes’ 9.3 km.
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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Rideau Lakes itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Rideau Lakes
How is Rideau Lakes’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Rideau Lakes’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Rideau Lakes from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Rideau Lakes live: 20 km to a clinic, 7.2 km to a pharmacy.
How healthy is Rideau Lakes?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in Rideau Lakes?
For the health region that includes Rideau Lakes, women can expect 83.3 years and men 79.2 (2022/2024).
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).