Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Seguin sits behind 86% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 51% for Ontario. Closer to home, a hospital is 17 km from the average resident of Seguin, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Seguin a grade of D, #850 of 866 in Ontario and #2,467 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Seguin
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Seguin than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 14% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Seguin the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 17 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies far off
Picking up a prescription in Seguin takes a trip of 17 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
Outliving the trend for its deprivation
At 80.0 years, Seguin’s region outlives the 78.2 that regions scoring 3.7 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
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.
Seguin grades D 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: #850 of 866 in Ontario and #2,467 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.
High blood pressure for 27% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.7%
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
More adults report obesity than across Ontario: 36%, the province 30%. At 24%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 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.
The nearest hospital is 17 km from the average home in Seguin
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Seguin’s own, not the region’s.
Seguin is further out 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.8 years of life
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Seguin’s region is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Seguin’s region sits above it: 80.0 years where a score of 3.7 predicts 78.2. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 9 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.2 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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
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, 24th 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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Seguin’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.
46% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer 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
On mental health the region tracks Ontario, 49% very good or excellent to 51%; 25% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Seguin comes 34th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,663 to 5,843 people, median 4.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Lake SK C | 5,667 | 0.6 km | 46% |
| 2 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC A+ | 5,764 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 3 | Montcalm MB B+ | 5,676 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 32 | Saint Marys NB C− | 5,701 | 15 km | 45% |
| 33 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC B+ | 5,675 | 16 km | 56% |
| 34 | Seguin ON D | 5,761 | 17 km | 47% |
| 35 | Waterloo QC A | 5,714 | 17 km | 57% |
| 36 | Osoyoos BC B− | 5,724 | 18 km | 52% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Seguin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seguin | 17 km | 47% | 80.0 | D |
| McKellar 16 km | 19 km | 47% | 80.0 | D |
| Parry Sound 18 km | 1.6 km | 47% | 80.0 | C |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Seguin from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Parry Sound live nearer a hospital, at 1.6 km against 17 km in Seguin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Seguin’s own.
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Seguin
How far is Seguin from a hospital?
For everyday care, Seguin’s residents are 17 km from a pharmacy and 17 km from a clinic on average.
How is Seguin’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Seguin’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Seguin?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 19%.
What is the life expectancy in Seguin?
There is no figure for Seguin alone; its health region’s is 82.6 for women and 77.6 for men in 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).