Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.052% of adults around Tecumseh rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 81.3 years, 83.5 for a girl and 79.2 for a boy (2022/2024). What sets Tecumseh apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 10 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Tecumseh grades B for health, #650 of 866 in Ontario and #1,914 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Tecumseh
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Tecumseh the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 9.6 km. Getting care ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Tecumseh can reach 4.3 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.8 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Tecumseh 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: #650 of 866 in Ontario and #1,914 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.
Getting to hospital from Tecumseh: 10 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Tecumseh, weighted by who lives there.
Tecumseh 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.
The region lives 1.1 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Tecumseh’s lies above the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 3.2 at 80.2 years of life; Tecumseh’s region does better, at 81.3. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 6 of them below it, a median of 80.9.
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.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.8% 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 runs higher than in the province, at 36% of adults against 30% for Ontario. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 20% 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.
How the 34 health regions in Ontario compare on life expectancy
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Ontario, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 13th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Tecumseh’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health much as in Ontario: 52% 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
Stress touches 22% of adults on most days; mental health is rated very good or excellent by 51%, the province 51% (Ontario).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Tecumseh is 29th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (24,266 to 26,862 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola QC A | 26,607 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 2 | Sault-au-Récollet QC A | 25,464 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 3 | Cartierville QC A | 24,617 | 0.8 km | 54% |
| 27 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville QC A | 26,786 | 9.1 km | 55% |
| 28 | Paradise NL C+ | 26,155 | 9.8 km | 54% |
| 29 | Tecumseh ON B | 25,554 | 10 km | 52% |
| 30 | Kingsville ON B | 25,302 | 10 km | 52% |
| 31 | Foothills County AB A | 25,789 | 11 km | 56% |
| 40 | Saint-Lin--Laurentides QC B | 26,673 | 20 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Tecumseh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | 10 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| East Riverside 3.5 km | 7.7 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| Forest Glade 3.6 km | 6.2 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| Riverside 6.1 km | 5.1 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| Fontainebleau 6.8 km | 2.8 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| East Windsor 8.2 km | 2.4 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
| Devonshire 9.5 km | 3.5 km | 52% | 81.3 | B |
One health region covers Tecumseh and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. East Windsor is the closest to care, 2.4 km to Tecumseh’s 10 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Tecumseh alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Tecumseh
How far is Tecumseh from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.1 km from the average resident of Tecumseh and a pharmacy 1.8 km, as the crow flies.
How is Tecumseh’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Tecumseh’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Tecumseh?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.5 for women, 79.2 for men around Tecumseh (2022/2024).
How healthy is Tecumseh?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 18% of adults.
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).