Photo: Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Avondale is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 50% against 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Avondale live 3.2 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Avondale grades A for health, #310 of 866 in Ontario and #894 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Avondale
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Avondale runs 3.2 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 23.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Avondale’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.8 predicts: 84.7 years against 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Avondale’s neighbourhoods average 1.1 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 26 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.2 km off, Avondale is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Avondale 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: #310 of 866 in Ontario and #894 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.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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
Life expectancy in Ontario runs from 73.7 to 86.3; this region sits 4th of the 34.
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 Avondale’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.
3.0 more years of life than regions as deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Avondale’s lies above the line.
At 2.8 on the index, the trend across 102 regions (correlation −0.83) points to 81.7 years, and the region Avondale belongs to reaches 84.7. Of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, not one does as well; half fall below 81.1.
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.
From Avondale, a hospital is 3.2 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Avondale’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Avondale here: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%)
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Ontario: 23%, the province 30%.
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.
Self-rated health much as in Ontario: 51% 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
Asked about their mental health, 50% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Ontario it was 51%, and 22% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Avondale is 25th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,494 to 14,119 people, median 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Sillery QC A+ | 13,950 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 3 | Vanier QC A+ | 13,494 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 23 | Kerrisdale BC A+ | 14,105 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 24 | Rossmere-A MB B+ | 13,613 | 3.0 km | 52% |
| 25 | Avondale ON A | 13,803 | 3.2 km | 50% |
| 26 | Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills ON A | 13,943 | 3.6 km | 50% |
| 27 | Streetsville ON A− | 13,535 | 3.7 km | 49% |
| 40 | Saint-Amable QC A− | 14,119 | 17 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Avondale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | 3.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Yonge-Doris 1.3 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Lansing-Westgate 1.3 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| East Willowdale 1.3 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| St.Andrew-Windfields 1.4 km | 2.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Willowdale West 2.0 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Bayview Village 2.3 km | 1.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Avondale and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Avondale shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Avondale
What is the life expectancy in Avondale?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Avondale’s health region only: 87.2 years for women and 82.0 for men (2022/2024).
How is Avondale’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Avondale has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Avondale?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
How far is Avondale from a hospital?
For everyday care, Avondale’s residents are 0.2 km from a pharmacy and 0.7 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).