Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Blake-Jones scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Ontario as a whole is at 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.6 km from the average resident of Blake-Jones, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Blake-Jones is A, #208 of 866 in Ontario and #716 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Blake-Jones
A long-lived region
Blake-Jones’ region sits 3.2 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 23.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Deprivation alone, a score of 2.8, would put Blake-Jones’ region near 81.7 years; it reaches 84.7. For its deprivation ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Blake-Jones can reach 56 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.4 km off. 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.
Blake-Jones 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: #208 of 866 in Ontario and #716 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.
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 4th of the 34.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Blake-Jones itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The region lives 3.0 years longer than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Blake-Jones’ dot is marked, above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.8, Blake-Jones’ region would be expected to reach 81.7 years; it reaches 84.7. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 81.1 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.
Getting to hospital from Blake-Jones: 1.6 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Blake-Jones, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Blake-Jones are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Ontario is 3.3 km from a hospital, 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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.2%
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
Self-reported obesity, 23%, trails Ontario (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%
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 is close to the province’s: 50% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Blake-Jones is 13th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (7,334 to 7,662 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University ON A | 7,595 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 2 | Ermineskin AB B+ | 7,483 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Currie Barracks AB A+ | 7,342 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 11 | Parry Sound ON C | 7,584 | 1.6 km | 47% |
| 12 | Fort Frances ON C | 7,607 | 1.6 km | 44% |
| 13 | Blake-Jones ON A | 7,494 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 14 | Kentville NS C− | 7,589 | 1.7 km | 44% |
| 15 | Clarenville NL D | 7,441 | 2.0 km | 44% |
| 40 | Trent Lakes ON C− | 7,357 | 30 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Blake-Jones
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake-Jones | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| North Riverdale 0.9 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| South Riverdale 1.2 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Greenwood-Coxwell 1.2 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Danforth 1.4 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Playter Estates-Danforth 1.4 km | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Danforth East York 1.6 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Same region, same survey: Blake-Jones’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Blake-Jones alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Blake-Jones
How is Blake-Jones’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Blake-Jones’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Blake-Jones?
For the health region that includes Blake-Jones, women can expect 87.2 years and men 82.0 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Blake-Jones?
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 Blake-Jones from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Blake-Jones live: 0.3 km to a clinic, 0.4 km to a pharmacy.
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).