Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Cliffcrest scores better for health than 87% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. For Cliffcrest itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Cliffcrest grades A for health, #282 of 866 in Ontario and #839 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cliffcrest
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Cliffcrest 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 ↓
Ahead of regions as deprived
Cliffcrest’s region beats what its deprivation score of 2.8 predicts: 84.7 years against 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 18 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.8 km off, Cliffcrest 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.
Cliffcrest 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: #282 of 866 in Ontario and #839 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.
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
The region comes 4th of 34 in Ontario, where life expectancy runs from 73.7 to 86.3 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Cliffcrest’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
3.0 years above the line for regions this deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Cliffcrest’s region is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Cliffcrest’s region sits above it: 84.7 years where a score of 2.8 predicts 81.7. 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.
Getting to hospital from Cliffcrest: 2.5 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cliffcrest’s own, not the region’s.
For distance to care Cliffcrest is ordinary: 3.3 km is the typical figure in Ontario, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town.
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%)
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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 23% of adults against 30% for Ontario.
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.
51% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario (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 no outlier: 50% say very good or excellent (Ontario: 51%) and 22% live with 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, Cliffcrest is 20th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 15,792 to 16,603 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Toronto ON A | 16,007 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC A | 16,403 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Saint-Sauveur QC A+ | 16,104 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 18 | Evergreen SK B+ | 16,088 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 19 | Lansing-Westgate ON A | 15,980 | 2.4 km | 50% |
| 20 | Cliffcrest ON A | 16,184 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 21 | Jésuites QC A+ | 15,792 | 2.9 km | 62% |
| 22 | Hillcrest Village ON A | 16,374 | 3.3 km | 50% |
| 40 | Lavaltrie QC B | 15,996 | 18 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cliffcrest
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffcrest | 2.5 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Kennedy Park 1.7 km | 2.5 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Eglinton East 2.0 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Scarborough Village 2.7 km | 0.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Ionview 3.0 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Bendale South 3.1 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Clairlea-Birchmount 3.3 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Cliffcrest from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Cliffcrest alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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 Cliffcrest
How is Cliffcrest’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cliffcrest has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Cliffcrest?
For the health region that includes Cliffcrest, women can expect 87.2 years and men 82.0 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Cliffcrest?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
How far is Cliffcrest from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Cliffcrest is 2.4 km from a clinic and 0.8 km from 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).