Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainFew places match Guildwood for health: it beats 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 50% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). For Guildwood itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Guildwood is A, #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Guildwood
A long-lived region
Guildwood’s region sits 3.2 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 23.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 2.8, the trend across regions gives 81.7 years of life; Guildwood’s region reaches 84.7. For its deprivation ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Guildwood can reach 19 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.5 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.
Guildwood 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: #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 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
Ranked 4th of 34 in Ontario: the regions span 73.7 to 86.3 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Guildwood 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.
3.0 more years of life than regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Guildwood’s, lies over the trend.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Guildwood’s region, at 2.8, outlives the trend’s 81.7 years with 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.
Getting to hospital from Guildwood: 1.9 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Guildwood, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 3.3 km for the typical town in Ontario and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Guildwood is on the near side.
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.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.2% 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
At 23%, self-reported obesity is below Ontario’s 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
Neither ahead nor behind Ontario on mental health (50% to 51%), the region has 22% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Guildwood is 10th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (9,622 to 9,985 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Cambie BC A+ | 9,846 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Northeast SK B+ | 9,670 | 1.1 km | 49% |
| 3 | Coaldale AB B− | 9,644 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 8 | Ladysmith BC B | 9,926 | 1.7 km | 47% |
| 9 | Shawnessy AB A+ | 9,696 | 1.8 km | 56% |
| 10 | Guildwood ON A | 9,797 | 1.9 km | 50% |
| 11 | Mineola ON A− | 9,849 | 2.0 km | 49% |
| 12 | Argyle North SK B+ | 9,971 | 2.0 km | 49% |
| 40 | Shediac NB C | 9,849 | 24 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Guildwood
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildwood | 1.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Scarborough Village 1.7 km | 0.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn 2.1 km | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| West Hill 2.2 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Morningside 3.6 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Woburn North 4.0 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Eglinton East 4.1 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Guildwood from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- 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 Guildwood’s own.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
Questions about health in Guildwood
How is Guildwood’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Guildwood: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Guildwood?
Women in Guildwood’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 82.0, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Guildwood?
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 Guildwood from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.9 km from the average resident of Guildwood and a pharmacy 0.5 km, as the crow flies.
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).