Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Leaside-Bennington for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. What sets Leaside-Bennington apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.3 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Leaside-Bennington is A, #180 of 866 in Ontario and #671 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Leaside-Bennington
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Leaside-Bennington, a child can expect 3.2 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 23.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
At 84.7 years, Leaside-Bennington’s region outlives the 81.7 that regions scoring 2.8 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
A hospital close by
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Leaside-Bennington: 1.4 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Leaside-Bennington has 37 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.5 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Leaside-Bennington 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: #180 of 866 in Ontario and #671 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
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
Of the 34 health regions in Ontario, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 73.7 and a high of 86.3.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Leaside-Bennington 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; Leaside-Bennington’s dot is marked, above the line.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Leaside-Bennington’s region, at 2.8, outlives the trend’s 81.7 years with 84.7. It tops the 10 regions closest to it on the index, which 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 Leaside-Bennington: 1.3 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Leaside-Bennington, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Leaside-Bennington 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.
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
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%
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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Ontario (50% against 51%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Leaside-Bennington is 12th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (16,247 to 17,196 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC A | 16,403 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | La Visitation QC A | 17,166 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Davie Village BC A+ | 16,833 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 10 | Mount Pleasant East ON A | 16,373 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 11 | Strathmore AB A+ | 16,416 | 1.3 km | 56% |
| 12 | Leaside-Bennington ON A | 16,710 | 1.3 km | 50% |
| 13 | Saint-Édouard QC A | 16,771 | 1.4 km | 54% |
| 14 | Saint-Charles-Borromée QC A− | 16,904 | 1.6 km | 56% |
| 40 | Leduc County AB B− | 16,400 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Leaside-Bennington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaside-Bennington | 1.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Mount Pleasant East 1.6 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Thorncliffe Park 1.7 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Broadview North 2.3 km | 2.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| South Eglinton-Davisville 2.3 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| North Toronto 2.4 km | 0.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills 2.5 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Leaside-Bennington’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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 Leaside-Bennington’s own.
Questions about health in Leaside-Bennington
How is Leaside-Bennington’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Leaside-Bennington’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Leaside-Bennington?
Women in Leaside-Bennington’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 82.0, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Leaside-Bennington?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How far is Leaside-Bennington from a hospital?
For everyday care, Leaside-Bennington’s residents are 0.5 km from a pharmacy and 1.0 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).