Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0For health, Mount Dennis is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 50% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario’s 51%. What sets Mount Dennis apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Mount Dennis is A, #248 of 866 in Ontario and #783 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Mount Dennis
A long-lived region
Born around Mount Dennis, 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 ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Mount Dennis’ region beats what its deprivation score of 2.8 predicts: 84.7 years against 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Harder circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Mount Dennis at 4.7 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Mount Dennis 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.
Mount Dennis 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: #248 of 866 in Ontario and #783 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
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Mount Dennis’ 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 more years of life than regions as deprived
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Mount Dennis’ region shows above the trend.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Mount Dennis’ region sits above it: 84.7 years where a score of 2.8 predicts 81.7. 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.
From Mount Dennis, a hospital is 2.0 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Mount Dennis’ own, not the region’s.
Residents of Mount Dennis 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
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%
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
The region’s 50% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Ontario’s 51%, with 22% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Mount Dennis comes 16th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,131 to 13,613 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Vanier QC A+ | 13,494 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 14 | Madoc ON A− | 13,160 | 1.9 km | 49% |
| 15 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC A | 13,181 | 2.0 km | 55% |
| 16 | Mount Dennis ON A | 13,364 | 2.0 km | 50% |
| 17 | Springdale ON A− | 13,221 | 2.3 km | 49% |
| 18 | Ionview ON A | 13,382 | 2.4 km | 50% |
| 40 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB D | 13,265 | 16 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Mount Dennis
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dennis | 2.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe 1.3 km | 2.8 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 1.5 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Humber Heights-Westmount 2.1 km | 2.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook 2.1 km | 0.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Weston 2.3 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West 2.3 km | 1.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
The neighbours all sit in Mount Dennis’ health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Mount Dennis shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Mount Dennis
What is the life expectancy in Mount Dennis?
For the health region that includes Mount Dennis, women can expect 87.2 years and men 82.0 (2022/2024).
How is Mount Dennis’ 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 Mount Dennis’ homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Mount Dennis?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Mount Dennis from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Mount Dennis live: 0.3 km to a clinic, 0.5 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).