Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Few places match Playter Estates-Danforth for health: it beats 89% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.6 km from the average resident of Playter Estates-Danforth, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Playter Estates-Danforth is A, #208 of 866 in Ontario and #716 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Playter Estates-Danforth
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Playter Estates-Danforth, 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, Playter Estates-Danforth’s region outlives the 81.7 that regions scoring 2.8 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Playter Estates-Danforth can reach 73 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.3 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Playter Estates-Danforth 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
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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Playter Estates-Danforth’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
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
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Playter Estates-Danforth’s region sits above the trend line through 102 regions.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Playter Estates-Danforth’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.
The nearest hospital is 1.6 km from the average home in Playter Estates-Danforth
Straight-line distances from each part of Playter Estates-Danforth, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Playter Estates-Danforth 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%)
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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 51% and 51%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
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.
Playter Estates-Danforth is 8th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (7,581 to 7,855 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landsdale ON B+ | 7,681 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | University ON A | 7,595 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Central St. Boniface MB B+ | 7,772 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 6 | Parry Sound ON C | 7,584 | 1.6 km | 47% |
| 7 | Fort Frances ON C | 7,607 | 1.6 km | 44% |
| 8 | Playter Estates-Danforth ON A | 7,712 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 9 | Kentville NS C− | 7,589 | 1.7 km | 44% |
| 10 | Altadore AB A+ | 7,675 | 2.0 km | 56% |
| 40 | Donnacona QC A | 7,785 | 24 km | 62% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Playter Estates-Danforth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playter Estates-Danforth | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| North Riverdale 0.9 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Broadview North 1.1 km | 2.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Blake-Jones 1.4 km | 1.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| North St.James Town 1.8 km | 0.8 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town 1.9 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| South Riverdale 2.0 km | 1.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Playter Estates-Danforth and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Playter Estates-Danforth’s own.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Playter Estates-Danforth
What is the life expectancy in Playter Estates-Danforth?
Women in Playter Estates-Danforth’s region live to 87.2 on average and men to 82.0, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Playter Estates-Danforth’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Playter Estates-Danforth’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Playter Estates-Danforth?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How far is Playter Estates-Danforth from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Playter Estates-Danforth live: 0.5 km to a clinic, 0.3 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).