Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Pleasant View is ahead of 87% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 50% against 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.5 km from the average resident of Pleasant View, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Pleasant View is A, #282 of 866 in Ontario and #839 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Pleasant View
A long-lived region
Pleasant View’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 ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Set against regions as deprived (2.8), Pleasant View’s region gains years: 84.7 where the trend says 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Pleasant View has 26 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Pleasant View 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
Among the 34 regions in Ontario, from 73.7 to 86.3 years, this one is 4th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Pleasant View’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
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); Pleasant View’s region is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Pleasant View’s region sits above it: 84.7 years where a score of 2.8 predicts 81.7. It outlives all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 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 2.5 km from the average home in Pleasant View
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Pleasant View’s own, not the region’s.
For distance to care Pleasant View 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.
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
Self-reported obesity, 23%, trails Ontario (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.
51% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Ontario (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.
Among 40 towns its size, Pleasant View is 17th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 14,961 to 15,514 people, median 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lairet QC A+ | 15,251 | 1.2 km | 62% |
| 2 | Lawrence Park South ON A | 15,018 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 3 | Edgemont AB A+ | 15,359 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 15 | Dupéré QC A | 15,036 | 2.1 km | 54% |
| 16 | Byron ON A− | 15,277 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 17 | Pleasant View ON A | 15,248 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 18 | Arbutus Ridge BC A+ | 15,083 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 19 | Royal Orchard ON A− | 15,006 | 2.6 km | 49% |
| 40 | Whistler BC A | 15,090 | 48 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Pleasant View
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 2.5 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| L'Amoreaux West 0.9 km | 1.8 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Henry Farm 1.8 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Don Valley Village 1.8 km | 1.8 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Hillcrest Village 2.5 km | 3.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan 2.6 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| East L'Amoreaux 2.6 km | 0.6 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Pleasant View and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Pleasant View shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Pleasant View
What is the life expectancy in Pleasant View?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Pleasant View’s health region only: 87.2 years for women and 82.0 for men (2022/2024).
How is Pleasant View’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Pleasant View’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Pleasant View?
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 Pleasant View from a hospital?
For everyday care, Pleasant View’s residents are 0.6 km from a pharmacy and 1.6 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).