Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0St.Andrew-Windfields scores better for health than 87% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 50% against 51%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and St.Andrew-Windfields is well placed: 2.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for St.Andrew-Windfields is A, #260 of 866 in Ontario and #811 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in St.Andrew-Windfields
Longer lives in the region
St.Andrew-Windfields’ 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), St.Andrew-Windfields’ region gains years: 84.7 where the trend says 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in St.Andrew-Windfields has 20 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.8 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
St.Andrew-Windfields 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: #260 of 866 in Ontario and #811 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
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
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where St.Andrew-Windfields’ residents live; they carry no weight in 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; St.Andrew-Windfields’ dot is marked, above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and St.Andrew-Windfields’ 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 2.3 km from the average home in St.Andrew-Windfields
Straight-line distances from each part of St.Andrew-Windfields, 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, St.Andrew-Windfields 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.
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
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.
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
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 50% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Ontario’s 51%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
St.Andrew-Windfields is 23rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (16,482 to 17,543 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Visitation QC A | 17,166 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Davie Village BC A+ | 16,833 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 3 | Scarborough Village ON A | 16,774 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 21 | Sunnyside BC A | 16,784 | 2.2 km | 50% |
| 22 | Canmore AB A+ | 17,341 | 2.3 km | 56% |
| 23 | St.Andrew-Windfields ON A | 17,005 | 2.3 km | 50% |
| 24 | Kennedy Park ON A | 17,156 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 25 | Grandview BC A | 16,947 | 3.1 km | 50% |
| 40 | Sooke BC A− | 17,248 | 23 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around St.Andrew-Windfields
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 2.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Avondale 1.4 km | 3.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Bayview Village 1.7 km | 1.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| East Willowdale 1.9 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Yonge-Doris 2.5 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Lansing-Westgate 2.6 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Willowdale West 3.3 km | 1.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Around St.Andrew-Windfields the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to St.Andrew-Windfields alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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.
Questions about health in St.Andrew-Windfields
What is the life expectancy in St.Andrew-Windfields?
Statistics Canada publishes it for St.Andrew-Windfields’ health region only: 87.2 years for women and 82.0 for men (2022/2024).
How is St.Andrew-Windfields’ 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 St.Andrew-Windfields’ homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is St.Andrew-Windfields?
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 St.Andrew-Windfields from a hospital?
For everyday care, St.Andrew-Windfields’ residents are 0.8 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).