Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainFor health, Weston is ahead of 90% 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%. Measured from where Weston’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Weston a grade of A, #156 of 866 in Ontario and #635 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Weston
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Weston runs 3.2 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 23.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Set against regions as deprived (2.8), Weston’s region gains years: 84.7 where the trend says 81.7. For its deprivation ↓
Near a hospital
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Weston; from its centre of population the trip is 1.0 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Weston has 34 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.3 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Weston 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: #156 of 866 in Ontario and #635 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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Weston’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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 3.0 years
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Weston’s region sits above the trend line through 102 regions.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.8, Weston’s region would be expected to reach 81.7 years; it reaches 84.7. 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.
From Weston, a hospital is 1.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Weston, weighted by who lives there.
From Weston that is nearer than the 3.3 km of the typical town in Ontario, and the 3.7 km of 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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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.
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
Mental health reads like the rest of Ontario: 50% against 51%, and 22% under quite a bit of stress most 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: Weston comes 8th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (18,251 to 19,591 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown Yonge East ON A | 18,251 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | Kensington-Chinatown ON A | 18,597 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 3 | Desmarchais-Crawford QC A | 18,505 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 6 | North St.James Town ON A | 18,733 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 7 | Wîhkwêntôwin AB B+ | 19,050 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 8 | Weston ON A | 18,896 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 9 | Auburn Bay AB A+ | 18,296 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 10 | Midland ON A− | 19,305 | 1.4 km | 54% |
| 40 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire QC A− | 19,447 | 19 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Weston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | 1.1 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Humber Heights-Westmount 1.1 km | 2.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Rustic 1.9 km | 0.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 2.1 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Mount Dennis 2.3 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea 2.5 km | 2.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights 2.7 km | 1.5 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Weston and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Weston shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Weston
What is the life expectancy in Weston?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 87.2 for women, 82.0 for men around Weston (2022/2024).
How is Weston’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Weston’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Weston?
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 Weston from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.6 km from the average resident of Weston and a pharmacy 0.3 km, as the crow flies.
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).