Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Yonge-St.Clair 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%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Yonge-St.Clair, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Yonge-St.Clair a grade of A, #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Yonge-St.Clair
A long-lived region
Yonge-St.Clair’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 ↓
More years than its deprivation would give
Deprivation alone, a score of 2.8, would put Yonge-St.Clair’s region near 81.7 years; it reaches 84.7. For its deprivation ↓
Fewer households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 1.2 out of 5, Yonge-St.Clair sits in the index’s least pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 67 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.4 km off, Yonge-St.Clair is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Yonge-St.Clair 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: #235 of 866 in Ontario and #763 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
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Yonge-St.Clair’s 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.
3.0 years above the line for regions this deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Yonge-St.Clair’s, lies over the trend.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Yonge-St.Clair’s region beats it: 84.7 years against the 81.7 the trend gives a score of 2.8. It tops the 10 regions closest to it on the index, which 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 Yonge-St.Clair, a hospital is 1.9 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Yonge-St.Clair, weighted by who lives there.
Yonge-St.Clair is closer in than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 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
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%)
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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Ontario (50% against 51%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Yonge-St.Clair is 11th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (12,962 to 13,423 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 2 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON A | 13,215 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 3 | Lloydminster (Part) SK C | 13,137 | 1.2 km | 46% |
| 9 | Peel Village ON A− | 13,037 | 1.8 km | 49% |
| 10 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC A | 13,131 | 1.9 km | 54% |
| 11 | Yonge-St.Clair ON A | 13,177 | 1.9 km | 50% |
| 12 | Madoc ON A− | 13,160 | 1.9 km | 49% |
| 13 | Windsor Park NS B+ | 13,044 | 1.9 km | 51% |
| 40 | Sainte-Julienne QC B | 12,990 | 21 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Yonge-St.Clair
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 1.9 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Casa Loma 0.9 km | 2.4 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Forest Hill South 1.4 km | 2.3 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| South Eglinton-Davisville 1.5 km | 1.0 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Yonge-Eglinton 1.7 km | 0.7 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Rosedale-Moore Park 1.7 km | 1.5 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
| Annex 2.1 km | 1.2 km | 50% | 84.7 | A |
Every place around Yonge-St.Clair shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Yonge-St.Clair shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Yonge-St.Clair
What is the life expectancy in Yonge-St.Clair?
For the health region that includes Yonge-St.Clair, women can expect 87.2 years and men 82.0 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Yonge-St.Clair?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
How far is Yonge-St.Clair from a hospital?
For everyday care, Yonge-St.Clair’s residents are 0.4 km from a pharmacy and 0.5 km from a clinic on average.
How is Yonge-St.Clair’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Yonge-St.Clair’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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).