Health in Hope · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Expect 86.3 years of life in the region around Hope, 4.8 above the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Ontario, 51% against 51%. What sets Hope apart within its region is distance, and at 4.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Hope is A, #316 of 866 in Ontario and #904 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Ontario: 51% · Very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy for the York Regional Health Unit
Chronic conditions
16%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Ontario: 17%
Smokers
10%
daily or occasional, age-standardised
Ontario: 11%
Life expectancy
86.3
at birth, 2022/2024
women 87.9 · men 84.6
Nearest hospital
4.8 km
residents’ average, straight line
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Health Grade
Hope 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.
Very good or excellent health (51%)Better than 43% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (16%)Better than 61% of Canadian towns
Smokers (10%)Better than 91% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (86.3)Better than almost every Canadian town
Distance to a hospital (4.8 km)Better than 73% of Canadian towns
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: #316 of 866 in Ontario and #904 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.
For its deprivation
1.3 years above the line for regions this deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Hope’s lies above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 1.9, Hope’s region would be expected to reach 85.0 years; it reaches 86.3. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 9, with 83.5 years in the middle.
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.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (7.8%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
21%
Arthritis
20%
Diabetes
7.8%
Obese (self-reported)
23%
Mood disorder
11%
Anxiety disorder
9.1%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
10%
Smoke every day
7.6%
Heavy drinking
9.8%
Ontario
Self-reported obesity, 23%, trails Ontario (30%). Fewer adults drink heavily, 9.8% to the province’s 17%.
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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 4.8 km from the average home in Hope
Straight-line distances from each part of Hope, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
4.8 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
4.8 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
2.6 km
residents’ average distance
2.9 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Hope is further out than the provincial norm of 3.3 km in Ontario, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
Life expectancy across the 34 health 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.
86.3
years at birth, 2022/2024
23.7
more years expected at 65
1st
longest of 34 regions in Ontario
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
York Regional Health Unit86.3
Peel Regional Health Unit85.3
Halton Regional Health Unit84.9
City of Toronto Health Unit84.7
City of Ottawa Health Unit83.7
Waterloo Health Unit82.8
Durham Regional Health Unit82.6
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit82.4
Middlesex-London Health Unit81.9
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit81.8
Huron Perth Health Unit81.7
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit81.5
Grey Bruce Health Unit81.3
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit81.3
City of Hamilton Health Unit81.2
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit81.2
Niagara Regional Area Health Unit81.2
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit81.0
Renfrew County and District Health Unit81.0
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit81.0
Oxford Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit80.6
Peterborough County—City Health Unit80.5
Brant County Health Unit80.4
Lambton Health Unit80.0
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit80.0
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit79.8
Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit79.6
Sudbury and District Health Unit79.1
Chatham-Kent Health Unit78.6
The District of Algoma Health Unit77.9
Porcupine Health Unit77.3
Timiskaming Health Unit77.0
Thunder Bay District Health Unit76.5
Northwestern Health Unit73.7
Top of the 34 regions in Ontario: the lowest figure is 73.7, 12.6 years below the highest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.0
Economic dependency1.1
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability2.1
This is the one part of the block measured for Hope itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Ontario: 50% and 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
Health very good or excellent
50%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
53%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
25%
Strong sense of belonging
60%
Satisfied with life
85%
Ontario
Mental health is close to the province’s: 53% rate it very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario, and 25% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Towns its size
Hope is 21st of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,819 to 7,167 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.8 km.
Nothing in the regional columns separates Hope from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
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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.
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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.
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Hope itself is the trip to care.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Hope
What is the life expectancy in Hope?
Women in Hope’s region live to 87.9 on average and men to 84.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Hope’s 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 Hope’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Hope?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
How far is Hope from a hospital?
A clinic is 4.8 km from the average resident of Hope and a pharmacy 2.6 km, as the crow flies.
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