Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.051% of adults around North Shore rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.1 for a boy (2022/2024). Measured from where North Shore’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 12 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for North Shore is B−, #8 of 12 on Prince Edward Island and #1,946 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in North Shore
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in North Shore the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 11 km. 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.
North Shore grades B− 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: #8 of 12 on Prince Edward Island and #1,946 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.
From North Shore, a hospital is 12 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of North Shore, weighted by who lives there.
From North Shore that is further than the 8.5 km of the typical town on Prince Edward Island, 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; North Shore’s dot is marked, close to the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.8 about 81.6 years; North Shore’s region’s 81.2 is within a year of it. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (5 of 10, median 81.1 years). A household income of about $74,000, modest for a region, comes with longer lives than in most regions; across regions the two barely move together (correlation 0.14).
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.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.3% diabetes
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Prince Edward Island: 37% report obesity, the province 37%.
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.
Life expectancy in the region: 81.2 years
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region on Prince Edward Island, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where North Shore’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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Prince Edward Island: 50% and 50%
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
Mental health reads like the rest of Prince Edward Island: 50% against 50%, and 19% 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.
North Shore is 29th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,951 to 3,037 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dewdney Place SK B+ | 3,021 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 2 | Buchanan ON B | 3,006 | 1.0 km | 53% |
| 3 | Kirkendall South ON B | 3,033 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 27 | Lac-des-Écorces QC A | 3,005 | 11 km | 60% |
| 28 | East Garafraxa ON B | 2,976 | 11 km | 51% |
| 29 | North Shore PE B− | 2,994 | 12 km | 51% |
| 30 | Huntingdon QC A− | 3,001 | 13 km | 55% |
| 31 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC A− | 2,999 | 16 km | 55% |
| 40 | Elkford BC B− | 3,030 | 55 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around North Shore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore | 12 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| North Shore 4.6 km | 7.4 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Charlottetown 13 km | 3.3 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Miltonvale Park 13 km | 11 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| East River, Part 1 14 km | 14 km | 51% | 81.2 | B− |
| Crossroads 15 km | 5.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
| Stratford 16 km | 4.5 km | 51% | 81.2 | B |
North Shore and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Residents of Charlottetown live nearer a hospital, at 3.3 km against 12 km in North Shore.
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.
- 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for North Shore itself is the trip to care.
- 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. 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.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
Questions about health in North Shore
How is North Shore’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and North Shore’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is North Shore from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in North Shore live: 13 km to a clinic, 13 km to a pharmacy.
How healthy is North Shore?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
What is the life expectancy in North Shore?
For the health region that includes North Shore, women can expect 83.3 years and men 79.1 (2022/2024).
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).