Photo: Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal from Canada · CC BY 2.0Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer around Baie-D'Urfé (14% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)
Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. What sets Baie-D'Urfé apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 7.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Baie-D'Urfé is A−, #317 of 503 in Quebec and #936 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Baie-D'Urfé
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 3.0, the trend across regions gives 80.8 years of life; Baie-D'Urfé’s region reaches 83.4. For its deprivation ↓
Easier circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Baie-D'Urfé at 1.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Baie-D'Urfé, a child can expect 1.9 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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.
Baie-D'Urfé 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: #317 of 503 in Quebec and #936 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.
2.6 years above the line for regions this deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Baie-D'Urfé’s region’s dot is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Baie-D'Urfé’s region sits above it: 83.4 years where a score of 3.0 predicts 80.8. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 80.2 years. On income alone, around $68,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 2nd of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Baie-D'Urfé’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 15% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.3%
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
At 23%, self-reported obesity is below Quebec’s 29%. Heavy drinking is rarer (19% against 22%).
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.
The nearest hospital is 7.4 km from the average home in Baie-D'Urfé
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Baie-D'Urfé’s own, not the region’s.
Baie-D'Urfé is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, 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.
55% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (56%)
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
Fewer adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Quebec (58% against 64%), while 23% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Baie-D'Urfé is 26th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,652 to 3,759 people, median 4.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central ON B | 3,698 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 2 | Eau Claire AB A+ | 3,733 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 3 | West Kildonan Industrial MB B+ | 3,678 | 1.4 km | 52% |
| 24 | Westville NS D | 3,731 | 5.9 km | 42% |
| 25 | Ascot Corner QC A | 3,725 | 6.1 km | 57% |
| 26 | Baie-D'Urfé QC A− | 3,706 | 7.4 km | 54% |
| 27 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC B− | 3,733 | 8.2 km | 47% |
| 28 | Fifty Point ON B− | 3,690 | 8.4 km | 53% |
| 40 | Powassan ON D | 3,657 | 30 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Baie-D'Urfé
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-D'Urfé | 7.4 km | 54% | 83.4 | A− |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 2.9 km | 9.2 km | 54% | 83.4 | A− |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 3.5 km | 10 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Senneville 3.7 km | 10 km | 54% | 83.4 | A− |
| Beaconsfield 4.1 km | 3.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| L'Île-Perrot 4.4 km | 12 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Kirkland 5.3 km | 2.8 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot’s life expectancy is 82.5, this region’s 83.4. Residents of Kirkland live nearer a hospital, at 2.8 km against 7.4 km in Baie-D'Urfé.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Baie-D'Urfé itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
Questions about health in Baie-D'Urfé
What is the life expectancy in Baie-D'Urfé?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Baie-D'Urfé’s health region only: 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Baie-D'Urfé?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How far is Baie-D'Urfé from a hospital?
Residents of Baie-D'Urfé have a clinic 3.1 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.8 km away, in straight lines.
How is Baie-D'Urfé’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 Baie-D'Urfé’s homes are from a hospital, 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).