Photo: Jfecteau20 · CC BY-SA 4.056% of adults around Berthierville rate their health very good or excellent
Life expectancy in the region is 82.0 years (83.7 for women, 80.3 for men, 2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 7.8 km from the average resident of Berthierville, further than the usual 3.7 km. Berthierville grades A− for health, #393 of 503 in Quebec and #1,149 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Berthierville
Ahead of regions as deprived
Berthierville’s region beats what its deprivation score of 3.1 predicts: 82.0 years against 80.3. For its deprivation ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Berthierville’s neighbourhoods average 4.2 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (8.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Berthierville 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: #393 of 503 in Quebec and #1,149 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 1.7 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Berthierville’s region’s dot is above the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 3.1 at 80.3 years of life; Berthierville’s region does better, at 82.0. It tops the 10 regions closest to it on the index, which centre on 80.9 years. Its towns’ household income, about $81,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
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, 33%, tops Quebec (29%).
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Quebec, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 8th place goes to this one, between a low of 65.2 and a high of 84.1.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Berthierville’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.
Getting to hospital from Berthierville: 7.8 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Berthierville, weighted by who lives there.
From Berthierville that is further than the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec, 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 55% to 56%
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 Quebec: 64% against 64%, and 20% 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Berthierville is 26th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,501 to 4,681 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country Hills ON A | 4,561 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | Raymond AB B | 4,594 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 3 | Jasper AB C− | 4,627 | 1.0 km | 48% |
| 24 | Britannia ON A− | 4,641 | 5.8 km | 49% |
| 25 | Saint-Antonin QC A− | 4,633 | 7.8 km | 60% |
| 26 | Berthierville QC A− | 4,591 | 7.8 km | 56% |
| 27 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC A− | 4,615 | 7.8 km | 56% |
| 28 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC A− | 4,675 | 11 km | 61% |
| 40 | Casselman ON C− | 4,535 | 32 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Berthierville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthierville | 7.8 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier 4.1 km | 9.4 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola 4.7 km | 3.7 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel 6.0 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sorel-Tracy 7.8 km | 3.4 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 11 km | 3.9 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Cuthbert 11 km | 18 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
Across a regional line, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel has its own figures: life expectancy 82.5, against 82.0 here. Saint-Cuthbert is the furthest from care, 18 km to Berthierville’s 7.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Berthierville shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Berthierville
How healthy is Berthierville?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Berthierville’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Berthierville’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Berthierville from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Berthierville is 0.7 km from a clinic and 6.6 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Berthierville?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Berthierville’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (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).