Photo: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.0For health, Boischatel is ahead of almost every Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 62%, ahead of the 57% for Quebec. Measured from where Boischatel’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.7 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Boischatel grades A+ for health, #44 of 503 in Quebec and #52 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Boischatel
Upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 10.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 61%. Health survey ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Fewer households under strain
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Boischatel at 1.2 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Boischatel, a child can expect 1.4 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Boischatel 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: #44 of 503 in Quebec and #52 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.
61% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Quebec (66% against 64%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.2% 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
Self-reported obesity, 30%, sits within a few points of 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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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
This region is 3rd longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Boischatel 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Boischatel’s region is near the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.3 would be expected to reach 83.4 years, and Boischatel’s region is close, at 82.9. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 82.9 years. Its towns’ household income, about $75,000, 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.
The nearest hospital is 8.7 km from the average home in Boischatel
Straight-line distances from each part of Boischatel, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Boischatel is on the far side.
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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Boischatel comes 33rd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (9,045 to 9,460 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Central SK B+ | 9,124 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 2 | Danforth ON A | 9,364 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 3 | Downtown Commercial Core AB A+ | 9,286 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 31 | Fall River NS B | 9,214 | 7.3 km | 51% |
| 32 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's NL B− | 9,167 | 8.6 km | 54% |
| 33 | Boischatel QC A+ | 9,250 | 8.7 km | 62% |
| 34 | Stony Mountain MB C− | 9,180 | 8.7 km | 50% |
| 35 | Beaver Bank NS B | 9,157 | 9.0 km | 51% |
| 40 | Saint-Apollinaire QC B+ | 9,218 | 22 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Boischatel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boischatel | 8.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Chutes-Montmorency 3.1 km | 5.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux 4.5 km | 6.6 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Michel 4.8 km | 4.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| L'Ange-Gardien 5.0 km | 13 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vieux-Bourg 5.3 km | 3.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Pétronille 6.5 km | 5.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Only the hospital column is local here: Boischatel and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Vieux-Bourg is the closest to care, 3.2 km to Boischatel’s 8.7 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Boischatel shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Boischatel
How healthy is Boischatel?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
How is Boischatel’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Boischatel: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Boischatel?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Boischatel’s health region only: 84.7 years for women and 81.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Boischatel from a hospital?
Residents of Boischatel have a clinic 3.6 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.7 km away, in straight lines.
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).