Photo: un bouchervillois · Public domainBoucherville scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Boucherville’s is long: 6.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Boucherville is A, #242 of 503 in Quebec and #671 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Boucherville
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 21% report high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Fewer households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Boucherville’s neighbourhoods average 1.5 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Boucherville runs 1.0 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.5 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Boucherville 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: #242 of 503 in Quebec and #671 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.9%
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 32% of adults against 29% for Quebec.
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
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 6th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Boucherville 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Boucherville’s region shows close to the trend.
Use the deprivation index alone and Boucherville’s region, at 2.7, should live about 82.1 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 82.5, near enough. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 81.4 years).
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 6.3 km from the average home in Boucherville
Straight-line distances from each part of Boucherville, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Boucherville travel about as far as most of the province: the typical town in Quebec is 5.3 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 54% 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
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 64% very good or excellent to 64%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Boucherville is 34th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (37,186 to 47,002 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte-Saint-Luc QC A | 37,901 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 2 | Yaletown BC A+ | 40,297 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 3 | Sunset BC A+ | 37,186 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 32 | East Gwillimbury ON A− | 42,989 | 6.0 km | 51% |
| 33 | Pierrefonds-Est QC A | 38,928 | 6.0 km | 54% |
| 34 | Boucherville QC A | 41,910 | 6.3 km | 55% |
| 35 | Sullivan BC A | 42,135 | 6.5 km | 50% |
| 36 | Rouyn-Noranda QC B | 43,270 | 7.1 km | 57% |
| 40 | Lakeshore ON B− | 45,954 | 20 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Boucherville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucherville | 6.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Fatima 5.1 km | 3.7 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Collectivité Nouvelle 5.7 km | 2.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Beaurivage 5.8 km | 1.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Montréal-Est 6.1 km | 3.6 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay 6.3 km | 1.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Tétreaultville 6.5 km | 1.7 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Across a regional line, Beaurivage has its own figures: life expectancy 83.4, against 82.5 here. Residents of Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay live nearer a hospital, at 1.3 km against 6.3 km in Boucherville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Boucherville alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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 Boucherville
How is Boucherville’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Boucherville’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Boucherville?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Boucherville?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men around Boucherville (2022/2024).
How far is Boucherville from a hospital?
For everyday care, Boucherville’s residents are 1.2 km from a pharmacy and 1.4 km from a clinic on average.
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).