Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Candiac scores better for health than 93% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. What sets Candiac apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Candiac grades A for health, #123 of 503 in Quebec and #409 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Candiac
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 21% of adults, diabetes for 9.9%. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Candiac’s region sits 1.0 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.5 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Deprivation runs low
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Candiac at 1.5 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 6.2 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.9 km off, Candiac is well served for prescriptions. 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.
Candiac 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: #123 of 503 in Quebec and #409 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.9% 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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 32%, the province 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
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 6th.
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 Candiac’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Candiac, a hospital is 2.2 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Candiac’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Candiac are closer than 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Candiac’s region, on the line, stands for every town in it.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Candiac’s region fits it, 82.5 years at 2.7 against the line’s 82.1. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 54% to 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
The region’s 64% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 23% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Candiac comes 12th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 23,856 to 26,155 people, median 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sault-au-Récollet QC A | 25,464 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 2 | Cartierville QC A | 24,617 | 0.8 km | 54% |
| 3 | Wellington Place ON A | 25,729 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 10 | Newtonbrook West ON A | 23,978 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 11 | Mile End QC A | 24,987 | 1.7 km | 54% |
| 12 | Candiac QC A | 24,920 | 2.2 km | 55% |
| 13 | Morningside Heights ON A | 24,972 | 2.3 km | 50% |
| 14 | Owen Sound ON B− | 24,075 | 2.5 km | 48% |
| 40 | Essex ON B− | 23,872 | 22 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Candiac
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candiac | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Delson 2.9 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 4.1 km | 2.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Philippe 4.2 km | 5.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| La Prairie 4.2 km | 4.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Constant 5.4 km | 4.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathieu 7.7 km | 8.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Candiac’s regional figures. Residents of Saint-Mathieu live further from a hospital, at 8.5 km against 2.2 km in Candiac.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Candiac alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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 Candiac
How is Candiac’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Candiac: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Candiac?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Candiac?
There is no figure for Candiac alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Candiac from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Candiac is 2.2 km from a clinic and 0.9 km from a pharmacy.
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).