Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0Smoking runs high around Cantley: 17% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. Measured from where Cantley’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.1 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Cantley grades B for health, #474 of 503 in Quebec and #1,840 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cantley
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 18% report high blood pressure and 8.6% diabetes. 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.
Cantley grades B 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: #474 of 503 in Quebec and #1,840 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.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.6% 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
At 34%, self-reported obesity is above Quebec’s 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Cantley’s region is near the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Cantley’s region is a typical case: 80.7 years at a score of 3.1, where the trend says 80.5. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 80.7 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.
Getting to hospital from Cantley: 8.1 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cantley’s own, not the region’s.
Cantley 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health regions in Quebec
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 12th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Cantley’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
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
On mental health the region is behind Quebec, 59% very good or excellent to 64%; 21% 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Cantley comes 26th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 12,029 to 12,564 people, median 4.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DT Hospital ON A− | 12,384 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Yonge-Eglinton ON A | 12,424 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Woodbine Corridor ON A | 12,283 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 24 | Spring Valley ON A− | 12,564 | 5.7 km | 49% |
| 25 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine QC C+ | 12,427 | 7.2 km | 56% |
| 26 | Cantley QC B | 12,291 | 8.1 km | 55% |
| 27 | Georgian Bluffs ON C+ | 12,061 | 9.1 km | 48% |
| 28 | Blackfalds AB C | 12,258 | 9.2 km | 52% |
| 40 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 AB C− | 12,117 | 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 Cantley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantley | 8.1 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Chelsea 5.2 km | 7.6 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Les Rapides 6.9 km | 3.3 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Hautes-Plaines 8.7 km | 2.3 km | 55% | 80.7 | B+ |
| La Cité 9.1 km | 1.0 km | 55% | 80.7 | B+ |
| Des Vallées 10 km | 4.8 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Rivière-Gatineau 10 km | 1.5 km | 55% | 80.7 | B+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Cantley’s regional figures. La Cité is the closest to care, 1.0 km to Cantley’s 8.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Cantley shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Cantley
How is Cantley’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Cantley: 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 Cantley?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Cantley from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Cantley is 3.6 km from a clinic and 3.2 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Cantley?
There is no figure for Cantley alone; its health region’s is 82.2 for women and 79.1 for men in 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).