Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.018% of adults smoke in the health region around Cap-Chat, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 56% against 57%. What sets Cap-Chat apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 16 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Cap-Chat grades C+ for health, #501 of 503 in Quebec and #2,221 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cap-Chat
Ahead of regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 4.1, would put Cap-Chat’s region near 76.8 years; it reaches 79.9. For its deprivation ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Cap-Chat live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (15 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Cap-Chat runs 1.6 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 19.4 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 4.7 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (53% as answered). Health survey ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Cap-Chat grades C+ 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: #501 of 503 in Quebec and #2,221 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.
3.1 years above the line for regions this deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Cap-Chat’s region’s dot is above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 4.1, Cap-Chat’s region would be expected to reach 76.8 years; it reaches 79.9. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 9 of the 10, around a median of 77.9 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.
From Cap-Chat, a hospital is 16 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cap-Chat’s own, not the region’s.
From Cap-Chat 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 13th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Cap-Chat’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health trails Quebec: 53% very good or excellent, against 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 ahead of Quebec, 68% very good or excellent to 64%; 12% 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.
High blood pressure for 28% of adults in the region, diabetes for 11%
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 37%, 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Cap-Chat is 29th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 2,587 people, median 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Commercial Core ON A | 2,581 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Rimbey AB C+ | 2,502 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Elmwood AB B+ | 2,522 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 27 | Brooke-Alvinston ON C | 2,557 | 15 km | 49% |
| 28 | Saint-Polycarpe QC A− | 2,549 | 15 km | 55% |
| 29 | Cap-Chat QC C+ | 2,519 | 16 km | 56% |
| 30 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC A+ | 2,505 | 16 km | 62% |
| 31 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC B+ | 2,509 | 16 km | 60% |
| 40 | North Frontenac ON B− | 2,515 | 47 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cap-Chat
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Chat | 16 km | 56% | 79.9 | C+ |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Monts 17 km | 3.2 km | 56% | 79.9 | B− |
Only the hospital column is local here: Cap-Chat and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is the closest to care, 3.2 km to Cap-Chat’s 16 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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: Cap-Chat shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Cap-Chat
How far is Cap-Chat from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cap-Chat’s residents are 3.0 km from a pharmacy and 3.0 km from a clinic on average.
How is Cap-Chat’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Cap-Chat’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Cap-Chat?
Taken together the region leans less healthy than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Chronic conditions there average 18% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Cap-Chat?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.6 for women, 78.2 for men around Cap-Chat (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).