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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainCap-Santé scores better for health than 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. For Cap-Santé itself the measure is access, and it lags: 20 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Cap-Santé grades A for health, #106 of 503 in Quebec and #384 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cap-Santé
Self-rated health runs high
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 ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Cap-Santé’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 19 km. Getting care ↓
A lighter load of illness
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 7.2% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Cap-Santé runs 1.4 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Cap-Santé 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: #106 of 503 in Quebec and #384 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
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 66% very good or excellent to 64%; 22% 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.
From Cap-Santé, a hospital is 20 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cap-Santé’s own, not the region’s.
From Cap-Santé 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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.2%
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.
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
Ranked 3rd of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
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 Cap-Santé’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Cap-Santé’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Cap-Santé belongs to reaches 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. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $75,000, less than in most regions, yet lives here are longer than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Cap-Santé is 36th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,808 to 3,957 people, median 5.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Park SK A− | 3,827 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Fort Macleod AB B | 3,945 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 3 | Cardston AB B | 3,863 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 34 | Mulmur ON B− | 3,813 | 18 km | 51% |
| 35 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George BC D | 3,811 | 19 km | 39% |
| 36 | Cap-Santé QC A | 3,885 | 20 km | 62% |
| 37 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS D− | 3,891 | 25 km | 42% |
| 38 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay BC B | 3,915 | 25 km | 55% |
| 40 | Forty Mile County No. 8 AB C | 3,927 | 29 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cap-Santé
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-Santé | 20 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Donnacona 5.2 km | 24 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Portneuf 7.5 km | 12 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Basile 8.1 km | 14 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Croix 8.9 km | 24 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Pont-Rouge 11 km | 18 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière 12 km | 18 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Sainte-Croix’s life expectancy is 82.8, this region’s 82.9.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Cap-Santé alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Cap-Santé
How healthy is Cap-Santé?
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 14% of adults.
How far is Cap-Santé from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cap-Santé’s residents are 3.7 km from a pharmacy and 4.1 km from a clinic on average.
How is Cap-Santé’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Cap-Santé’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Cap-Santé?
There is no figure for Cap-Santé alone; its health region’s is 84.7 for women and 81.1 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).