Photo: Kossin · CC BY-SA 3.0Very good or excellent health for 56% of adults in Charlemagne’s health region
Women in the region live to 83.7 and men to 80.3, 82.0 years taken together (2022/2024). Measured from where Charlemagne’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.6 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Charlemagne is A−, #328 of 503 in Quebec and #969 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Charlemagne
More years than its deprivation would give
Charlemagne’s region beats what its deprivation score of 3.1 predicts: 82.0 years against 80.3. For its deprivation ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (8.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 9.1 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.7 km off, Charlemagne 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.
Charlemagne 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: #328 of 503 in Quebec and #969 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.7 years more here
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Charlemagne’s, lies over the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.1, the expected figure is 80.3 years, and Charlemagne’s region does better with 82.0. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes first; their median is 80.9 years. Judged by income, around $81,000 a household, the region would look poorly placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one outlives most.
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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
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
At 33%, 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.
Getting to hospital from Charlemagne: 1.6 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Charlemagne, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Charlemagne 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.
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 8th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Charlemagne’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
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%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health is close to the province’s: 64% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Charlemagne is 7th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,566 to 6,831 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre QC A | 6,627 | 0.8 km | 55% |
| 2 | Stipeley ON B | 6,572 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Old Ottawa South ON A+ | 6,704 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 5 | Garden City MB B+ | 6,794 | 1.4 km | 52% |
| 6 | Whitmore Park SK B+ | 6,603 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 7 | Charlemagne QC A− | 6,695 | 1.6 km | 56% |
| 8 | Spruce Cliff AB A+ | 6,691 | 1.6 km | 56% |
| 9 | Corman ON B | 6,566 | 1.8 km | 53% |
| 40 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON D | 6,831 | 37 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Charlemagne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemagne | 1.6 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Repentigny 5.2 km | 6.2 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles 7.0 km | 3.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Varennes 7.4 km | 8.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Rivière-des-Prairies 8.7 km | 2.1 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Saint-François 9.6 km | 4.7 km | 53% | 84.1 | A− |
| Mascouche 10 km | 9.2 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
Across a regional line, Pointe-aux-Trembles has its own figures: life expectancy 83.4, against 82.0 here. Residents of Mascouche live further from a hospital, at 9.2 km against 1.6 km in Charlemagne.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Charlemagne shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Charlemagne
How healthy is Charlemagne?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Charlemagne’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 Charlemagne’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Charlemagne?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.7 for women, 80.3 for men around Charlemagne (2022/2024).
How far is Charlemagne from a hospital?
For everyday care, Charlemagne’s residents are 0.7 km from a pharmacy and 1.1 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).