Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Châteauguay for health: it beats 93% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). Measured from where Châteauguay’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.5 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Châteauguay is A, #140 of 503 in Quebec and #434 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Châteauguay
Less chronic illness
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
Life expectancy in the region around Châteauguay runs 1.0 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.5 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
With 7.3 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.9 km off, Châteauguay is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Châteauguay 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: #140 of 503 in Quebec and #434 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.9%
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 32% of adults against 29% for Quebec.
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
Ranked 6th 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 Châteauguay’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 2.5 km from the average home in Châteauguay
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Châteauguay’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Châteauguay 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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Châteauguay’s region is near the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.7 about 82.1 years; Châteauguay’s region’s 82.5 is within a year of it. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 54% and 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Châteauguay is 9th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 45,565 to 62,062 people, median 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sault-Saint-Louis QC A | 47,270 | 1.3 km | 54% |
| 2 | Saint-Eustache QC A+ | 47,562 | 1.4 km | 60% |
| 3 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 7 | Saint-Hyacinthe QC A | 60,874 | 2.1 km | 55% |
| 8 | Woodstock ON B− | 55,572 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 9 | Châteauguay QC A | 53,508 | 2.5 km | 55% |
| 10 | Brandon MB C+ | 59,444 | 2.5 km | 51% |
| 11 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC A | 47,002 | 2.6 km | 55% |
| 40 | Lakeshore ON B− | 45,954 | 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 Châteauguay
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauguay | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Kahnawake 4.5 km | 1.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Mercier 5.1 km | 3.7 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Léry 5.6 km | 2.9 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Lachine-Ouest 9.3 km | 1.8 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Dorval 9.4 km | 4.6 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Saint-Isidore 9.6 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Lachine-Ouest falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 83.4 against 82.5 here. Saint-Isidore is the furthest from care, 8.3 km to Châteauguay’s 2.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Châteauguay’s own.
Questions about health in Châteauguay
How healthy is Châteauguay?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
How is Châteauguay’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Châteauguay has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Châteauguay?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men around Châteauguay (2022/2024).
How far is Châteauguay from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Châteauguay live: 1.2 km to a clinic, 0.9 km to 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).