Photo: Original uploader was Chris-13 at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Clermont is ahead of almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 62% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 7.2 km from the average resident of Clermont, further than the usual 3.7 km. Clermont grades A+ for health, #41 of 503 in Quebec and #47 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Clermont
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 10.1 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (61% as answered). Health survey ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 18% of adults, diabetes for 7.2%. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Clermont’s region sits 1.4 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Clermont 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: #41 of 503 in Quebec and #47 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Quebec: 61% to 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 66% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 22% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.2%
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Quebec: 30% report obesity, the province 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.
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 3rd of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Clermont itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Clermont’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.3, the expected figure is 83.4 years, and Clermont’s region matches it closely with 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. Its towns’ household income, about $75,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s correlation: 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.
Getting to hospital from Clermont: 7.2 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Clermont, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Clermont travel further 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.
Clermont is 20th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,065 to 3,162 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blakeley ON B+ | 3,151 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Ainslie Wood East ON B | 3,112 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | La Loche SK | 3,124 | 1.0 km | – |
| 18 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot BC B− | 3,069 | 6.3 km | 47% |
| 19 | Greenbelt (east) ON A | 3,094 | 7.1 km | 56% |
| 20 | Clermont QC A+ | 3,117 | 7.2 km | 62% |
| 21 | Shippagan NB B− | 3,073 | 7.6 km | 49% |
| 22 | Chalk River ON C+ | 3,147 | 7.6 km | 50% |
| 40 | Houston BC D− | 3,114 | 54 km | 42% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Clermont
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont | 7.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs 6.9 km | 15 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| La Malbaie 7.2 km | 4.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
The neighbours all sit in Clermont’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Residents of Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs live further from a hospital, at 15 km against 7.2 km in Clermont.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Clermont shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Clermont
How healthy is Clermont?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Clermont?
There is no figure for Clermont alone; its health region’s is 84.7 for women and 81.1 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Clermont’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Clermont has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Clermont from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.9 km from the average resident of Clermont and a pharmacy 0.9 km, as the crow flies.
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).