Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Danville is ahead of 94% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 57%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. What sets Danville apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Danville a grade of A, #95 of 503 in Quebec and #339 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Danville
Ahead of regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.0, would put Danville’s region near 81.0 years; it reaches 82.9. For its deprivation ↓
Less chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 19% of adults, diabetes for 9.1%. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Danville, a child can expect 1.4 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 5.4 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (56% as answered). Health survey ↓
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.
Danville 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: #95 of 503 in Quebec and #339 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.9 years of life
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Danville’s region’s dot is above the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.0, the expected figure is 81.0 years, and Danville’s region does better with 82.9. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (9 of 10, median 80.4 years). A household income of about $67,000, modest for a region, comes with longer lives than in most regions; across regions the two barely move together (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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.1%
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: 29% 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health regions in Quebec
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Danville’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 56% and 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Asked about their mental health, 63% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Quebec it was 64%, and 20% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Danville, a hospital is 6.2 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Danville, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Danville is ordinary: 5.3 km is the typical figure in Quebec, 3.7 km for 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Danville comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,862 to 4,026 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stinson ON B+ | 3,969 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 2 | Leila North MB B+ | 3,966 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 3 | Fort Macleod AB B | 3,945 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 20 | Maple AB B | 3,920 | 5.3 km | 51% |
| 21 | Haddow AB B | 4,026 | 5.9 km | 51% |
| 22 | Danville QC A | 3,944 | 6.2 km | 57% |
| 23 | Saint-André-Avellin QC B | 3,862 | 7.6 km | 55% |
| 24 | Livingston AB A | 3,929 | 8.2 km | 56% |
| 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 Danville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 6.2 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Val-des-Sources 4.9 km | 1.1 km | 57% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Kingsey Falls 9.6 km | 15 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Tingwick 9.7 km | 11 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 12 km | 10 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Wotton 14 km | 9.6 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Cleveland 16 km | 18 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
Kingsey Falls falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 81.6 against 82.9 here. Residents of Cleveland live further from a hospital, at 18 km against 6.2 km in Danville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Danville shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
Questions about health in Danville
How is Danville’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Danville’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Danville?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 14%.
What is the life expectancy in Danville?
There is no figure for Danville alone; its health region’s is 84.8 for women and 81.0 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Danville from a hospital?
Residents of Danville have a clinic 6.3 km away on average and a pharmacy 3.3 km away, in straight lines.
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).