Photo: MatildaMars · CC0Delson scores better for health than 93% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). What sets Delson apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.5 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Delson a grade of A, #140 of 503 in Quebec and #434 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Delson
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 21% report high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Delson, a child can expect 1.0 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.5 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 7.3 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.8 km off, Delson is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Delson 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes
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 tracks the province: 32% of adults here, 29% across 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.
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
The region comes 6th of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Delson’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Delson: 2.5 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Delson’s own, not the region’s.
From Delson that is nearer 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Delson’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Delson belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.7 predicts: 82.5 years, the trend 82.1. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 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
For 23% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 64% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Quebec’s 64%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Delson comes 14th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 8,612 to 9,004 people, median 3.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corktown ON B+ | 8,952 | 0.3 km | 53% |
| 2 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 3 | Innisfail AB C+ | 8,736 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 12 | Edson AB C− | 8,692 | 2.3 km | 48% |
| 13 | Crestview MB B+ | 8,658 | 2.3 km | 52% |
| 14 | Delson QC A | 8,802 | 2.5 km | 55% |
| 15 | Kingsway South ON A | 8,935 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 16 | Dalhousie AB A+ | 8,617 | 2.7 km | 56% |
| 40 | Grande Cache AB D− | 8,984 | 22 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Delson
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delson | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 1.9 km | 2.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Constant 2.5 km | 4.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Candiac 2.9 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Philippe 6.4 km | 5.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| La Prairie 6.5 km | 4.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sault-Saint-Louis 7.6 km | 1.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Across a regional line, Sault-Saint-Louis has its own figures: life expectancy 83.4, against 82.5 here. Saint-Philippe is the furthest from care, 5.8 km to Delson’s 2.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Delson 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Delson
How is Delson’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Delson: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Delson?
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 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Delson?
For the health region that includes Delson, women can expect 84.2 years and men 80.8 (2022/2024).
How far is Delson from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Delson live: 2.5 km to a clinic, 0.8 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).