Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Dollard-Des Ormeaux scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole reaches 57%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.5 km from the average resident of Dollard-Des Ormeaux, about the norm of 3.7 km. Dollard-Des Ormeaux grades A for health, #269 of 503 in Quebec and #792 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Dollard-Des Ormeaux
More years than its deprivation would give
Set against regions as deprived (3.0), Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s region gains years: 83.4 where the trend says 80.8. For its deprivation ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Dollard-Des Ormeaux runs 1.9 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.6 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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: 15% report high blood pressure and 7.3% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 11 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.7 km off, Dollard-Des Ormeaux 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.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux 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: #269 of 503 in Quebec and #792 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.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 2.6 years ahead of the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s region shows above the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.0, the expected figure is 80.8 years, and Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s region does better with 83.4. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, none lives longer; the middle of the group is 80.2 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $68,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
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 2nd 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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux’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.
High blood pressure for 15% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.3%
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
Self-reported obesity, 23%, trails Quebec (29%). Fewer adults drink heavily, 19% to the province’s 22%.
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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux: 4.5 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Dollard-Des Ormeaux, weighted by who lives there.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux is near the provincial norm, 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec, with the typical Canadian town at 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.
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 trails Quebec: 58% very good or excellent to 64%, with 23% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux is 23rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (43,243 to 58,010 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.1 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% |
| 21 | Rimouski QC A | 51,756 | 4.1 km | 60% |
| 22 | Shawinigan QC A | 51,739 | 4.5 km | 61% |
| 23 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux QC A | 50,246 | 4.5 km | 54% |
| 24 | Fabreville QC A | 48,457 | 4.5 km | 53% |
| 25 | Spruce Grove AB B | 44,575 | 5.1 km | 51% |
| 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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 4.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pierrefonds-Est 2.0 km | 6.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pointe-Claire 3.6 km | 2.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Sainte-Dorothée 4.3 km | 5.3 km | 53% | 84.1 | A− |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 5.1 km | 6.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 5.2 km | 4.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Kirkland 5.9 km | 2.8 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Not every neighbour shares the region: Sainte-Dorothée’s life expectancy is 84.1, this region’s 83.4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Dollard-Des Ormeaux alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Dollard-Des Ormeaux
What is the life expectancy in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
There is no figure for Dollard-Des Ormeaux alone; its health region’s is 85.5 for women and 81.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How far is Dollard-Des Ormeaux from a hospital?
For everyday care, Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s residents are 0.7 km from a pharmacy and 2.6 km from a clinic on average.
How is Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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).