Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Dorval scores better for health than 87% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 54%, behind the 57% for Quebec. Measured from where Dorval’s residents live, a hospital is 4.6 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The Health grade for Dorval is A, #279 of 503 in Quebec and #808 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Dorval
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Set against regions as deprived (3.0), Dorval’s region gains years: 83.4 where the trend says 80.8. For its deprivation ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Dorval 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
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 15% of adults, diabetes for 7.3%. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Dorval 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: #279 of 503 in Quebec and #808 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.
2.6 years above the line for regions this deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Dorval’s dot is marked, above the line.
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 Dorval’s region does better with 83.4. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 80.2 years. Judged by income, around $68,000 a household, the region would look poorly placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one outlives most.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 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
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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Dorval’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
15% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.3% diabetes
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Quebec: 23%, the province 29%. At 19%, heavy drinking trails the provincial 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 Dorval: 4.6 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Dorval’s own, not the region’s.
Dorval 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 55% 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
On mental health the region is behind Quebec, 58% very good or excellent to 64%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Dorval comes 31st of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 20,584 to 21,575 people, median 2.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Édouard-Montpetit QC A | 20,601 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | East L'Amoreaux ON A | 21,533 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Englemount-Lawrence ON A | 21,455 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 29 | Woodlawn NS B+ | 20,925 | 4.1 km | 51% |
| 30 | Pitt Meadows BC A | 20,892 | 4.4 km | 48% |
| 31 | Dorval QC A | 21,062 | 4.6 km | 54% |
| 32 | West Rouge ON A− | 20,915 | 4.8 km | 50% |
| 33 | Evanston AB A | 21,483 | 5.3 km | 56% |
| 40 | Bridgenorth ON C | 20,628 | 14 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Dorval
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorval | 4.6 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Lachine-Ouest 3.8 km | 1.8 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pointe-Claire 4.9 km | 2.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre 6.1 km | 0.9 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux 6.9 km | 4.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Côte-Saint-Luc 7.4 km | 1.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Bois-Francs 7.6 km | 2.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Same region, same survey: Dorval’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre is the closest to care, 0.9 km to Dorval’s 4.6 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Dorval alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Dorval
How is Dorval’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Dorval: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Dorval?
There is no figure for Dorval alone; its health region’s is 85.5 for women and 81.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Dorval?
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 Dorval from a hospital?
Residents of Dorval have a clinic 4.1 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.9 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).