Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Gore beats 91% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 60% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. Measured from where Gore’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 14 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Gore grades A for health, #196 of 503 in Quebec and #531 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Gore
More people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 8.0 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (58% as answered). Health survey ↓
A long way to hospital
For 0% of homes in Gore the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 12 km. Getting care ↓
Deprivation runs high
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Gore at 4.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Gore 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: #196 of 503 in Quebec and #531 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 58% 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, 66% 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.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.1% 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
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.
Getting to hospital from Gore: 14 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Gore’s own, not the region’s.
From Gore that is further 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 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
This region is 7th longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
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 Gore’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.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 1.0 years
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Gore’s region shows above the trend.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Gore’s region sits above it: 82.2 years where a score of 2.9 predicts 81.2. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 80.9 years. Judged by income, around $81,000 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Gore is 28th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,719 to 2,791 people, median 6.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterridge Village ON A+ | 2,737 | 0.6 km | 56% |
| 2 | Kuujjuaq QC | 2,766 | 0.7 km | – |
| 3 | Kameyosek AB B+ | 2,761 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 26 | Wickham QC A− | 2,745 | 13 km | 61% |
| 27 | Cultus Lake BC B− | 2,773 | 13 km | 47% |
| 28 | Gore QC A | 2,756 | 14 km | 60% |
| 29 | Vernon River PE B− | 2,779 | 15 km | 51% |
| 30 | Freelton ON B− | 2,724 | 15 km | 53% |
| 40 | Waskaganish QC | 2,726 | 132 km | – |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Gore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 14 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Mille-Isles 9.1 km | 14 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Lachute 12 km | 2.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Saint-Colomban 13 km | 9.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 14 km | 6.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Morin-Heights 16 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 16 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
One health region covers Gore and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Lachute is the closest to care, 2.1 km to Gore’s 14 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Gore itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
Questions about health in Gore
How healthy is Gore?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 13% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Gore’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Gore’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Gore from a hospital?
For everyday care, Gore’s residents are 9.1 km from a pharmacy and 13 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Gore?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Gore’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.8 for men (2022/2024).
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).