Photo: Visem · CC BY-SA 4.0Kirkland scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Quebec’s 57%. For Kirkland itself the measure is access: 2.8 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Kirkland a grade of A, #243 of 503 in Quebec and #680 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Kirkland
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Set against regions as deprived (3.0), Kirkland’s region gains years: 83.4 where the trend says 80.8. For its deprivation ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Kirkland, a child can expect 1.9 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.6 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
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 ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Kirkland has 8.5 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.1 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Kirkland 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: #243 of 503 in Quebec and #680 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
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Kirkland’s region’s dot is above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 3.0 on the index, the line expects 80.8 years; Kirkland’s region reaches 83.4. It tops the 10 regions closest to it on the index, which centre on 80.2 years. Its towns’ household income, about $68,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s 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.
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
Ranked 2nd of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Kirkland’s own areas.
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
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
At 23%, self-reported obesity is below Quebec’s 29%. Heavy drinking is rarer (19% against 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.
From Kirkland, a hospital is 2.8 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Kirkland’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Kirkland is on the near side.
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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 55% 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
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.
Kirkland is 21st of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 19,305 to 20,122 people, median 2.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End NS B+ | 19,733 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 2 | Central London ON A− | 19,363 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 3 | Père-Marquette QC A | 19,702 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 19 | Cranston AB A+ | 20,055 | 2.1 km | 56% |
| 20 | Port Alberni BC B− | 19,671 | 2.2 km | 47% |
| 21 | Kirkland QC A | 19,696 | 2.8 km | 54% |
| 22 | Beaconsfield QC A | 19,430 | 3.3 km | 54% |
| 23 | Westmount ON B+ | 19,591 | 3.6 km | 52% |
| 40 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire QC A− | 19,447 | 19 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Kirkland
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | 2.8 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 1.8 km | 4.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Beaconsfield 2.0 km | 3.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Pointe-Claire 4.6 km | 2.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 4.8 km | 6.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Baie-D'Urfé 5.3 km | 7.4 km | 54% | 83.4 | A− |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux 5.9 km | 4.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
The neighbours all sit in Kirkland’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Baie-D'Urfé is the furthest from care, 7.4 km to Kirkland’s 2.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Kirkland alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Kirkland
What is the life expectancy in Kirkland?
There is no figure for Kirkland alone; its health region’s is 85.5 for women and 81.2 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Kirkland?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
How is Kirkland’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Kirkland: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Kirkland from a hospital?
Residents of Kirkland have a clinic 1.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.1 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).