Health in Kitigan Zibi · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
17% of adults smoke in the health region around Kitigan Zibi, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 55% against 57%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Kitigan Zibi’s is long: 5.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. As a First Nations reserve, Kitigan Zibi can be graded for health but gets no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. People on reserves are outside the survey’s sample: the figures here are the surrounding region’s, and don’t describe Kitigan Zibi itself. Kitigan Zibi grades B for health.
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Kitigan Zibi’s neighbourhoods average 5.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (8.6%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. 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.
Health Grade
Kitigan Zibi grades B for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
Very good or excellent health (55%)Better than 69% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (15%)Better than 84% of Canadian towns
Smokers (17%)Better than 21% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (80.7)Better than 51% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (5.4 km)Better than 72% of Canadian towns
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.
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.
Conditions and habits
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (8.6%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
18%
Arthritis
17%
Diabetes
8.6%
Obese (self-reported)
34%
Mood disorder
12%
Anxiety disorder
12%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
17%
Smoke every day
11%
Heavy drinking
24%
Flu shot in the past year
30%
Quebec
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 34% of adults against 29% for 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.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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.
80.7
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.6
more years expected at 65
12th
longest of 18 regions in Quebec
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Région de Laval84.1
Région de Montréal83.4
Région de la Capitale-Nationale82.9
Région de l'Estrie82.9
Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches82.8
Région de la Montérégie82.5
Région des Laurentides82.2
Région de Lanaudière82.0
Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean81.8
Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent81.7
Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec81.6
Région de l'Outaouais80.7
Région de la Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine79.9
Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue79.5
Région de la Côte-Nord79.4
Région du Nord-du-Québec78.1
Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James76.8
Région du Nunavik65.2
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 12th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.0
Economic dependency4.6
Ethno-cultural composition1.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
This is the one part of the block measured for Kitigan Zibi itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
For its deprivation
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Kitigan Zibi’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.1 would be expected to reach 80.5 years, and Kitigan Zibi’s region is close, at 80.7. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 80.7 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Kitigan Zibi: 5.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Kitigan Zibi, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
5.4 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
4.5 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
4.7 km
residents’ average distance
0.6 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
That is close to the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Kitigan Zibi goes.
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Kitigan Zibi’s regional figures. Residents of Messines live further from a hospital, at 13 km against 5.4 km in Kitigan Zibi.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Kitigan Zibi alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
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What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
Questions about health in Kitigan Zibi
How healthy is Kitigan Zibi?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Kitigan Zibi?
For the health region that includes Kitigan Zibi, women can expect 82.2 years and men 79.1 (2022/2024).
How far is Kitigan Zibi from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Kitigan Zibi is 4.5 km from a clinic and 4.7 km from a pharmacy.
How is Kitigan Zibi’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 Kitigan Zibi’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town. Reserves get no overall grade, and the survey skips them, so these regional figures describe the people around it.
Photo: Andrijko Z. · CC BY-SA 4.0