Photo: NickCibroit · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match La Prairie for health: it beats 91% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 55% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. For La Prairie itself the measure is access: 4.0 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. La Prairie grades A for health, #193 of 503 in Quebec and #527 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in La Prairie
Less chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 21% of adults, diabetes for 9.9%. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
La Prairie’s region sits 1.0 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.5 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in La Prairie has 8.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.8 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
La Prairie 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: #193 of 503 in Quebec and #527 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.9%)
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
At 32%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 6th 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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; La Prairie’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The nearest hospital is 4.0 km from the average home in La Prairie
Straight-line distances from each part of La Prairie, weighted by who lives there.
That is close to the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as La Prairie goes.
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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; La Prairie’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.7 about 82.1 years; La Prairie’s region’s 82.5 is within a year of it. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 81.4 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.
54% 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
For 23% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 64% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Quebec’s 64%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
La Prairie is 25th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (26,027 to 28,353 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parc-Kent QC A | 27,291 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Loyola QC A | 26,607 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 3 | René-Lévesque QC A | 28,061 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 23 | Marpole BC A+ | 28,182 | 3.5 km | 50% |
| 24 | Thetford Mines QC A | 27,155 | 3.7 km | 59% |
| 25 | La Prairie QC A | 27,159 | 4.0 km | 55% |
| 26 | Rathwood ON A− | 27,388 | 4.2 km | 49% |
| 27 | Strathroy ON B+ | 26,497 | 4.3 km | 52% |
| 40 | Enfield NS D− | 26,960 | 26 km | 42% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around La Prairie
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prairie | 4.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Candiac 4.2 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Brossard 5.1 km | 4.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Philippe 6.0 km | 5.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Delson 6.5 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 6.9 km | 2.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Ile-des-Soeurs 7.7 km | 1.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Ile-des-Soeurs falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 83.4 against 82.5 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- 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.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are La Prairie’s own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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 La Prairie
How healthy is La Prairie?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in La Prairie?
There is no figure for La Prairie alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How is La Prairie’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and La Prairie’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is La Prairie from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in La Prairie is 1.5 km from a clinic and 0.8 km from a pharmacy.
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).