Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0People in La Sarre’s health region live to 79.5 on average, 2.0 years short of the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 57% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). What sets La Sarre apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for La Sarre is B, #454 of 503 in Quebec and #1,630 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in La Sarre
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around La Sarre is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 5.7 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 56%. Health survey ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
Measured from where people live, La Sarre is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 1.0 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
La Sarre 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.
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: #454 of 503 in Quebec and #1,630 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.8%
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
More adults report obesity than across Quebec: 37%, 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 56% to 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
Asked about their mental health, 65% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Quebec it was 64%, and 18% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From La Sarre, a hospital is 1.2 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is La Sarre’s own, not the region’s.
La Sarre is closer in than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than 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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, La Sarre’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 3.5 about 79.0 years; La Sarre’s region’s 79.5 is within a year of it. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (8 of 10), with a median of 78.7.
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 14th 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 La Sarre’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
La Sarre is 7th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 7,068 to 7,334 people, median 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coronation Park SK B+ | 7,307 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 2 | Raleigh ON B | 7,113 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | Cathedral Village SK B+ | 7,311 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 5 | Val-des-Sources QC A+ | 7,303 | 1.1 km | 57% |
| 6 | Inglewood AB B+ | 7,167 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 7 | La Sarre QC B | 7,199 | 1.2 km | 57% |
| 8 | Fernie BC B+ | 7,086 | 1.5 km | 57% |
| 9 | Chibougamau QC B− | 7,273 | 1.7 km | 65% |
| 40 | Colborne ON C | 7,216 | 24 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around La Sarre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Sarre | 1.2 km | 57% | 79.5 | B |
| Macamic 16 km | 12 km | 57% | 79.5 | B− |
| Palmarolle 16 km | 13 km | 57% | 79.5 | B− |
Around La Sarre the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Palmarolle is the furthest from care, 13 km to La Sarre’s 1.2 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for La Sarre itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in La Sarre
How healthy is La Sarre?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in La Sarre?
There is no figure for La Sarre alone; its health region’s is 81.6 for women and 77.6 for men in 2022/2024.
How is La Sarre’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and La Sarre’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is La Sarre from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in La Sarre is 0.9 km from a clinic and 1.5 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).