Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Health in Lachute beats 98% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 60% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Lachute is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Lachute grades A+ for health, #49 of 503 in Quebec and #71 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Lachute
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 lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (8.1%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Lachute’s neighbourhoods average 4.1 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Lachute has 4.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.3 km away. Getting care ↓
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.
Lachute 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: #49 of 503 in Quebec and #71 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
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 66% very good or excellent to 64%; 20% 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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.1%
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 29% 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 nearest hospital is 2.1 km from the average home in Lachute
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Lachute’s own, not the region’s.
From Lachute that is nearer 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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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 7th 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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Lachute’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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 1.0 years
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Lachute’s dot is marked, above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.9, Lachute’s region would be expected to reach 81.2 years; it reaches 82.2. It outlives all 10 of its nearest neighbours on the index, whose median is 80.9. Households here earn around $81,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (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.
Among 40 towns its size, Lachute is 17th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 15,181 to 15,792 people, median 2.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON A | 15,691 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 2 | Little Portugal ON A | 15,669 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 3 | Loretteville QC A+ | 15,653 | 1.0 km | 62% |
| 15 | Lachine-Ouest QC A | 15,315 | 1.8 km | 54% |
| 16 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC A | 15,194 | 2.0 km | 53% |
| 17 | Lachute QC A+ | 15,469 | 2.1 km | 60% |
| 18 | Byron ON A− | 15,277 | 2.2 km | 52% |
| 19 | Vanier ON A | 15,686 | 2.4 km | 53% |
| 40 | Sainte-Adèle QC A | 15,216 | 16 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Lachute
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachute | 2.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 6.4 km | 6.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 9.8 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Gore 12 km | 14 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| East Hawkesbury 16 km | 13 km | 49% | 81.0 | C+ |
| Saint-Placide 17 km | 18 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Across a regional line, East Hawkesbury has its own figures: life expectancy 81.0, against 82.2 here. Saint-Placide is the furthest from care, 18 km to Lachute’s 2.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Lachute itself is the trip to care.
- 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 Lachute
How healthy is Lachute?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How is Lachute’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Lachute’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Lachute?
There is no figure for Lachute alone; its health region’s is 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Lachute from a hospital?
For everyday care, Lachute’s residents are 1.3 km from a pharmacy and 2.2 km from a clinic on average.
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).