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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainAround L'Assomption, 56% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Women in the region live to 83.7 and men to 80.3, 82.0 years taken together (2022/2024). What sets L'Assomption apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 14 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). L'Assomption grades B+ for health, #424 of 503 in Quebec and #1,386 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in L'Assomption
Far from a hospital
Residents of L'Assomption live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (16 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
L'Assomption’s region beats what its deprivation score of 3.1 predicts: 82.0 years against 80.3. For its deprivation ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 21% report high blood pressure and 8.2% diabetes. 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.
L'Assomption 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: #424 of 503 in Quebec and #1,386 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.
From L'Assomption, a hospital is 14 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is L'Assomption’s own, not the region’s.
L'Assomption is further out 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.7 years of life
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; L'Assomption’s region sits above the trend line through 102 regions.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 3.1, L'Assomption’s region would be expected to reach 80.3 years; it reaches 82.0. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 80.9 years. On income alone, around $81,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
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
Self-reported obesity, 33%, tops Quebec (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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 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
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 8th place goes to this one, between a low of 65.2 and a high of 84.1.
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 L'Assomption’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
55% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (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 tracks Quebec, 64% 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.
Among 40 towns its size, L'Assomption is 37th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 23,872 to 26,305 people, median 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sault-au-Récollet QC A | 25,464 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 2 | Cartierville QC A | 24,617 | 0.8 km | 54% |
| 3 | Wellington Place ON A | 25,729 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 35 | Beaumont AB B | 26,305 | 12 km | 51% |
| 36 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 AB D | 25,883 | 14 km | 48% |
| 37 | L'Assomption QC B+ | 25,126 | 14 km | 56% |
| 38 | Angus ON B | 26,036 | 15 km | 54% |
| 39 | Beloeil QC A− | 25,240 | 19 km | 55% |
| 40 | Essex ON B− | 23,872 | 22 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around L'Assomption
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Assomption | 14 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
| Saint-Sulpice 5.1 km | 16 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
| L'Épiphanie 5.5 km | 14 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé 9.6 km | 11 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
| Verchères 10.0 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Repentigny 10 km | 6.2 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Lavaltrie 11 km | 18 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
Verchères falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 82.5 against 82.0 here. Residents of Repentigny live nearer a hospital, at 6.2 km against 14 km in L'Assomption.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: L'Assomption shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in L'Assomption
How far is L'Assomption from a hospital?
Residents of L'Assomption have a clinic 2.7 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.4 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is L'Assomption?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How is L'Assomption’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and L'Assomption’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in L'Assomption?
For the health region that includes L'Assomption, women can expect 83.7 years and men 80.3 (2022/2024).
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).