Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A hospital trip from Laurier-Station means 32 km on average, in a straight line
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 59% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.9 km away on average and 3.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. The Health grade for Laurier-Station is B, #453 of 503 in Quebec and #1,623 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Laurier-Station
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.2 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 57%. Health survey ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Laurier-Station, a child can expect 1.3 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Laurier-Station 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: #453 of 503 in Quebec and #1,623 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 57% to 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 is ahead of Quebec, 69% very good or excellent to 64%; 18% 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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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
The region comes 5th of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Laurier-Station 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.
The region lives 0.8 years longer than its deprivation predicts
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Laurier-Station’s region shows above the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.7, the expected figure is 82.0 years, and Laurier-Station’s region does better with 82.8. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (9 of 10), with a median of 81.4. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $75,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.2%)
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 tracks the province: 31% of adults here, 29% across Quebec. At 26%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 22%.
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.
Everyday care in Laurier-Station: the nearest pharmacy 0.9 km away, 3.0 within 3 km
Straight-line distances from each part of Laurier-Station, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Laurier-Station travel further than most of the province: the typical town in Quebec is 5.3 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 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.
Laurier-Station is 36th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,801 to 2,876 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 6.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westmount SK A− | 2,872 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 2 | Forestville QC B+ | 2,835 | 0.9 km | 61% |
| 3 | Minnedosa MB B− | 2,859 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 34 | Sicamous BC C− | 2,854 | 25 km | 48% |
| 35 | Lacolle QC B+ | 2,806 | 30 km | 55% |
| 36 | Laurier-Station QC B | 2,838 | 32 km | 59% |
| 37 | Addington Highlands ON B− | 2,827 | 36 km | 53% |
| 38 | Saint-Côme QC B | 2,810 | 37 km | 56% |
| 40 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC B | 2,841 | 76 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Laurier-Station
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurier-Station | 32 km | 59% | 82.8 | B |
| Saint-Flavien 4.7 km | 33 km | 59% | 82.8 | B |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 7.0 km | 28 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Croix 12 km | 24 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Apollinaire 13 km | 22 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 14 km | 25 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Agapit 15 km | 23 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
Around Laurier-Station the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Laurier-Station 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 Laurier-Station
How far is Laurier-Station from a hospital?
Residents of Laurier-Station have a clinic 0.8 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.9 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Laurier-Station?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Laurier-Station’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Laurier-Station’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Laurier-Station?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.4 for women, 81.3 for men around Laurier-Station (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).