Photo: ndoduc · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Vimont for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 53%, behind the 57% for Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.3 km from the average resident of Vimont, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Vimont grades A for health, #229 of 503 in Quebec and #611 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Vimont
A long-lived region
Vimont’s region sits 2.6 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.8 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
At 84.1 years, Vimont’s region outlives the 82.2 that regions scoring 2.6 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Vimont; from its centre of population the trip is 0.8 km. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 6.0 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.6 km off, Vimont is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Vimont 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: #229 of 503 in Quebec and #611 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.
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
No region of the 18 in Quebec lives longer than this one; the shortest-lived reaches 65.2, a gap of 18.9 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Vimont 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 1.9 years longer than its deprivation predicts
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Vimont’s dot is marked, above the line.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Vimont’s region, at 2.6, outlives the trend’s 82.2 years with 84.1. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 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.
Getting to hospital from Vimont: 1.3 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Vimont, weighted by who lives there.
Vimont 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (13%)
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 31%, the province 29%. Fewer adults drink heavily, 13% to the province’s 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.
Self-rated health trails Quebec: 53% very good or excellent, against 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 63% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 23% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Vimont is 11th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (29,669 to 33,070 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verdun-Centre QC A | 30,304 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Centretown ON A+ | 32,035 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre QC A | 31,113 | 0.9 km | 54% |
| 9 | Est (Montréal-Nord) QC A | 31,383 | 1.1 km | 54% |
| 10 | Annex ON A | 30,705 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 11 | Vimont QC A | 31,166 | 1.3 km | 53% |
| 12 | Glenfield-Jane Heights ON A | 30,197 | 1.4 km | 50% |
| 13 | Victoria-Fraserview BC A+ | 31,095 | 1.4 km | 50% |
| 40 | Conception Bay South NL C+ | 29,725 | 17 km | 54% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Vimont
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimont | 1.3 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
| Auteuil 3.5 km | 4.3 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
| Duvernay 3.7 km | 2.6 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
| Sainte-Rose 4.5 km | 5.1 km | 53% | 84.1 | A− |
| Pont-Viau 4.9 km | 1.8 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 5.2 km | 2.0 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
| Laval-des-Rapides 5.8 km | 2.1 km | 53% | 84.1 | A |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Vimont’s; read across for the hospital trip. Residents of Sainte-Rose live further from a hospital, at 5.1 km against 1.3 km in Vimont.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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.
- 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 Vimont’s own.
Questions about health in Vimont
What is the life expectancy in Vimont?
There is no figure for Vimont alone; its health region’s is 85.7 for women and 82.4 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Vimont?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
How far is Vimont from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.8 km from the average resident of Vimont and a pharmacy 0.6 km, as the crow flies.
How is Vimont’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Vimont has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).