Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Léry for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. For Léry itself the measure is access: 2.9 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Léry grades A for health, #162 of 503 in Quebec and #462 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Léry
Less chronic illness
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 9.9% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Léry’s region sits 1.0 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.5 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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.
Léry 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: #162 of 503 in Quebec and #462 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 9.9%
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Quebec: 32% report obesity, 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.
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 6th of the 18.
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 Léry’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Léry’s region is near the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.7 would be expected to reach 82.1 years, and Léry’s region is close, at 82.5. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 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.
From Léry, a hospital is 2.9 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Léry’s own, not the region’s.
From Léry 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.
54% 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
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 64% very good or excellent against 64% for Quebec; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Léry is 13th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,779 to 2,861 people, median 8.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forestville QC B+ | 2,835 | 0.9 km | 61% |
| 2 | Minnedosa MB B− | 2,859 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 3 | Grimshaw AB C− | 2,799 | 1.3 km | 48% |
| 11 | Westbrook Estates AB B+ | 2,838 | 2.6 km | 51% |
| 12 | Kildare AB B | 2,833 | 2.7 km | 51% |
| 13 | Léry QC A | 2,817 | 2.9 km | 55% |
| 14 | Jerome ON B | 2,820 | 2.9 km | 53% |
| 15 | Dundonald SK B+ | 2,855 | 3.2 km | 49% |
| 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 Léry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léry | 2.9 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Châteauguay 5.6 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Mercier 6.2 km | 3.7 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Beauharnois 7.5 km | 10 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 9.6 km | 10 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Kahnawake 10.0 km | 1.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Martine 10 km | 11 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Léry’s regional figures. Residents of Sainte-Martine live further from a hospital, at 11 km against 2.9 km in Léry.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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 Léry’s own.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in Léry
How healthy is Léry?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How is Léry’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Léry’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Léry?
There is no figure for Léry alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Léry from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Léry is 3.0 km from a clinic and 3.5 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).