Photo: Wilfredor · CC0Lévis scores better for health than 86% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 59% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. For Lévis itself the measure is access: 4.1 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Lévis grades A for health, #292 of 503 in Quebec and #879 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Lévis
Upbeat about their health
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 Lévis, 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 ↓
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.
Lévis 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: #292 of 503 in Quebec and #879 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.
57% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (56%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health looks better than in the province too: 69% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 18% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Lévis’ own areas.
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 0.8 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Lévis’ region’s dot is above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 2.7 on the index, the line expects 82.0 years; Lévis’ region reaches 82.8. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 9 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 81.4 years. The towns here bring in about $75,000 a household, below the typical region, while living longer than it; that is why income, which correlates at just 0.14 with life expectancy across regions, isn’t the measure.
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 31%, the province 29%. More adults drink heavily, 26% 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.
From Lévis, a hospital is 4.1 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Lévis’ own, not the region’s.
Against 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Lévis sits near the middle.
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Lévis is 24th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 105,925 to 243,107 people, median 3.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Catharines ON C+ | 153,865 | 2.6 km | 49% |
| 2 | Niagara Falls ON C+ | 113,983 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 3 | Saanich BC A+ | 126,011 | 2.7 km | 55% |
| 22 | Kingston ON B+ | 149,527 | 3.9 km | 53% |
| 23 | Richmond Hill ON A | 222,031 | 4.0 km | 51% |
| 24 | Lévis QC A | 160,882 | 4.1 km | 59% |
| 25 | Waterloo ON A | 142,450 | 4.1 km | 53% |
| 26 | Maple Ridge BC A | 105,925 | 4.1 km | 48% |
| 40 | Terrebonne QC B+ | 126,872 | 9.7 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Lévis
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lévis | 4.1 km | 59% | 82.8 | A |
| Sillery 3.5 km | 0.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Louis 5.0 km | 1.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Sacrement 5.2 km | 0.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Montcalm 5.7 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Cité-Universitaire 5.8 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 6.4 km | 1.1 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Across a regional line, Sillery has its own figures: life expectancy 82.9, against 82.8 here. Residents of Saint-Sacrement live nearer a hospital, at 0.4 km against 4.1 km in Lévis.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Lévis alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Lévis
How healthy is Lévis?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Lévis’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Lévis’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Lévis?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Lévis’ health region only: 84.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Lévis from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.2 km from the average resident of Lévis and a pharmacy 1.7 km, as the crow flies.
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).