Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Expect 79.5 years of life in the region around Malartic, 2.0 under the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 57% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. For Malartic itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Malartic grades B+ for health, #447 of 503 in Quebec and #1,558 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Malartic
A region that smokes more
Around Malartic, 14% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 5.7 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 56%. Health survey ↓
Deprivation runs high
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Malartic’s neighbourhoods average 4.4 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Malartic is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.4 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Malartic 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: #447 of 503 in Quebec and #1,558 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.8%)
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 runs higher than in the province, at 37% of adults against 29% for Quebec.
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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 56% and 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 reads like the rest of Quebec: 65% against 64%, and 18% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Malartic: 0.8 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Malartic’s own, not the region’s.
From Malartic 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.
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
This region is 14th longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Malartic’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Malartic’s dot is marked, close to the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Malartic’s region fits it, 79.5 years at 3.5 against the line’s 79.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 8 of 10; their median is 78.7 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Malartic comes 4th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,442 to 3,574 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynnwood AB B+ | 3,452 | 0.4 km | 51% |
| 2 | Beausejour MB C | 3,565 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Victoria Park ON A | 3,574 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 4 | Malartic QC B+ | 3,506 | 0.8 km | 57% |
| 5 | McMillan MB B+ | 3,568 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 6 | Thorncliff AB B+ | 3,564 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 40 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC C− | 3,475 | 29 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Malartic
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malartic | 0.8 km | 57% | 79.5 | B+ |
| Rivière-Héva 6.9 km | 5.1 km | 57% | 79.5 | B |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Malartic’s; read across for the hospital trip. Residents of Rivière-Héva live further from a hospital, at 5.1 km against 0.8 km in Malartic.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Malartic alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Malartic
How healthy is Malartic?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Malartic?
Women in Malartic’s region live to 81.6 on average and men to 77.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Malartic’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Malartic has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Malartic from a hospital?
For everyday care, Malartic’s residents are 1.0 km from a pharmacy and 0.8 km from a clinic on average.
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).