Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Maniwaki’s health region counts 17% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. For Maniwaki itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Maniwaki grades B+ for health, #428 of 503 in Quebec and #1,398 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Maniwaki
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 18% report high blood pressure and 8.6% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.9 out of 5, Maniwaki sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
A hospital close by
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Maniwaki: 0.9 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Maniwaki 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: #428 of 503 in Quebec and #1,398 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 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.6%
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
Self-reported obesity, 34%, tops Quebec (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.
The nearest hospital is 1.5 km from the average home in Maniwaki
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Maniwaki’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Maniwaki are closer 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.
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
Ranked 12th of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
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 Maniwaki’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Maniwaki’s region’s dot is close to the line.
At 3.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.5 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Maniwaki belongs to reaches 80.7. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 80.7 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 55% 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
Mental health trails Quebec: 59% very good or excellent to 64%, with 21% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Maniwaki comes 7th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,728 to 3,874 people, median 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Park SK A− | 3,827 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Clareview Town Centre AB B+ | 3,800 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Cardston AB B | 3,863 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 5 | Leila-McPhillips Triangle MB B+ | 3,824 | 1.2 km | 52% |
| 6 | Eau Claire AB A+ | 3,733 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 7 | Maniwaki QC B+ | 3,803 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 8 | Dixie ON A− | 3,749 | 1.6 km | 49% |
| 9 | Trend-Arlington ON A+ | 3,844 | 1.8 km | 56% |
| 40 | Cartier MB C | 3,739 | 30 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Maniwaki
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maniwaki | 1.5 km | 55% | 80.7 | B+ |
| Kitigan Zibi 3.6 km | 5.4 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Déléage 4.2 km | 3.4 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
| Messines 15 km | 13 km | 55% | 80.7 | B |
One health region covers Maniwaki and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Messines is the furthest from care, 13 km to Maniwaki’s 1.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Maniwaki shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Maniwaki
How healthy is Maniwaki?
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 15% of adults.
How is Maniwaki’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Maniwaki has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Maniwaki?
Women in Maniwaki’s region live to 82.2 on average and men to 79.1, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Maniwaki from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.6 km from the average resident of Maniwaki and a pharmacy 0.8 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).