Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.055% of adults around McMasterville rate their health very good or excellent
Women in the region live to 84.2 and men to 80.8, 82.5 years taken together (2022/2024). What sets McMasterville apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 17 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives McMasterville a grade of A−, #374 of 503 in Quebec and #1,087 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in McMasterville
Far from a hospital
Residents of McMasterville live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (17 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
A lighter load of 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 ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around McMasterville, a child can expect 1.0 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.5 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in McMasterville has 4.9 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.4 km away. Getting care ↓
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.
McMasterville 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: #374 of 503 in Quebec and #1,087 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.
Getting to hospital from McMasterville: 17 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of McMasterville, weighted by who lives there.
From McMasterville that is further 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes
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
Obesity tracks the province: 32% of adults here, 29% across 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for McMasterville 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for McMasterville’s region, on the line, stands for every town in it.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and McMasterville’s region is a typical case: 82.5 years at a score of 2.7, where the trend says 82.1. It outlives 7 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median 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.
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
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 64% very good or excellent to 64%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, McMasterville is 39th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,028 to 6,199 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | South Walkerville ON B+ | 6,129 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 37 | Saint-Henri QC A− | 6,048 | 15 km | 59% |
| 38 | Barrhead County No. 11 AB D | 6,186 | 17 km | 48% |
| 39 | McMasterville QC A− | 6,114 | 17 km | 55% |
| 40 | Saint-Césaire QC B+ | 6,150 | 21 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around McMasterville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMasterville | 17 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Otterburn Park 2.8 km | 20 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Beloeil 3.2 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire 4.1 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand 5.2 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 5.3 km | 16 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu 8.1 km | 16 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
Every place around McMasterville shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 McMasterville’s own.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in McMasterville
How is McMasterville’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and McMasterville’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is McMasterville from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.9 km from the average resident of McMasterville and a pharmacy 1.4 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is McMasterville?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in McMasterville?
There is no figure for McMasterville alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
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).