Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few places match Mirabel for health: it beats 94% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 60%, ahead of the 57% for Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is 8.7 km from the average resident of Mirabel, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Mirabel is A, #93 of 503 in Quebec and #337 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Mirabel
Self-rated health runs high
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 8.0 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 58%. Health survey ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Mirabel 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: #93 of 503 in Quebec and #337 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 58% 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Quebec (66% against 64%), while 20% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes
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 is close to the province’s level, 29% 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.0 years of life
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Mirabel’s lies above the line.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 2.9 on the index, the line expects 81.2 years; Mirabel’s region reaches 82.2. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, none lives longer; the middle of the group is 80.9 years. Modest pay, about $81,000 a household, and long lives sit side by side here: across regions, income and life expectancy hardly move together (0.14).
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 Mirabel, a hospital is 8.7 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Mirabel, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Mirabel travel further 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
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
This region is 7th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Mirabel 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.
Mirabel is 32nd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (51,739 to 90,201 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Cornwall ON B− | 54,346 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 3 | Whalley BC A | 52,642 | 1.8 km | 50% |
| 30 | Langford BC A+ | 59,664 | 6.3 km | 55% |
| 31 | Aurora ON A− | 67,385 | 6.7 km | 51% |
| 32 | Mirabel QC A | 68,471 | 8.7 km | 60% |
| 33 | Fort McMurray AB D | 81,611 | 9.1 km | 48% |
| 34 | Mascouche QC B+ | 56,897 | 9.2 km | 56% |
| 40 | Keswick ON B+ | 53,630 | 17 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Mirabel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 8.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Blainville 5.7 km | 4.9 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Thérèse 8.1 km | 1.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Boisbriand 9.4 km | 2.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Saint-Eustache 11 km | 1.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Rosemère 12 km | 3.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Lorraine 12 km | 5.8 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
Around Mirabel the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Sainte-Thérèse is the closest to care, 1.4 km to Mirabel’s 8.7 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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 Mirabel’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Mirabel
How is Mirabel’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 Mirabel’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Mirabel?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 13% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Mirabel from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Mirabel live: 4.2 km to a clinic, 2.2 km to a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Mirabel?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Mirabel’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.8 for men (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).