Health in Mistissini · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Expect 76.8 years of life in the region around Mistissini, 4.7 under the typical Canadian town
What sets Mistissini apart within its region is distance: 66 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 100% of residents. Mistissini can’t get a Health grade: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James lies outside the health survey’s frame, so only life expectancy is published there, and without Health there is no overall grade either.
For 100% of homes in Mistissini the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 65 km. Getting care ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Mistissini, a pharmacy is 66 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 5.0 out of 5, Mistissini sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
For a deprivation score of 5.0, the trend across regions gives 73.6 years of life; Mistissini’s region reaches 76.8. For its deprivation ↓
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.
Health Grade
No Health grade is possible for Mistissini
What the grade will weigh: the region’s survey and life expectancy, and the town’s own distance to a hospital, each against Canadian towns.
76.8
life expectancy, region (typical town 81.5)
66 km
to a hospital, town’s residents (typical town 3.7 km)
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.
For its deprivation
The region lives 3.2 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Mistissini’s lies above the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Mistissini’s region beats it: 76.8 years against the 73.6 the trend gives a score of 5.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it trails the majority, 6 of 10; their median is 77.2 years. Households here earn around $118,000, more than in most regions, but the region still lives less long than most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (correlation 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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 66 km from the average home in Mistissini
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Mistissini’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
66 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.9 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
66 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
100%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Mistissini is on the far side.
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
Questions about health in Mistissini
What is the life expectancy in Mistissini?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Mistissini’s health region only: 79.1 years for women and 73.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Mistissini from a hospital?
For everyday care, Mistissini’s residents are 66 km from a pharmacy and 0.9 km from a clinic on average.
Does Mistissini have a Health grade?
No Health grade is possible for Mistissini: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James falls outside the survey’s published figures, and the overall grade needs Health.
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