Photo: Anna Frodesiak · Public domainFor health, Morin-Heights is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 60% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Measured from where Morin-Heights’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 17 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Morin-Heights is A, #268 of 503 in Quebec and #783 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Morin-Heights
Far from a hospital
Residents of Morin-Heights live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (18 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 8.0 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 58% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
Fewer households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Morin-Heights’ neighbourhoods average 1.5 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (8.1%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Morin-Heights 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: #268 of 503 in Quebec and #783 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 Morin-Heights: 17 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Morin-Heights, weighted by who lives there.
Morin-Heights is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
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
Mental health reads like the rest of Quebec: 66% against 64%, and 20% 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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.1%
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
At 29%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 7th place goes to this one, between a low of 65.2 and a high of 84.1.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Morin-Heights’ residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Longer lives than deprivation would give: 1.0 years ahead of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Morin-Heights’ 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; Morin-Heights’ 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. Its towns’ household income, about $81,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Morin-Heights is 34th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (5,005 to 5,169 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Alexander MB B+ | 5,161 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Nipawin SK C− | 5,033 | 0.9 km | 47% |
| 32 | Tyendinaga ON D | 5,005 | 15 km | 45% |
| 33 | Inverness NS D | 5,138 | 16 km | 49% |
| 34 | Morin-Heights QC A | 5,086 | 17 km | 60% |
| 35 | Kneehill County AB C | 5,129 | 17 km | 52% |
| 36 | Electoral Area D, Peace River BC C− | 5,100 | 19 km | 43% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Morin-Heights
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morin-Heights | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Sauveur 4.0 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Piedmont 7.4 km | 15 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Mille-Isles 7.7 km | 14 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Adèle 9.5 km | 16 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 10.0 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard 12 km | 12 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Same region, same survey: Morin-Heights’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Morin-Heights shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
Questions about health in Morin-Heights
How healthy is Morin-Heights?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How far is Morin-Heights from a hospital?
A clinic is 6.4 km from the average resident of Morin-Heights and a pharmacy 2.0 km, as the crow flies.
How is Morin-Heights’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Morin-Heights’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Morin-Heights?
For the health region that includes Morin-Heights, women can expect 83.7 years and men 80.8 (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).