Photo: Dominic Germain · CC BY-SA 3.0Nicolet scores better for health than 88% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 61% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Nicolet is well placed: 2.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Nicolet grades A for health, #263 of 503 in Quebec and #757 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Nicolet
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 9.5 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 59%. Health survey ↓
Beating its deprivation on life expectancy
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.2, would put Nicolet’s region near 80.0 years; it reaches 81.6. For its deprivation ↓
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 8.2% diabetes. 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.
Nicolet 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: #263 of 503 in Quebec and #757 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.
Self-rated health beats Quebec: 59% very good or excellent, against 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region is ahead of Quebec, 68% very good or excellent to 64%; 20% 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 1.6 years
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Nicolet’s region is above the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Nicolet’s region, at 3.2, should live about 80.0 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 81.6. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with a median of 80.5. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $62,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (8.2%)
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%). More adults drink heavily, 25% to the province’s 22%.
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 2.3 km from the average home in Nicolet
Straight-line distances from each part of Nicolet, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Nicolet 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.
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
The region comes 11th of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Nicolet’s 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Nicolet comes 13th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,534 to 8,935 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Centretown ON A+ | 8,560 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 2 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 3 | Innisfail AB C+ | 8,736 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 11 | Trail BC A | 8,539 | 1.7 km | 55% |
| 12 | Marlborough AB A+ | 8,932 | 2.2 km | 56% |
| 13 | Nicolet QC A | 8,737 | 2.3 km | 61% |
| 14 | Edson AB C− | 8,692 | 2.3 km | 48% |
| 15 | Crestview MB B+ | 8,658 | 2.3 km | 52% |
| 40 | Manotick ON A− | 8,770 | 16 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Nicolet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet | 2.3 km | 61% | 81.6 | A |
| Trois-Rivières 14 km | 3.5 km | 61% | 81.6 | A |
| Bécancour 14 km | 9.7 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Baie-du-Febvre 16 km | 13 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Yamachiche 19 km | 8.7 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
Same region, same survey: Nicolet’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Baie-du-Febvre is the furthest from care, 13 km to Nicolet’s 2.3 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Nicolet alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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 Nicolet
How healthy is Nicolet?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How is Nicolet’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Nicolet has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Nicolet from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Nicolet is 2.9 km from a clinic and 1.4 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Nicolet?
Women in Nicolet’s region live to 83.3 on average and men to 79.9, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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).