Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Ormstown is ahead of 93% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Ormstown is well placed: 2.2 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Ormstown a grade of A, #123 of 503 in Quebec and #409 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Ormstown
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 ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Ormstown’s neighbourhoods average 4.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Ormstown’s region sits 1.0 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.5 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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.
Ormstown 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: #123 of 503 in Quebec and #409 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.9%
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, 32%, sits within a few points of Quebec (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
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
The region comes 6th 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Ormstown’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Ormstown’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Ormstown belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.7 predicts: 82.5 years, the trend 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.
From Ormstown, a hospital is 2.2 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Ormstown’s own, not the region’s.
Ormstown is closer in 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.
54% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (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 is no outlier: 64% say very good or excellent (Quebec: 64%) and 23% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Ormstown is 10th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,192 to 4,331 people, median 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown SK B+ | 4,282 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Beaupré QC A+ | 4,314 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 3 | Claresholm AB A+ | 4,242 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 8 | Vermilion AB C+ | 4,192 | 1.5 km | 52% |
| 9 | Port Hardy BC A− | 4,201 | 1.9 km | 54% |
| 10 | Ormstown QC A | 4,259 | 2.2 km | 55% |
| 11 | Stellarton NS C− | 4,251 | 2.5 km | 42% |
| 12 | Bruleville ON B | 4,310 | 2.5 km | 53% |
| 40 | Eganville ON C− | 4,326 | 32 km | 50% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Ormstown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormstown | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Franklin 9.3 km | 12 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague 12 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka 13 km | 6.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Huntingdon 14 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Hinchinbrooke 14 km | 12 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 15 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Ormstown from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Huntingdon is the furthest from care, 13 km to Ormstown’s 2.2 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.
- 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 health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Ormstown shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Ormstown
How is Ormstown’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Ormstown’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Ormstown?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Ormstown?
For the health region that includes Ormstown, women can expect 84.2 years and men 80.8 (2022/2024).
How far is Ormstown from a hospital?
A clinic is 14 km from the average resident of Ormstown and a pharmacy 2.4 km, as the crow flies.
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).