Photo: Chacal1233 · CC BY-SA 3.0More smokers around Paspébiac: 18% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 56% very good or excellent, 57% for Quebec. Measured from where Paspébiac’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.4 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Paspébiac grades B− for health, #492 of 503 in Quebec and #2,020 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Paspébiac
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
At 79.9 years, Paspébiac’s region outlives the 76.8 that regions scoring 4.1 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Paspébiac’s region sits 1.6 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.4 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Paspébiac’s neighbourhoods average 4.4 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 4.7 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 53% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
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.
Paspébiac grades B− 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: #492 of 503 in Quebec and #2,020 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.
3.1 more years of life than regions as deprived
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Paspébiac’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
Use the deprivation index alone and Paspébiac’s region, at 4.1, should live about 76.8 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 79.9. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (9 of 10, median 77.9 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.
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, 13th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Paspébiac 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.
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Quebec (56%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health beats Quebec as well: 68% very good or excellent to 64%, with 12% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
28% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 11% diabetes
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 37%, tops 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.
Getting to hospital from Paspébiac: 2.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Paspébiac, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Paspébiac is on the near side.
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.
Paspébiac is 9th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,083 to 3,184 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blakeley ON B+ | 3,151 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Ainslie Wood East ON B | 3,112 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | La Loche SK | 3,124 | 1.0 km | – |
| 7 | Brookside AB B+ | 3,173 | 1.5 km | 51% |
| 8 | Gilbert ON B | 3,181 | 2.3 km | 53% |
| 9 | Paspébiac QC B− | 3,132 | 2.4 km | 56% |
| 10 | Westgate AB A+ | 3,139 | 2.6 km | 56% |
| 11 | Queensway Terrace North ON A | 3,160 | 3.0 km | 56% |
| 40 | Houston BC D− | 3,114 | 54 km | 42% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Paspébiac
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paspébiac | 2.4 km | 56% | 79.9 | B− |
| New Carlisle 6.8 km | 8.1 km | 56% | 79.9 | C+ |
| Bonaventure 16 km | 17 km | 56% | 79.9 | C |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Paspébiac from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Bonaventure is the furthest from care, 17 km to Paspébiac’s 2.4 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Paspébiac itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
Questions about health in Paspébiac
How healthy is Paspébiac?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 18%.
What is the life expectancy in Paspébiac?
For the health region that includes Paspébiac, women can expect 81.6 years and men 78.2 (2022/2024).
How far is Paspébiac from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Paspébiac is 1.9 km from a clinic and 2.2 km from a pharmacy.
How is Paspébiac’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Paspébiac’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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).