Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Piedmont scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 60% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 15 km from the average resident of Piedmont, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Piedmont is A, #229 of 503 in Quebec and #611 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Piedmont
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 8.0 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 58%. Health survey ↓
Far from a hospital
Distance is Piedmont’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 15 km. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 19% of adults, diabetes for 8.1%. 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.
Piedmont 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: #229 of 503 in Quebec and #611 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.
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 is no outlier: 66% say very good or excellent (Quebec: 64%) and 20% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Piedmont: 15 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Piedmont, weighted by who lives there.
Piedmont 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.
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Quebec: 29% report obesity, the province 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.
The region lives 1.0 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Piedmont’s region sits above the trend line through 102 regions.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) puts a deprivation score of 2.9 at 81.2 years of life; Piedmont’s region does better, at 82.2. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 80.9 years. Modest pay, about $81,000 a household, and long lives sit side by side here: across regions, income and life expectancy hardly move together (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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health regions in Quebec
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 7th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Piedmont’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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Piedmont comes 32nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,617 to 3,713 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eaglemere MB B+ | 3,631 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 2 | Central ON B | 3,698 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | West Kildonan Industrial MB B+ | 3,678 | 1.4 km | 52% |
| 30 | Cowichan Bay BC B− | 3,713 | 9.8 km | 47% |
| 31 | Two Hills County No. 21 AB C | 3,626 | 14 km | 52% |
| 32 | Piedmont QC A | 3,667 | 15 km | 60% |
| 33 | Saint-Sulpice QC B+ | 3,688 | 16 km | 56% |
| 34 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako BC D | 3,643 | 17 km | 39% |
| 40 | Pemberton BC A | 3,620 | 73 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Piedmont
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 15 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Sauveur 3.6 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 4.9 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Adèle 6.4 km | 16 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Morin-Heights 7.4 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Prévost 7.6 km | 8.0 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Hippolyte 10 km | 12 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Piedmont’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Piedmont alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Piedmont
How healthy is Piedmont?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 13%.
How far is Piedmont from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Piedmont live: 1.6 km to a clinic, 1.7 km to a pharmacy.
How is Piedmont’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Piedmont’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Piedmont?
There is no figure for Piedmont alone; its health region’s is 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 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).