Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Pointe-Calumet beats 95% 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%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Pointe-Calumet’s is long: 7.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Pointe-Calumet grades A for health, #85 of 503 in Quebec and #278 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Pointe-Calumet
More people feeling well
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 ↓
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.6 out of 5, Pointe-Calumet sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
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: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% 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.
Pointe-Calumet 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: #85 of 503 in Quebec and #278 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.
58% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to 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
Asked about their mental health, 66% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Quebec it was 64%, and 20% reported most days stressful.
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%
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
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 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
The region comes 7th 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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Pointe-Calumet’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
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
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Pointe-Calumet’s region is above the line.
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Pointe-Calumet’s region, at 2.9, outlives the trend’s 81.2 years with 82.2. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes first; their median is 80.9 years. Judged by income, around $81,000 a household, the region would look poorly placed, but income tracks life expectancy only weakly between regions (0.14), and this one outlives most.
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.
Getting to hospital from Pointe-Calumet: 7.8 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Pointe-Calumet, weighted by who lives there.
Pointe-Calumet 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Pointe-Calumet is 26th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (6,338 to 6,517 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beasley ON B+ | 6,338 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON A | 6,419 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Petrolia ON B− | 6,422 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 24 | Cachet ON A− | 6,361 | 6.7 km | 51% |
| 25 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS C− | 6,517 | 7.1 km | 44% |
| 26 | Pointe-Calumet QC A | 6,427 | 7.8 km | 60% |
| 27 | Ste. Anne MB B− | 6,387 | 8.6 km | 51% |
| 28 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC C | 6,344 | 8.6 km | 43% |
| 40 | Mont-Joli QC B+ | 6,492 | 29 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Pointe-Calumet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Calumet | 7.8 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 2.8 km | 6.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 4.7 km | 3.5 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Oka 7.2 km | 15 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 7.3 km | 6.0 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Deux-Montagnes 7.8 km | 2.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 8.4 km | 4.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 83.4 against 82.2 here. Oka is the furthest from care, 15 km to Pointe-Calumet’s 7.8 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Pointe-Calumet itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Pointe-Calumet
How healthy is Pointe-Calumet?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 13%.
How far is Pointe-Calumet from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Pointe-Calumet is 4.3 km from a clinic and 1.5 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Pointe-Calumet?
There is no figure for Pointe-Calumet alone; its health region’s is 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Pointe-Calumet’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Pointe-Calumet has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
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).