Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada · CC BY 2.0Very good or excellent health for 61% of adults around Pointe-Lebel; the typical Canadian town: 52%
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 79.4, women 82.1 and men 77.0 (2022/2024). What sets Pointe-Lebel apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Pointe-Lebel a grade of B.
What stands out about health in Pointe-Lebel
Life expectancy below the norm
Pointe-Lebel’s region sits 2.1 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.4 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Smoking runs high
Around Pointe-Lebel, 11% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.0 out of 5, Pointe-Lebel sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 22% of adults, diabetes for 9.1%. 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.
Pointe-Lebel 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.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 15th 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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Pointe-Lebel’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 22% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.1%
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
More adults report obesity than across Quebec: 37%, the province 29%. At 25%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.2 years more here
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Pointe-Lebel’s region, above the line, stands for every town in it.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Pointe-Lebel’s region sits above it: 79.4 years where a score of 3.7 predicts 78.2. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 8 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.2 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.
The nearest hospital is 6.2 km from the average home in Pointe-Lebel
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Pointe-Lebel’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Pointe-Lebel travel about as far as 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 59% to 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
On mental health the region is ahead of Quebec, 70% very good or excellent to 64%; 16% 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.
Health in the places around Pointe-Lebel
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-Lebel | 6.2 km | 61% | 79.4 | B |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes 8.4 km | 15 km | 61% | 79.4 | B− |
| Chute-aux-Outardes 8.8 km | 13 km | 61% | 79.4 | B |
| Baie-Comeau 8.8 km | 4.0 km | 61% | 79.4 | B+ |
| Ragueneau 16 km | 19 km | 61% | 79.4 | B− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Pointe-Lebel’s regional figures. Ragueneau is the furthest from care, 19 km to Pointe-Lebel’s 6.2 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Pointe-Lebel’s own.
- 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. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
Questions about health in Pointe-Lebel
How is Pointe-Lebel’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Pointe-Lebel’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Pointe-Lebel?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Pointe-Lebel?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Pointe-Lebel’s health region only: 82.1 years for women and 77.0 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Pointe-Lebel from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Pointe-Lebel is 6.1 km from a clinic and 6.9 km from a pharmacy.
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).