Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Pont-Rouge scores better for health than 94% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. Measured from where Pont-Rouge’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 18 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Pont-Rouge is A, #91 of 503 in Quebec and #327 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Pont-Rouge
Upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 10.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 61%. Health survey ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Pont-Rouge’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 19 km. Getting care ↓
A lighter load of illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 18% of adults, diabetes for 7.2%. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Pont-Rouge runs 1.4 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.1 more years (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.
Pont-Rouge 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: #91 of 503 in Quebec and #327 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.
Self-rated health beats Quebec: 61% very good or excellent, against 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 66% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Quebec’s 64%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Pont-Rouge: 18 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Pont-Rouge’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Pont-Rouge travel further than 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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 7.2%
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, 30%, 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.
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 3rd of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Pont-Rouge’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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Pont-Rouge’s region shows close to the trend.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.3 would be expected to reach 83.4 years, and Pont-Rouge’s region is close, at 82.9. Among its 10 nearest neighbours on the index it sits mid-table: 5 above, 5 below, a median of 82.9 years. Households here earn around $75,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (correlation 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Pont-Rouge comes 39th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 11,133 to 11,548 people, median 2.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton-Parc QC A | 11,369 | 0.2 km | 54% |
| 2 | Cabbagetown-South St.James Town ON A | 11,205 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | New Toronto ON A | 11,502 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 37 | Drayton ON B | 11,518 | 15 km | 51% |
| 38 | Millbrook ON C | 11,507 | 15 km | 47% |
| 39 | Pont-Rouge QC A | 11,339 | 18 km | 62% |
| 40 | Farnham QC A− | 11,315 | 20 km | 57% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Pont-Rouge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Rouge | 18 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Donnacona 8.9 km | 24 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Saint-Basile 9.8 km | 14 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Neuville 10 km | 23 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Cap-Santé 11 km | 20 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier 12 km | 16 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 15 km | 25 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
Across a regional line, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has its own figures: life expectancy 82.8, against 82.9 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Pont-Rouge alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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.
Questions about health in Pont-Rouge
How healthy is Pont-Rouge?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 14%.
How far is Pont-Rouge from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Pont-Rouge live: 2.0 km to a clinic, 2.0 km to a pharmacy.
How is Pont-Rouge’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Pont-Rouge has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Pont-Rouge?
Women in Pont-Rouge’s region live to 84.7 on average and men to 81.1, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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).