Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Cap-Rouge scores better for health than almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 62% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. What sets Cap-Rouge apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Cap-Rouge a grade of A+, #34 of 503 in Quebec and #40 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cap-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 ↓
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 ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Cap-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 ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Cap-Rouge can reach 8.1 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.0 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Cap-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: #34 of 503 in Quebec and #40 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.
61% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Quebec (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 22% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.2% diabetes
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: 30% 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.
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 3rd of the 18.
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; Cap-Rouge’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.
Getting to hospital from Cap-Rouge: 5.2 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Cap-Rouge, weighted by who lives there.
That is close to the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Cap-Rouge goes.
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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Cap-Rouge’s lies near the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Cap-Rouge’s region is a typical case: 82.9 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.4. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 82.9. Judged by income, around $75,000 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Cap-Rouge is 31st nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (16,682 to 17,673 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay-Cloverhill ON A | 17,591 | 0.3 km | 50% |
| 2 | La Visitation QC A | 17,166 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Davie Village BC A+ | 16,833 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 29 | Saint-Michel QC A+ | 17,303 | 4.4 km | 62% |
| 30 | Unionville ON A | 17,632 | 4.8 km | 51% |
| 31 | Cap-Rouge QC A+ | 17,139 | 5.2 km | 62% |
| 32 | Summerside AB B | 16,760 | 5.2 km | 51% |
| 33 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux QC A+ | 17,558 | 6.6 km | 62% |
| 40 | Sooke BC A− | 17,248 | 23 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cap-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge | 5.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 2.2 km | 3.1 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| L'Aéroport 2.9 km | 5.3 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Plateau 3.6 km | 1.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Louis 4.6 km | 1.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 5.5 km | 3.9 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Cité-Universitaire 6.2 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Only the hospital column is local here: Cap-Rouge and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Cité-Universitaire is the closest to care, 1.0 km to Cap-Rouge’s 5.2 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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. Only the distances on this page belong to Cap-Rouge alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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 Cap-Rouge
How healthy is Cap-Rouge?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Cap-Rouge’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Cap-Rouge: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Cap-Rouge?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Cap-Rouge’s health region only: 84.7 years for women and 81.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Cap-Rouge from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cap-Rouge’s residents are 1.0 km from a pharmacy and 1.6 km from a clinic on average.
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).