Photo: Iceberg9999 · CC BY-SA 4.0Des Châtels scores better for health than almost every Canadian town
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 Des Châtels’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.3 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Des Châtels grades A+ for health, #7 of 503 in Quebec and #8 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Des Châtels
Self-rated health runs high
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 ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Des Châtels’ region sits 1.4 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.1 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Near a hospital
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Des Châtels: 1.0 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
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.
Des Châtels 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: #7 of 503 in Quebec and #8 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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Quebec: 61% to 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 close to the province’s: 66% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Des Châtels’ own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Des Châtels: 1.3 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Des Châtels’ own, not the region’s.
From Des Châtels that is nearer than the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Des Châtels’ region’s dot is close to the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Des Châtels’ region is a typical case: 82.9 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.4. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 82.9 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $75,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Des Châtels comes 8th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 14,590 to 15,083 people, median 2.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Louis QC A | 14,824 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Roncesvalles ON A | 14,725 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 3 | South London ON A− | 14,684 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 6 | Lawrence Park South ON A | 15,018 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 7 | Ingersoll ON B | 14,911 | 1.3 km | 49% |
| 8 | Des Châtels QC A+ | 14,836 | 1.3 km | 62% |
| 9 | Cooksville NHD (West) ON A− | 14,821 | 1.3 km | 49% |
| 10 | North Battleford SK C | 14,882 | 1.4 km | 46% |
| 40 | Mountain View County AB A | 14,802 | 15 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Des Châtels
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Châtels | 1.3 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Loretteville 1.7 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Wendake 3.1 km | 1.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 4.1 km | 3.9 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf 4.2 km | 2.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Val-Bélair 4.6 km | 4.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Émile 4.7 km | 3.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Des Châtels’ regional figures. Residents of Val-Bélair live further from a hospital, at 4.4 km against 1.3 km in Des Châtels.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Des Châtels alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Des Châtels
How healthy is Des Châtels?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How is Des Châtels’ Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Des Châtels’ distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Des Châtels?
For the health region that includes Des Châtels, women can expect 84.7 years and men 81.1 (2022/2024).
How far is Des Châtels from a hospital?
Residents of Des Châtels have a clinic 1.4 km away on average and a pharmacy 0.7 km away, in straight lines.
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).