Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Jésuites is ahead of almost every Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 62% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. What sets Jésuites apart within its region is distance, and at 2.9 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Jésuites is A+, #21 of 503 in Quebec and #26 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Jésuites
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 10.1 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (61% as answered). Health survey ↓
Less chronic 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 ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Jésuites 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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Jésuites has 16 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Jésuites 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: #21 of 503 in Quebec and #26 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
Asked about their mental health, 66% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Quebec it was 64%, and 22% 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 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
At 30%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 3rd.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Jésuites itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Jésuites, a hospital is 2.9 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Jésuites, weighted by who lives there.
From Jésuites 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Jésuites’ region comes out on 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 Jésuites’ region is close, at 82.9. 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, Jésuites is 22nd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (15,442 to 16,156 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Toronto ON A | 16,007 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON A | 15,691 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 3 | Saint-Sauveur QC A+ | 16,104 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 20 | Vanier ON A | 15,686 | 2.4 km | 53% |
| 21 | Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont ON A+ | 15,610 | 2.5 km | 56% |
| 22 | Jésuites QC A+ | 15,792 | 2.9 km | 62% |
| 23 | Lougheed BC A | 15,442 | 3.0 km | 48% |
| 24 | Kenora ON C | 15,892 | 3.6 km | 44% |
| 40 | Lavaltrie QC B | 15,996 | 18 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Jésuites
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jésuites | 2.9 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Charlesbourg 1.5 km | 4.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Rodrigue 1.6 km | 2.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Bourg-Royal 2.4 km | 4.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Lairet 2.7 km | 1.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vieux-Moulin 2.9 km | 1.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Maizerets 3.1 km | 0.5 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
One health region covers Jésuites and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Jésuites shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
Questions about health in Jésuites
How healthy is Jésuites?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Jésuites?
For the health region that includes Jésuites, women can expect 84.7 years and men 81.1 (2022/2024).
How is Jésuites’ Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Jésuites’ homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Jésuites from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Jésuites live: 0.7 km to a clinic, 0.6 km to 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).