Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainL'Aéroport 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%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and L'Aéroport’s is long: 5.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. L'Aéroport grades A+ for health, #34 of 503 in Quebec and #40 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in L'Aéroport
Upbeat about their health
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 10.1 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 61% answered very good or excellent. 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 L'Aéroport 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
With 6.2 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.3 km off, L'Aéroport is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
L'Aéroport 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.
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
On mental health the region tracks Quebec, 66% very good or excellent to 64%; 22% 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.
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
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.
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
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 3rd 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for L'Aéroport’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from L'Aéroport: 5.3 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is L'Aéroport’s own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for L'Aéroport here: the typical town in Quebec is 5.3 km from a hospital and 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; L'Aéroport’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one L'Aéroport belongs to reaches 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.
L'Aéroport is 32nd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,331 to 13,943 people, median 2.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Vanier QC A+ | 13,494 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 30 | Centennial Scarborough ON A− | 13,453 | 4.6 km | 50% |
| 31 | Walker AB B | 13,388 | 4.9 km | 51% |
| 32 | L'Aéroport QC A+ | 13,630 | 5.3 km | 62% |
| 33 | Douglasdale/Glen AB A | 13,333 | 6.3 km | 56% |
| 34 | Sidney BC A | 13,445 | 6.5 km | 55% |
| 40 | Lorette MB C+ | 13,509 | 16 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around L'Aéroport
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aéroport | 5.3 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Cap-Rouge 2.9 km | 5.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 3.1 km | 3.9 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 3.8 km | 3.1 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Plateau 4.1 km | 1.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Duberger—Les Saules 6.0 km | 2.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Louis 6.1 km | 1.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Around L'Aéroport the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Residents of Saint-Louis live nearer a hospital, at 1.4 km against 5.3 km in L'Aéroport.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to L'Aéroport alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in L'Aéroport
How healthy is L'Aéroport?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in L'Aéroport?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.7 for women, 81.1 for men around L'Aéroport (2022/2024).
How is L'Aéroport’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for L'Aéroport: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is L'Aéroport from a hospital?
Residents of L'Aéroport have a clinic 1.8 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.3 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).