Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domainFor health, Saint-Roch is ahead of almost every Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 62%, ahead of the 57% for Quebec. Measured from where Saint-Roch’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Saint-Roch grades A+ for health, #7 of 503 in Quebec and #8 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Roch
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 ↓
A lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Saint-Roch, a child can expect 1.4 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.1 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
Measured from where people live, Saint-Roch is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 1.2 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-Roch 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%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 66% very good or excellent against 64% for Quebec; stress is a daily matter for 22%.
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%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
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
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 Saint-Roch 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 Saint-Roch, a hospital is 1.0 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Roch, weighted by who lives there.
From Saint-Roch 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Saint-Roch’s region shows close to the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Saint-Roch’s 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. Modest pay, about $75,000 a household, and long lives sit side by side here: across regions, income and life expectancy hardly move together (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.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Roch is 3rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,282 to 8,484 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alta Vista ON A+ | 8,387 | 0.9 km | 56% |
| 2 | Valley Gardens MB B+ | 8,329 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 3 | Saint-Roch QC A+ | 8,381 | 1.0 km | 62% |
| 4 | Goderich ON B | 8,412 | 1.5 km | 45% |
| 5 | Old Ottawa East ON A+ | 8,308 | 1.6 km | 56% |
| 40 | Vermilion River County AB C− | 8,282 | 23 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Roch
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Roch | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 1.0 km | 1.1 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Sauveur 1.1 km | 0.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vieux-Limoilou 1.4 km | 0.6 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Montcalm 1.5 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire 1.6 km | 0.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vanier 2.2 km | 0.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
The neighbours all sit in Saint-Roch’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Saint-Roch shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Saint-Roch
How healthy is Saint-Roch?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
How is Saint-Roch’s 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 Saint-Roch’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Roch?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Saint-Roch’s health region only: 84.7 years for women and 81.1 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Saint-Roch from a hospital?
For everyday care, Saint-Roch’s residents are 0.3 km from a pharmacy and 0.5 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).