Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Vanier beats almost every Canadian town
Across the region, 62% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. Measured from where Vanier’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.8 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Vanier is A+, #7 of 503 in Quebec and #8 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Vanier
More people feeling well
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 ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 18% report high blood pressure and 7.2% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Vanier 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 ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Vanier; from its centre of population the trip is 0.8 km. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Vanier 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.
Self-rated health beats Quebec: 61% very good or excellent, against 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 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 30%, 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
The region comes 3rd of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Vanier’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Vanier, a hospital is 0.8 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Vanier’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Vanier is on the near side.
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
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Vanier’s lies near the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Vanier’s region, at 2.3, should live about 83.4 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 82.9, near enough. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 82.9. A household income of about $75,000, modest for a region, comes with longer lives than in most regions; across regions the two barely move together (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.
Among 40 towns its size, Vanier is 3rd nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,184 to 13,803 people, median 3.2 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% |
| 4 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 13,596 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 5 | Montcalm QC A+ | 13,572 | 1.0 km | 62% |
| 40 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB D | 13,265 | 16 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Vanier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier | 0.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Sauveur 1.7 km | 0.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Roch 2.2 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Lairet 2.2 km | 1.2 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Vieux-Limoilou 2.2 km | 0.6 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Sacrement 2.6 km | 0.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Montcalm 2.7 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Around Vanier the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- 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. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Vanier itself is the trip to care.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
Questions about health in Vanier
How healthy is Vanier?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Vanier?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.7 for women, 81.1 for men around Vanier (2022/2024).
How is Vanier’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 Vanier’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Vanier from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Vanier live: 0.5 km to a clinic, 0.5 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).