Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainFew places match Roberval for health: it beats 96% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 66% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. Measured from where Roberval’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.7 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Roberval grades A+ for health, #70 of 503 in Quebec and #183 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Roberval
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 14.7 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 64% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
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.
Roberval 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: #70 of 503 in Quebec and #183 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: 64% 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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Quebec (72% against 64%), while 14% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 1.4 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Roberval’s region’s dot is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Roberval’s region sits above it: 81.8 years where a score of 3.1 predicts 80.4. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 9, with 80.6 years in the middle. On income alone, around $69,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9%)
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%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (29% against 22%).
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.
Getting to hospital from Roberval: 1.7 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Roberval’s own, not the region’s.
Roberval is closer in than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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 9th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Roberval’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Roberval is 8th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 9,653 to 10,011 people, median 3.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Cambie BC A+ | 9,846 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Vincent ON B | 10,011 | 1.1 km | 53% |
| 3 | Northeast SK B+ | 9,670 | 1.1 km | 49% |
| 6 | Bridgewater NS C− | 9,989 | 1.4 km | 44% |
| 7 | M-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 9,901 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 8 | Roberval QC A+ | 9,828 | 1.7 km | 66% |
| 9 | Ladysmith BC B | 9,926 | 1.7 km | 47% |
| 10 | Shawnessy AB A+ | 9,696 | 1.8 km | 56% |
| 40 | Shediac NB C | 9,849 | 24 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Roberval
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberval | 1.7 km | 66% | 81.8 | A+ |
| Mashteuiatsh 6.9 km | 7.2 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Saint-Prime 13 km | 14 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Chambord 17 km | 12 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
Same region, same survey: Roberval’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Saint-Prime live further from a hospital, at 14 km against 1.7 km in Roberval.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Roberval’s own.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Roberval
How healthy is Roberval?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Roberval’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Roberval’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Roberval from a hospital?
Residents of Roberval have a clinic 1.0 km away on average and a pharmacy 1.3 km away, in straight lines.
What is the life expectancy in Roberval?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 83.2 for women, 80.4 for men around Roberval (2022/2024).
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).