Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Saint-Alexandre’s health region
Life expectancy in the region is 82.5 years (84.2 for women, 80.8 for men, 2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is 16 km from the average resident of Saint-Alexandre, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Saint-Alexandre a grade of A−, #356 of 503 in Quebec and #1,033 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Alexandre
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Saint-Alexandre’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 16 km. Getting care ↓
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: 21% report high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Saint-Alexandre, a child can expect 1.0 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.5 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
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.
Saint-Alexandre 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: #356 of 503 in Quebec and #1,033 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.
The nearest hospital is 16 km from the average home in Saint-Alexandre
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Alexandre’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, Saint-Alexandre is on the far 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.9% diabetes
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
Self-reported obesity, 32%, sits within a few points of Quebec (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
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 6th 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 Saint-Alexandre’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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Saint-Alexandre’s, follows the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.7, the expected figure is 82.1 years, and Saint-Alexandre’s region matches it closely with 82.5. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with a median of 81.4.
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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 54% and 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 no outlier: 64% say very good or excellent (Quebec: 64%) and 23% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Alexandre is 29th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,648 to 2,724 people, median 9.5 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Sundre AB C+ | 2,683 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 3 | Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 2,671 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 27 | Emerson-Franklin MB C+ | 2,686 | 15 km | 51% |
| 28 | Freelton ON B− | 2,724 | 15 km | 53% |
| 29 | Saint-Alexandre QC A− | 2,685 | 16 km | 55% |
| 30 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC A | 2,650 | 17 km | 57% |
| 31 | Saint-Martin QC B+ | 2,687 | 17 km | 59% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Alexandre
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-Alexandre | 16 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois 8.6 km | 14 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Sainte-Sabine 8.9 km | 20 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville 10 km | 16 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Henryville 11 km | 23 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire 12 km | 8.9 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Farnham 13 km | 20 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
Across a regional line, Sainte-Sabine has its own figures: life expectancy 82.9, against 82.5 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Saint-Alexandre alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Alexandre
How is Saint-Alexandre’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Saint-Alexandre’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Saint-Alexandre from a hospital?
A clinic is 12 km from the average resident of Saint-Alexandre and a pharmacy 1.6 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Saint-Alexandre?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Alexandre?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men around Saint-Alexandre (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).