Photo: BAnQ · Public domainHealth in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil beats 93% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 60% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. For Saint-André-d'Argenteuil itself the measure is access, and it lags: 11 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is A, #119 of 503 in Quebec and #404 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 8.0 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 58%. Health survey ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 11 km. Getting care ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 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: #119 of 503 in Quebec and #404 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 much as in Quebec: 58% 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 health is close to the province’s: 66% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.1% 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, 29%, 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.
The nearest hospital is 11 km from the average home in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, weighted by who lives there.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is further out 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.
1.0 years above the line for regions this deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s dot is marked, above the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s region, at 2.9, should live about 81.2 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 82.2. Among the 10 regions scored most like it, it comes first; their median is 80.9 years. Its towns’ household income, about $81,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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
Ranked 7th of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is 24th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,252 to 3,349 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rankin Inlet NU D | 3,336 | 0.5 km | 39% |
| 2 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Virden MB B− | 3,322 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 22 | Atholville NB D | 3,346 | 7.0 km | 36% |
| 23 | Stoke QC A | 3,272 | 7.7 km | 57% |
| 24 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC A | 3,300 | 11 km | 60% |
| 25 | Sheet Harbour NS B | 3,334 | 12 km | 51% |
| 26 | Grande-Rivière QC C+ | 3,318 | 13 km | 56% |
| 40 | Arviat NU D− | 3,330 | 216 km | 39% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
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-André-d'Argenteuil | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Lachute 9.8 km | 2.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| East Hawkesbury 9.8 km | 13 km | 49% | 81.0 | C+ |
| Rigaud 11 km | 22 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Saint-Placide 12 km | 18 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 13 km | 6.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur 15 km | 25 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
Not every neighbour shares the region: East Hawkesbury’s life expectancy is 81.0, this region’s 82.2. Très-Saint-Rédempteur is the furthest from care, 25 km to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s 11 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Saint-André-d'Argenteuil itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
How healthy is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
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 13% of adults.
How is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-André-d'Argenteuil has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is 9.0 km from a clinic and 2.5 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
There is no figure for Saint-André-d'Argenteuil alone; its health region’s is 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 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).