Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Barnabé’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.6 years at birth, 83.3 for women and 79.9 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Barnabé’s is long: 16 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Saint-Barnabé is B+.
What stands out about health in Saint-Barnabé
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Saint-Barnabé the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 16 km. Getting care ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
At 81.6 years, Saint-Barnabé’s region outlives the 80.0 that regions scoring 3.2 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Harder circumstances
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Saint-Barnabé’s neighbourhoods average 4.5 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (8.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-Barnabé grades B+ 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.
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-Barnabé
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Barnabé’s own, not the region’s.
Saint-Barnabé 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.
1.6 years above the line for regions this deprived
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Saint-Barnabé’s lies above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Saint-Barnabé’s region beats it: 81.6 years against the 80.0 the trend gives a score of 3.2. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 80.5 years. Income would point the wrong way: households in the region’s towns earn about $62,000, less than in most regions, yet lives here are longer than in most (across regions, income and life expectancy correlate at just 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.2% 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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 34% of adults against 29% for Quebec. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 25% to 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.
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 11th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Saint-Barnabé’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health beats Quebec: 59% 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
On mental health the region is ahead of Quebec, 68% very good or excellent to 64%; 20% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Saint-Barnabé
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-Barnabé | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 7.3 km | 11 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Charette 9.3 km | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Yamachiche 10 km | 8.7 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Boniface 13 km | 6.7 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 14 km | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Saint-Paulin 15 km | 20 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Saint-Barnabé’s; read across for the hospital trip. Saint-Boniface is the closest to care, 6.7 km to Saint-Barnabé’s 16 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Saint-Barnabé’s own.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Saint-Barnabé
How healthy is Saint-Barnabé?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Saint-Barnabé from a hospital?
A clinic is 12 km from the average resident of Saint-Barnabé and a pharmacy 6.5 km, as the crow flies.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Barnabé?
For the health region that includes Saint-Barnabé, women can expect 83.3 years and men 79.9 (2022/2024).
How is Saint-Barnabé’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Saint-Barnabé’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
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).