Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Saint-Basile is ahead of 97% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. What sets Saint-Basile apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 14 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Saint-Basile a grade of A+, #65 of 503 in Quebec and #157 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Basile
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 10.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 61%. Health survey ↓
A long way to hospital
Residents of Saint-Basile live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (15 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Saint-Basile 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-Basile 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: #65 of 503 in Quebec and #157 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.
61% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Quebec (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
Neither ahead nor behind Quebec on mental health (66% to 64%), the region has 22% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Getting to hospital from Saint-Basile: 14 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Basile’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-Basile 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.
High blood pressure for 18% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
At 30%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Saint-Basile’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Saint-Basile’s, follows the trend.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Saint-Basile belongs to reaches 82.9. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 82.9. Households here earn around $75,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Saint-Basile comes 35th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,875 to 2,961 people, median 4.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview AB C− | 2,918 | 0.6 km | 48% |
| 2 | Black Diamond AB A+ | 2,910 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | McKernan AB B+ | 2,880 | 0.9 km | 51% |
| 33 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC A | 2,891 | 12 km | 57% |
| 34 | Dégelis QC A− | 2,943 | 12 km | 60% |
| 35 | Saint-Basile QC A+ | 2,918 | 14 km | 62% |
| 36 | Algonquin Highlands ON C | 2,915 | 22 km | 49% |
| 37 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS B− | 2,885 | 22 km | 51% |
| 40 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON D | 2,877 | 44 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Basile
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-Basile | 14 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Portneuf 7.2 km | 12 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Cap-Santé 8.1 km | 20 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Pont-Rouge 9.8 km | 18 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Donnacona 12 km | 24 km | 62% | 82.9 | A |
| Saint-Raymond 15 km | 4.3 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Deschambault-Grondines 17 km | 7.7 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Around Saint-Basile the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Residents of Saint-Raymond live nearer a hospital, at 4.3 km against 14 km in Saint-Basile.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Saint-Basile shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Basile
How healthy is Saint-Basile?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 14% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Saint-Basile’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Saint-Basile’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Saint-Basile from a hospital?
Residents of Saint-Basile have a clinic 7.5 km away on average and a pharmacy 2.6 km away, in straight lines.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Basile?
There is no figure for Saint-Basile alone; its health region’s is 84.7 for women and 81.1 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).