Photo: Picturelover · CC BY-SA 4.056% of adults around Saint-Calixte rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 82.0 years, 83.7 for a girl and 80.3 for a boy (2022/2024). For Saint-Calixte itself the measure is access, and it lags: 21 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Saint-Calixte is B, #463 of 503 in Quebec and #1,757 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Calixte
Far from a hospital
Distance is Saint-Calixte’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 21 km. Getting care ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 3.1 on the deprivation index typically live 80.3 years; Saint-Calixte’s region, at 82.0, does better. For its deprivation ↓
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 5.0 out of 5, Saint-Calixte sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. 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 ↓
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-Calixte 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. Its place: #463 of 503 in Quebec and #1,757 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 21 km from the average home in Saint-Calixte
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Calixte, weighted by who lives there.
Saint-Calixte 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.7 years more here
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Saint-Calixte’s region is above the line.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Saint-Calixte’s region sits above it: 82.0 years where a score of 3.1 predicts 80.3. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 33% of adults against 29% for Quebec.
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
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 8th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Saint-Calixte itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 55% and 56%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 64% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 20% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Saint-Calixte is 40th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (7,476 to 7,774 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landsdale ON B+ | 7,681 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | University ON A | 7,595 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Ermineskin AB B+ | 7,483 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 38 | Digby NS D | 7,528 | 18 km | 44% |
| 39 | Westlock County AB D | 7,556 | 20 km | 48% |
| 40 | Saint-Calixte QC B | 7,627 | 21 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Calixte
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Calixte | 21 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
| Sainte-Julienne 12 km | 21 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
| Saint-Hippolyte 13 km | 12 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides 14 km | 20 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
| Chertsey 15 km | 30 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
| Saint-Esprit 15 km | 23 km | 56% | 82.0 | B |
| Sainte-Sophie 15 km | 7.5 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
Across a regional line, Saint-Hippolyte has its own figures: life expectancy 82.2, against 82.0 here. Sainte-Sophie is the closest to care, 7.5 km to Saint-Calixte’s 21 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-Calixte’s own.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Calixte
How far is Saint-Calixte from a hospital?
For everyday care, Saint-Calixte’s residents are 3.8 km from a pharmacy and 10 km from a clinic on average.
How is Saint-Calixte’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-Calixte has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Saint-Calixte?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Calixte?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Saint-Calixte’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (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).