Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Saint-Chrysostome’s health region
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.5, with women at 84.2 and men at 80.8. For Saint-Chrysostome itself the measure is access, and it lags: 19 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Saint-Chrysostome grades A− for health, #382 of 503 in Quebec and #1,117 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Chrysostome
Far from a hospital
Distance is Saint-Chrysostome’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 19 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 ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Saint-Chrysostome’s neighbourhoods average 4.6 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Saint-Chrysostome, 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-Chrysostome 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: #382 of 503 in Quebec and #1,117 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.
From Saint-Chrysostome, a hospital is 19 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Chrysostome, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Saint-Chrysostome 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.9%)
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 tracks the province: 32% of adults here, 29% across 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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 6th 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-Chrysostome’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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Saint-Chrysostome’s lies near the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Saint-Chrysostome belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.7 predicts: 82.5 years, the trend 82.1. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 81.4 years.
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-Chrysostome is 33rd nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,599 to 2,683 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 3 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 31 | East River, Part 1 PE B− | 2,657 | 14 km | 51% |
| 32 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC A | 2,650 | 17 km | 57% |
| 33 | Saint-Chrysostome QC A− | 2,641 | 19 km | 55% |
| 34 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC B+ | 2,662 | 24 km | 61% |
| 35 | Sainte-Croix QC B+ | 2,612 | 24 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-Chrysostome
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-Chrysostome | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Sainte-Clotilde 6.7 km | 23 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Hemmingford 11 km | 32 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 13 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier 14 km | 15 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Franklin 14 km | 12 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Sainte-Martine 17 km | 11 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Around Saint-Chrysostome the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Hemmingford is the furthest from care, 32 km to Saint-Chrysostome’s 19 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Saint-Chrysostome alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Chrysostome
How far is Saint-Chrysostome from a hospital?
For everyday care, Saint-Chrysostome’s residents are 2.1 km from a pharmacy and 2.1 km from a clinic on average.
How is Saint-Chrysostome’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Saint-Chrysostome: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Saint-Chrysostome?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Chrysostome?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men around Saint-Chrysostome (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).