Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Health in Saint-Constant beats 91% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 55% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). What sets Saint-Constant apart within its region is distance, and at 4.6 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Saint-Constant is A, #215 of 503 in Quebec and #568 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Constant
Less chronic illness
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 ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Saint-Constant runs 1.0 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.5 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Saint-Constant has 6.3 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.0 km away. Getting care ↓
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-Constant 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: #215 of 503 in Quebec and #568 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.
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Quebec: 32% report obesity, the province 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 6th place goes to this one, between a low of 65.2 and a high of 84.1.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Saint-Constant’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
From Saint-Constant, a hospital is 4.6 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Constant’s own, not the region’s.
For distance to care Saint-Constant is ordinary: 5.3 km is the typical figure in Quebec, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town.
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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Saint-Constant’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.7 about 82.1 years; Saint-Constant’s region’s 82.5 is within a year of it. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 7, with 81.4 years in the middle.
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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 54% 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 wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 64% very good or excellent against 64% for Quebec; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Saint-Constant comes 32nd of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 30,304 to 33,969 people, median 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verdun-Centre QC A | 30,304 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 2 | Centretown ON A+ | 32,035 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | Sainte-Marie QC A | 33,699 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 30 | Val-d'Or QC B | 33,353 | 4.0 km | 57% |
| 31 | Pierrefonds-Ouest QC A | 30,978 | 4.3 km | 54% |
| 32 | Saint-Constant QC A | 32,124 | 4.6 km | 55% |
| 33 | Arcola East SK B | 33,823 | 5.1 km | 49% |
| 34 | Lisgar ON A− | 31,627 | 5.9 km | 49% |
| 40 | Rockland ON C | 30,375 | 15 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Constant
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-Constant | 4.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 2.5 km | 2.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Delson 2.5 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Candiac 5.4 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sault-Saint-Louis 6.5 km | 1.3 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Cecil-P.-Newman 7.2 km | 1.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
| Desmarchais-Crawford 7.7 km | 0.5 km | 54% | 83.4 | A |
Sault-Saint-Louis falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 83.4 against 82.5 here. Residents of Desmarchais-Crawford live nearer a hospital, at 0.5 km against 4.6 km in Saint-Constant.
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.
- 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Saint-Constant itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Constant
How is Saint-Constant’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-Constant has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Saint-Constant?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Constant?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Saint-Constant’s health region only: 84.2 years for women and 80.8 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Saint-Constant from a hospital?
A clinic is 4.9 km from the average resident of Saint-Constant and a pharmacy 1.0 km, as the crow flies.
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).