Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0More adults feel healthy around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: 61% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
Life expectancy in the region is 81.6 years (83.3 for women, 79.9 for men, 2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ is long: 11 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Saint-Étienne-des-Grès a grade of A−, #358 of 503 in Quebec and #1,038 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
More years than its deprivation would give
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ region beats what its deprivation score of 3.2 predicts: 81.6 years against 80.0. For its deprivation ↓
Far from a hospital
Residents of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (11 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. 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 8.2% diabetes. 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-Étienne-des-Grès 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: #358 of 503 in Quebec and #1,038 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.
Ahead of regions as deprived by 1.6 years of life
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ dot is marked, above the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.2, the expected figure is 80.0 years, and Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ region does better with 81.6. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 80.5 years). Households here earn around $62,000, 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.
Getting to hospital from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: 11 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ own, not the region’s.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.2% diabetes
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
Self-reported obesity, 34%, tops Quebec (29%). More adults drink heavily, 25% to the province’s 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.
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, 11th 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
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
59% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Quebec (56%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health looks better than in the province too: 68% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is 27th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,578 to 4,775 people, median 4.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 2 | Raymond AB B | 4,594 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 3 | Jasper AB C− | 4,627 | 1.0 km | 48% |
| 25 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC A− | 4,615 | 7.8 km | 56% |
| 26 | Shippagan NB B− | 4,721 | 8.5 km | 49% |
| 27 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC A− | 4,675 | 11 km | 61% |
| 28 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS D | 4,692 | 12 km | 42% |
| 29 | Dutton ON C+ | 4,686 | 12 km | 49% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 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-Étienne-des-Grès
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-Étienne-des-Grès | 11 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Barnabé 7.3 km | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Saint-Boniface 8.4 km | 6.7 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 9.4 km | 7.8 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Charette 10.0 km | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 14 km | 16 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Shawinigan 16 km | 4.5 km | 61% | 81.6 | A |
Same region, same survey: Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Shawinigan live nearer a hospital, at 4.5 km against 11 km in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès.
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.
- 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-Étienne-des-Grès 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. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
How healthy is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès from a hospital?
For everyday care, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ residents are 2.7 km from a pharmacy and 8.2 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
There is no figure for Saint-Étienne-des-Grès alone; its health region’s is 83.3 for women and 79.9 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).