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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainFew places match Saint-Georges for health: it beats 88% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 59%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. What sets Saint-Georges apart within its region is distance, and at 2.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Saint-Georges is A, #269 of 503 in Quebec and #792 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Georges
Self-rated health runs high
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 7.2 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 57%. Health survey ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Saint-Georges, a child can expect 1.3 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Saint-Georges 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: #269 of 503 in Quebec and #792 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 57% 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 beats Quebec as well: 69% very good or excellent to 64%, with 18% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 5th.
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-Georges’ own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 0.8 years more here
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Saint-Georges’ lies above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.7, Saint-Georges’ region would be expected to reach 82.0 years; it reaches 82.8. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (9 of 10), with a median of 81.4. Modest pay, about $75,000 a household, and long lives sit side by side here: across regions, income and life expectancy hardly move together (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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.2%)
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 31%, the province 29%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (26% against 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.
From Saint-Georges, a hospital is 2.8 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Georges’ 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-Georges is on the near 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Saint-Georges comes 19th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 31,478 to 36,473 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centretown ON A+ | 32,035 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 2 | Sainte-Marie QC A | 33,699 | 0.7 km | 54% |
| 3 | Fairview BC A+ | 33,969 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 17 | Grimsby ON C+ | 31,478 | 2.7 km | 49% |
| 18 | Killarney BC A+ | 32,167 | 2.7 km | 50% |
| 19 | Saint-Georges QC A | 33,881 | 2.8 km | 59% |
| 20 | Applewood ON A− | 33,229 | 2.9 km | 49% |
| 21 | Orangeville ON B+ | 33,070 | 3.0 km | 51% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Georges
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-Georges | 2.8 km | 59% | 82.8 | A |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins 7.6 km | 6.7 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre 10 km | 9.4 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-René 11 km | 11 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Côme--Linière 13 km | 14 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Beauceville 14 km | 2.7 km | 59% | 82.8 | A |
| Saint-Benjamin 15 km | 17 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Saint-Georges’; read across for the hospital trip. Residents of Saint-Benjamin live further from a hospital, at 17 km against 2.8 km in Saint-Georges.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- 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-Georges’ own.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- 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. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
Questions about health in Saint-Georges
How healthy is Saint-Georges?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Saint-Georges’ Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-Georges has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Georges?
Women in Saint-Georges’ region live to 84.4 on average and men to 81.3, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Saint-Georges from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Saint-Georges is 1.4 km from a clinic and 1.6 km from a pharmacy.
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).