Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Jérôme scores better for health than 98% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 60% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. For Saint-Jérôme itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Saint-Jérôme grades A+ for health, #49 of 503 in Quebec and #71 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Jérôme
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 8.0 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 58%. Health survey ↓
Less chronic illness
High blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (8.1%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Saint-Jérôme has 4.4 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 1.4 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-Jérôme 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: #49 of 503 in Quebec and #71 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.
58% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to 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
Neither ahead nor behind Quebec on mental health (66% to 64%), the region has 20% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
In the region, high blood pressure (19%) and diabetes (8.1%)
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
At 29%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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.
From Saint-Jérôme, a hospital is 2.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Jérôme, 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-Jérôme 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.
Longer-lived than its deprivation suggests, by 1.0 years
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Saint-Jérôme’s region is above the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.9, the expected figure is 81.2 years, and Saint-Jérôme’s region does better with 82.2. None of the 10 regions closest to it on the index lives longer; their middle figure is 80.9 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $81,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
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
The region comes 7th of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
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-Jérôme’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.
Saint-Jérôme is 5th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (63,957 to 112,716 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Vancouver BC A+ | 66,624 | 1.1 km | 59% |
| 2 | Victoria BC A+ | 103,888 | 1.5 km | 55% |
| 3 | New Westminster BC A | 92,124 | 1.8 km | 48% |
| 4 | Chomedey QC A | 81,813 | 1.8 km | 53% |
| 5 | Saint-Jérôme QC A+ | 85,160 | 2.1 km | 60% |
| 6 | Medicine Hat AB B− | 68,714 | 2.1 km | 52% |
| 7 | Airdrie AB A+ | 92,544 | 2.3 km | 56% |
| 40 | Lindsay ON C | 85,351 | 13 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-Jérôme
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-Jérôme | 2.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Sophie 7.2 km | 7.5 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Saint-Colomban 8.3 km | 9.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Prévost 8.5 km | 8.0 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 11 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Hippolyte 13 km | 12 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Mirabel 14 km | 8.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Same region, same survey: Saint-Jérôme’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Saint-Hippolyte is the furthest from care, 12 km to Saint-Jérôme’s 2.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Saint-Jérôme alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Jérôme
How healthy is Saint-Jérôme?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 13%.
How is Saint-Jérôme’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-Jérôme 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-Jérôme?
For the health region that includes Saint-Jérôme, women can expect 83.7 years and men 80.8 (2022/2024).
How far is Saint-Jérôme from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.4 km from the average resident of Saint-Jérôme and a pharmacy 1.4 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).