Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Saint-Lambert for health: it beats 93% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 55%; Quebec as a whole is at 57%. Measured from where Saint-Lambert’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.8 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Saint-Lambert a grade of A, #111 of 503 in Quebec and #389 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Lambert
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 ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Saint-Lambert, 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 ↓
Fewer households under strain
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Saint-Lambert at 1.4 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the bottom band. The wider area ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 16 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.7 km off, Saint-Lambert is well served for prescriptions. 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-Lambert 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: #111 of 503 in Quebec and #389 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
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 6th of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Saint-Lambert itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Saint-Lambert: 1.8 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Lambert, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Saint-Lambert are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Quebec is 5.3 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Saint-Lambert’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Saint-Lambert’s region is a typical case: 82.5 years at a score of 2.7, where the trend says 82.1. 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.
54% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec (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.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Lambert is 19th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (22,546 to 24,144 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moss Park ON A | 22,701 | 0.5 km | 50% |
| 2 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC A | 23,373 | 0.8 km | 54% |
| 3 | Flemingdon Park ON A | 22,553 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 17 | Eglinton East ON A | 22,820 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 18 | Steeles ON A | 22,943 | 1.7 km | 50% |
| 19 | Saint-Lambert QC A | 23,355 | 1.8 km | 55% |
| 20 | Sainte-Lucie QC A | 22,574 | 1.8 km | 54% |
| 21 | Owen Sound ON B− | 24,075 | 2.5 km | 48% |
| 40 | Essex ON B− | 23,872 | 22 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Lambert
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-Lambert | 1.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Lemoyne 0.7 km | 1.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Vieux Greenfield Park 2.2 km | 1.1 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde 2.6 km | 2.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Jean-Vianney 2.7 km | 2.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Laflèche 2.8 km | 1.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâces 3.3 km | 3.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Saint-Lambert and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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-Lambert’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Saint-Lambert
How is Saint-Lambert’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Saint-Lambert’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Saint-Lambert?
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 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Lambert?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.2 for women, 80.8 for men around Saint-Lambert (2022/2024).
How far is Saint-Lambert from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Saint-Lambert live: 0.8 km to a clinic, 0.7 km to 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).