Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Saint-Mathieu is ahead of 87% of Canadian towns
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 55% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. Measured from where Saint-Mathieu’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 8.5 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Saint-Mathieu grades A for health, #280 of 503 in Quebec and #811 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Mathieu
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 9.9% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Saint-Mathieu, 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 ↓
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-Mathieu 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: #280 of 503 in Quebec and #811 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.9% 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, 32%, sits within a few points of Quebec (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
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Saint-Mathieu’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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Saint-Mathieu’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Saint-Mathieu belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.7 predicts: 82.5 years, the trend 82.1. It outlives 7 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 81.4 years.
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.
From Saint-Mathieu, a hospital is 8.5 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Mathieu, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Saint-Mathieu travel further 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 54% and 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 (64% to 64%), the region has 23% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Saint-Mathieu is 24th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,600 to 2,685 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 3 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 22 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove NL B− | 2,601 | 8.3 km | 54% |
| 23 | Saint-Bernard QC A− | 2,680 | 8.3 km | 59% |
| 24 | Saint-Mathieu QC A | 2,642 | 8.5 km | 55% |
| 25 | Bouctouche NB C+ | 2,678 | 11 km | 43% |
| 26 | Waterville QC A | 2,643 | 11 km | 57% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 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-Mathieu
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-Mathieu | 8.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Philippe 5.8 km | 5.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Candiac 7.7 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Delson 7.9 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Constant 8.7 km | 4.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Michel 9.5 km | 18 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur 9.7 km | 14 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
Saint-Mathieu and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Saint-Michel is the furthest from care, 18 km to Saint-Mathieu’s 8.5 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Saint-Mathieu shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Saint-Mathieu
How healthy is Saint-Mathieu?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Mathieu?
For the health region that includes Saint-Mathieu, women can expect 84.2 years and men 80.8 (2022/2024).
How far is Saint-Mathieu from a hospital?
A clinic is 8.5 km from the average resident of Saint-Mathieu and a pharmacy 5.4 km, as the crow flies.
How is Saint-Mathieu’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Saint-Mathieu’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
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).