Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Saint-Philippe for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 55% against 57%. What sets Saint-Philippe apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 5.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Saint-Philippe is A, #235 of 503 in Quebec and #635 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Saint-Philippe
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 21% of adults, diabetes for 9.9%. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Saint-Philippe runs 1.0 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.5 more years (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-Philippe 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: #235 of 503 in Quebec and #635 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
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.
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
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 6th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Saint-Philippe 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.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Saint-Philippe’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.7 would be expected to reach 82.1 years, and Saint-Philippe’s region is close, at 82.5. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 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.
Getting to hospital from Saint-Philippe: 5.8 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Philippe, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Saint-Philippe travel about as far as 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
Mental health is close to the province’s: 64% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 23% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Saint-Philippe is 28th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,492 to 8,847 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garneau AB B+ | 8,492 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 2 | West Centretown ON A+ | 8,560 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 26 | Prairie View SK B | 8,517 | 4.6 km | 49% |
| 27 | Heart Lake North ON A− | 8,539 | 5.0 km | 49% |
| 28 | Saint-Philippe QC A | 8,674 | 5.8 km | 55% |
| 29 | Wildfield ON B+ | 8,511 | 6.6 km | 49% |
| 30 | Canterbury Park MB B | 8,744 | 6.8 km | 52% |
| 40 | Stone Mills ON B− | 8,523 | 20 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Saint-Philippe
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-Philippe | 5.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Candiac 4.2 km | 2.2 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathieu 5.8 km | 8.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| La Prairie 6.0 km | 4.0 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Delson 6.4 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 8.1 km | 2.8 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Constant 8.7 km | 4.6 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
Every place around Saint-Philippe shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Candiac is the closest to care, 2.2 km to Saint-Philippe’s 5.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- 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.
- 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-Philippe’s own.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Saint-Philippe
How is Saint-Philippe’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Saint-Philippe’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Saint-Philippe?
On every regional measure, the region does better than 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-Philippe?
There is no figure for Saint-Philippe alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Saint-Philippe from a hospital?
A clinic is 5.2 km from the average resident of Saint-Philippe and a pharmacy 2.8 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).