Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Saint-Tite-des-Caps is ahead of 96% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 62% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is 16 km from the average resident of Saint-Tite-des-Caps, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Saint-Tite-des-Caps is A+.
What stands out about health in Saint-Tite-des-Caps
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 10.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 61%. Health survey ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 14 km. Getting care ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Saint-Tite-des-Caps, a pharmacy is 19 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
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-Tite-des-Caps 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.
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.
61% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
For 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 66% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Quebec’s 64%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 16 km from the average home in Saint-Tite-des-Caps
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ 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-Tite-des-Caps is on the far 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.
18% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.2% 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
Obesity tracks the province: 30% of adults here, 29% across Quebec.
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.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ dot is marked, close to the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.3 about 83.4 years; Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ region’s 82.9 is within a year of it. Half the 10 regions scored most like it do better (5) and half worse (5), around a median of 82.9. On income alone, around $75,000 a household, this region would be expected to fare worse than most, yet it lives longer; between regions the link is weak (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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
The region comes 3rd 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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health in the places around Saint-Tite-des-Caps
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-Tite-des-Caps | 16 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges 6.2 km | 7.1 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Joachim 11 km | 4.3 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Beaupré 14 km | 0.8 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré 18 km | 3.6 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Same region, same survey: Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Beaupré live nearer a hospital, at 0.8 km against 16 km in Saint-Tite-des-Caps.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Saint-Tite-des-Caps shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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-Tite-des-Caps
How healthy is Saint-Tite-des-Caps?
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 14%.
How far is Saint-Tite-des-Caps from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Saint-Tite-des-Caps is 16 km from a clinic and 19 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Tite-des-Caps?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 84.7 for women, 81.1 for men around Saint-Tite-des-Caps (2022/2024).
How is Saint-Tite-des-Caps’ Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Saint-Tite-des-Caps has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance 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).