Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 59% of adults around Saint-Victor; the typical Canadian town: 52%
Life expectancy in the region is 82.8 years (84.4 for women, 81.3 for men, 2022/2024). For Saint-Victor itself the measure is access, and it lags: 11 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Saint-Victor a grade of A−.
What stands out about health in Saint-Victor
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Saint-Victor the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 11 km. Getting care ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Saint-Victor, a child can expect 1.3 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.0 (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-Victor 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.
From Saint-Victor, a hospital is 11 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Saint-Victor, 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-Victor 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.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
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 5th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Saint-Victor’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
The region lives 0.8 years longer than its deprivation predicts
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Saint-Victor’s region shows above the trend.
At 2.7 on the index, the trend across 102 regions (correlation −0.83) points to 82.0 years, and the region Saint-Victor belongs to reaches 82.8. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (9 of 10, median 81.4 years). Lower incomes, longer lives: about $75,000 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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.2% 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 is close to the province’s level, 31% of adults against 29% for Quebec. Heavy drinking is commoner too (26% against 22%).
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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 57% to 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 beats Quebec as well: 69% very good or excellent to 64%, with 18% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Saint-Victor
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-Victor | 11 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce 10 km | 20 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Beauceville 13 km | 2.7 km | 59% | 82.8 | A |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre 13 km | 9.4 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| Tring-Jonction 15 km | 17 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins 16 km | 6.7 km | 59% | 82.8 | A− |
| East Broughton 16 km | 20 km | 59% | 82.8 | B+ |
Same region, same survey: Saint-Victor’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce live further from a hospital, at 20 km against 11 km in Saint-Victor.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Saint-Victor alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
Questions about health in Saint-Victor
How is Saint-Victor’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Saint-Victor: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Saint-Victor?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Saint-Victor from a hospital?
For everyday care, Saint-Victor’s residents are 10 km from a pharmacy and 2.8 km from a clinic on average.
What is the life expectancy in Saint-Victor?
For the health region that includes Saint-Victor, women can expect 84.4 years and men 81.3 (2022/2024).
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).