Photo: Jérémie Sénéchal-Castonguay · CC BY-SA 4.0Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Sainte-Clotilde’s health region
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.5, women 84.2 and men 80.8 (2022/2024). What sets Sainte-Clotilde apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 23 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Sainte-Clotilde is B+, #405 of 503 in Quebec and #1,204 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sainte-Clotilde
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Sainte-Clotilde’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 24 km. Getting care ↓
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 ↓
More households under strain
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.5 out of 5, Sainte-Clotilde sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Sainte-Clotilde 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.
Sainte-Clotilde grades B+ 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: #405 of 503 in Quebec and #1,204 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.
Getting to hospital from Sainte-Clotilde: 23 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Sainte-Clotilde’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Sainte-Clotilde 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.
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
Obesity tracks the province: 32% 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.
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
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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Sainte-Clotilde’s 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.
Life expectancy about where the region’s deprivation puts it, a shade above
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Sainte-Clotilde’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 2.7 on the index, regions tend to reach 82.1 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Sainte-Clotilde belongs to reaches 82.5. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 54% 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
The region’s 64% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 23% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Sainte-Clotilde comes 34th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,247 to 3,346 people, median 5.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rankin Inlet NU D | 3,336 | 0.5 km | 39% |
| 2 | Miller AB B+ | 3,294 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 3 | Virden MB B− | 3,322 | 1.1 km | 51% |
| 32 | Dalhousie NB D− | 3,255 | 23 km | 36% |
| 33 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC B+ | 3,330 | 23 km | 59% |
| 34 | Sainte-Clotilde QC B+ | 3,297 | 23 km | 55% |
| 35 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS D | 3,314 | 23 km | 49% |
| 36 | North Algona Wilberforce ON C− | 3,290 | 25 km | 50% |
| 40 | Arviat NU D− | 3,330 | 216 km | 39% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sainte-Clotilde
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Clotilde | 23 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Saint-Chrysostome 6.7 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Hemmingford 8.3 km | 32 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier 11 km | 15 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington 13 km | 27 km | 55% | 82.5 | B+ |
| Saint-Michel 15 km | 18 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 15 km | 13 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Sainte-Clotilde’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Sainte-Clotilde itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
Questions about health in Sainte-Clotilde
How far is Sainte-Clotilde from a hospital?
For everyday care, Sainte-Clotilde’s residents are 8.6 km from a pharmacy and 8.3 km from a clinic on average.
How is Sainte-Clotilde’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Sainte-Clotilde’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Sainte-Clotilde?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Sainte-Clotilde?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Sainte-Clotilde’s health region only: 84.2 years for women and 80.8 for men (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).