Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0Very good or excellent health for 55% of adults in Sainte-Madeleine’s health region
People in the region live to 82.5 on average: 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital is 11 km from the average resident of Sainte-Madeleine, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Sainte-Madeleine a grade of A−.
What stands out about health in Sainte-Madeleine
Far from a hospital
Residents of Sainte-Madeleine live much further from a hospital than in the typical Canadian town (11 km from its centre of population), and 0% are more than 30 km away. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.9%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Sainte-Madeleine 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-Madeleine 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.
Getting to hospital from Sainte-Madeleine: 11 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Sainte-Madeleine’s own, not the region’s.
Sainte-Madeleine is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 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
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.
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-Madeleine’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.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Sainte-Madeleine’s, follows the trend.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.7 about 82.1 years; Sainte-Madeleine’s region’s 82.5 is within a year of it. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 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.
54% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to 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
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.
Health in the places around Sainte-Madeleine
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-Madeleine | 11 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine 2.4 km | 12 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| La Présentation 7.2 km | 8.3 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire 8.1 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu 9.1 km | 17 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 9.7 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
| Beloeil 9.7 km | 19 km | 55% | 82.5 | A− |
Same region, same survey: Sainte-Madeleine’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Beloeil is the furthest from care, 19 km to Sainte-Madeleine’s 11 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Sainte-Madeleine’s own.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Sainte-Madeleine
How is Sainte-Madeleine’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Sainte-Madeleine’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Sainte-Madeleine from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.6 km from the average resident of Sainte-Madeleine and a pharmacy 7.9 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Sainte-Madeleine?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Sainte-Madeleine?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Sainte-Madeleine’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).