Photo: Khayman · CC BY-SA 3.0For health, Sainte-Thérèse is ahead of almost every Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 60% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. What sets Sainte-Thérèse apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Sainte-Thérèse is A+, #45 of 503 in Quebec and #53 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sainte-Thérèse
More people feeling well
Even once age is allowed for, 8.0 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (58% as answered). Health survey ↓
Less chronic illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care on the doorstep
The hospital is close for almost everyone in Sainte-Thérèse: 0.7 km from its centre of population. Getting care ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
The average resident of Sainte-Thérèse can reach 9.4 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.6 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Sainte-Thérèse 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: #45 of 503 in Quebec and #53 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 58% 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
Neither ahead nor behind Quebec on mental health (66% to 64%), the region has 20% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.1%
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
At 29%, self-reported obesity is near Quebec’s 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.
From Sainte-Thérèse, a hospital is 1.4 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Sainte-Thérèse, weighted by who lives there.
From Sainte-Thérèse that is nearer than the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
A region that outlives its deprivation by 1.0 years
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Sainte-Thérèse’s dot is marked, above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 2.9, Sainte-Thérèse’s region would be expected to reach 81.2 years; it reaches 82.2. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, none lives longer; the middle of the group is 80.9 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $81,000 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.
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 7th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Sainte-Thérèse 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Sainte-Thérèse is 8th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (26,155 to 28,414 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parc-Kent QC A | 27,291 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | Loyola QC A | 26,607 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 3 | René-Lévesque QC A | 28,061 | 0.6 km | 54% |
| 6 | South Riverdale ON A | 28,264 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 7 | Harbourfront-CityPlace ON A | 28,199 | 1.2 km | 50% |
| 8 | Sainte-Thérèse QC A+ | 27,253 | 1.4 km | 60% |
| 9 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON A− | 27,171 | 1.5 km | 49% |
| 10 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON A | 27,429 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 40 | Enfield NS D− | 26,960 | 26 km | 42% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sainte-Thérèse
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-Thérèse | 1.4 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Boisbriand 3.3 km | 2.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Rosemère 3.6 km | 3.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Blainville 3.8 km | 4.9 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Lorraine 5.4 km | 5.8 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Rose 6.5 km | 5.1 km | 53% | 84.1 | A− |
| Bois-des-Filion 6.9 km | 7.1 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
Across a regional line, Sainte-Rose has its own figures: life expectancy 84.1, against 82.2 here. Residents of Bois-des-Filion live further from a hospital, at 7.1 km against 1.4 km in Sainte-Thérèse.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Sainte-Thérèse shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Sainte-Thérèse
How healthy is Sainte-Thérèse?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 13% of adults.
How is Sainte-Thérèse’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Sainte-Thérèse has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Sainte-Thérèse?
There is no figure for Sainte-Thérèse alone; its health region’s is 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Sainte-Thérèse from a hospital?
A clinic is 0.9 km from the average resident of Sainte-Thérèse and a pharmacy 0.6 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).