Photo: Vintotal · CC BY-SA 3.0Expect 79.5 years of life in the region around Senneterre, 2.0 under the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 57% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Senneterre is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Senneterre is B, #461 of 503 in Quebec and #1,745 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Senneterre
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Senneterre is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Deprivation runs high
With a situational-vulnerability score of 4.8 out of 5, Senneterre sits in the index’s harder-pressed areas. The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 5.7 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (56% as answered). Health survey ↓
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.
Senneterre 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: #461 of 503 in Quebec and #1,745 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.
High blood pressure for 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.8%
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 37% of adults against 29% for 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 56% to 56%
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 18% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 65% 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
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 14th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Senneterre 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Senneterre’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.5 would be expected to reach 79.0 years, and Senneterre’s region is close, at 79.5. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 8 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 78.7 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.
From Senneterre, a hospital is 2.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Senneterre, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Senneterre are closer 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Senneterre comes 9th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,796 to 2,872 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 7.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forestville QC B+ | 2,835 | 0.9 km | 61% |
| 2 | Minnedosa MB B− | 2,859 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 3 | Grimshaw AB C− | 2,799 | 1.3 km | 48% |
| 7 | Grassie MB B+ | 2,857 | 1.8 km | 52% |
| 8 | Meyonohk AB B+ | 2,822 | 1.8 km | 51% |
| 9 | Senneterre QC B | 2,832 | 2.1 km | 57% |
| 10 | Newton AB B+ | 2,809 | 2.5 km | 51% |
| 11 | Westbrook Estates AB B+ | 2,838 | 2.6 km | 51% |
| 40 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC B | 2,841 | 76 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Senneterre
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senneterre | 2.1 km | 57% | 79.5 | B |
| Senneterre 15 km | 12 km | 57% | 79.5 | B− |
Same region, same survey: Senneterre’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Senneterre live further from a hospital, at 12 km against 2.1 km in Senneterre.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- 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. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Senneterre itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
Questions about health in Senneterre
How healthy is Senneterre?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How is Senneterre’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Senneterre’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Senneterre?
Women in Senneterre’s region live to 81.6 on average and men to 77.6, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Senneterre from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Senneterre is 2.4 km from a clinic and 2.1 km from a pharmacy.
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).