Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Shannon scores better for health than 97% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 62% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Quebec’s 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 13 km from the average resident of Shannon, further than the usual 3.7 km. Shannon grades A+ for health, #60 of 503 in Quebec and #120 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Shannon
More people feeling well
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 10.1 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 61%. Health survey ↓
A long way to hospital
For 0% of homes in Shannon the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 12 km. Getting care ↓
A lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%) 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 Shannon runs 1.4 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.1 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.
Shannon 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: #60 of 503 in Quebec and #120 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.
61% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in 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
Mental health is close to the province’s: 66% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 13 km from the average home in Shannon
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Shannon’s own, not the region’s.
From Shannon that is further 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (18%) and diabetes (7.2%)
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 30%, 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 18 regions in Quebec
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 3rd of 18 in Quebec: the regions span 65.2 to 84.1 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Shannon’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Shannon’s, follows the trend.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.4 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Shannon belongs to reaches 82.9. The 10 regions closest to it on the index split evenly around it, 5 above and 5 below; their median is 82.9 years. The towns here bring in about $75,000 a household, below the typical region, while living longer than it; that is why income, which correlates at just 0.14 with life expectancy across regions, isn’t the measure.
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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Shannon comes 36th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,965 to 7,245 people, median 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raleigh ON B | 7,113 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 2 | Perth ON B | 6,972 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 3 | Devon AB B+ | 6,965 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 34 | Saint-Honoré QC A | 6,984 | 11 km | 66% |
| 35 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh ON B− | 7,052 | 12 km | 45% |
| 36 | Shannon QC A+ | 7,088 | 13 km | 62% |
| 37 | Carlisle ON B− | 7,161 | 14 km | 53% |
| 38 | Kent BC B− | 7,093 | 15 km | 47% |
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ON D− | 7,008 | 25 km | 46% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Shannon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | 13 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac 7.5 km | 16 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Val-Bélair 8.1 km | 4.4 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier 8.2 km | 16 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Lac-Saint-Charles 11 km | 5.5 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier 11 km | 17 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Loretteville 12 km | 1.0 km | 62% | 82.9 | A+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Shannon’s regional figures. Residents of Loretteville live nearer a hospital, at 1.0 km against 13 km in Shannon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Shannon alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Shannon
How healthy is Shannon?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
How is Shannon’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Shannon has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Shannon from a hospital?
Residents of Shannon have a clinic 7.9 km away on average and a pharmacy 2.8 km away, in straight lines.
What is the life expectancy in Shannon?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Shannon’s health region only: 84.7 years for women and 81.1 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).