Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada · CC BY 2.0For health, Sorel-Tracy is ahead of 92% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 55% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Quebec’s 57%. What sets Sorel-Tracy apart within its region is distance, and at 3.4 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Sorel-Tracy grades A for health, #169 of 503 in Quebec and #477 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sorel-Tracy
A lighter load of illness
High blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.9%) keep the region’s chronic-condition figure below the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Sorel-Tracy 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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Sorel-Tracy 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: #169 of 503 in Quebec and #477 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 9.9%
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 is close to the province’s level, 32% 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.
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
This region is 6th longest-lived of 18 in Quebec, on a scale from 65.2 to 84.1 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Sorel-Tracy 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Sorel-Tracy’s, follows the trend.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.7 would be expected to reach 82.1 years, and Sorel-Tracy’s region is close, at 82.5. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 7, with 81.4 years in the middle.
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.
Getting to hospital from Sorel-Tracy: 3.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Sorel-Tracy, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Sorel-Tracy is on the near side.
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.
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
Mental health is no outlier: 64% say very good or excellent (Quebec: 64%) and 23% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Sorel-Tracy comes 22nd of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (34,129 to 39,194 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Côte-Saint-Luc QC A | 37,901 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 3 | Cecil-P.-Newman QC A | 34,965 | 1.5 km | 54% |
| 20 | Erin Mills ON A− | 39,194 | 2.9 km | 49% |
| 21 | Campbell River BC A− | 38,300 | 3.1 km | 54% |
| 22 | Sorel-Tracy QC A | 36,537 | 3.4 km | 55% |
| 23 | Leamington ON B | 34,653 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 24 | Edmonds BC A | 34,805 | 3.4 km | 48% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sorel-Tracy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorel-Tracy | 3.4 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel 2.1 km | 2.5 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola 4.4 km | 3.7 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 6.4 km | 9.1 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 6.8 km | 3.9 km | 55% | 82.5 | A |
| Berthierville 7.8 km | 7.8 km | 56% | 82.0 | A− |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier 10 km | 9.4 km | 56% | 82.0 | B+ |
Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 82.0 against 82.5 here. Residents of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier live further from a hospital, at 9.4 km against 3.4 km in Sorel-Tracy.
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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Sorel-Tracy shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Sorel-Tracy
How is Sorel-Tracy’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 Sorel-Tracy’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Sorel-Tracy?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 15% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Sorel-Tracy?
There is no figure for Sorel-Tracy alone; its health region’s is 84.2 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Sorel-Tracy from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Sorel-Tracy live: 3.3 km to a clinic, 1.2 km to 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).