Photo: Miro Denck · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Sutton for health: it beats 88% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 57% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). Closer to home, a hospital is 15 km from the average resident of Sutton, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Sutton is A, #266 of 503 in Quebec and #780 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Sutton
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Sutton the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 15 km. Getting care ↓
Outliving the trend for its deprivation
At 82.9 years, Sutton’s region outlives the 81.0 that regions scoring 3.0 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
Less chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 19% of adults, diabetes for 9.1%. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Sutton, a child can expect 1.4 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.2 (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.
Sutton 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: #266 of 503 in Quebec and #780 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.
From Sutton, a hospital is 15 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Sutton, 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, Sutton is on the far 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.
Deprivation predicts less: the region outlives the trend by 1.9 years
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Sutton’s region’s dot is above the line.
Use the deprivation index alone and Sutton’s region, at 3.0, should live about 81.0 years, the trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and it reaches 82.9. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 9, with 80.4 years in the middle. Households here earn around $67,000, less than in most regions, but the region still outlives most; across regions income barely tracks life expectancy (correlation 0.14).
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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 9.1%
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
Obesity is close to the province’s level, 29% 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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
The region comes 3rd of 18 in Quebec, where life expectancy runs 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 Sutton 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.
56% 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
Asked about their mental health, 63% of adults here said very good or excellent; across Quebec it was 64%, and 20% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Sutton is 28th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,686 to 4,867 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 9.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North End East ON B+ | 4,816 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Central McDougall AB B+ | 4,802 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Barrhead AB C− | 4,768 | 0.7 km | 48% |
| 26 | Saint-Jacques QC B+ | 4,830 | 13 km | 56% |
| 27 | Amaranth ON B | 4,808 | 15 km | 51% |
| 28 | Sutton QC A | 4,775 | 15 km | 57% |
| 29 | Cornwallis MB C | 4,705 | 15 km | 51% |
| 30 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC D | 4,802 | 15 km | 39% |
| 40 | Hampton NB D | 4,754 | 32 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Sutton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 15 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Frelighsburg 15 km | 17 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Dunham 15 km | 6.8 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Potton 16 km | 27 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
| Cowansville 16 km | 1.6 km | 57% | 82.9 | A+ |
| Lac-Brome 16 km | 14 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
Same region, same survey: Sutton’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Cowansville live nearer a hospital, at 1.6 km against 15 km in Sutton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Sutton’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Sutton
How far is Sutton from a hospital?
A clinic is 3.4 km from the average resident of Sutton and a pharmacy 3.4 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Sutton?
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 14%.
What is the life expectancy in Sutton?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Sutton’s health region only: 84.8 years for women and 81.0 for men (2022/2024).
How is Sutton’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Sutton’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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).