Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Trécesson’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 2.0 years: life expectancy 79.5
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 57% against 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 12 km from the average resident of Trécesson, further than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Trécesson a grade of B−.
What stands out about health in Trécesson
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Trécesson is well above the typical town’s; 14% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Trécesson the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 11 km. Getting care ↓
Harder circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Trécesson at 4.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 5.7 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 56% answered very good or excellent. 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.
Trécesson 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.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (21%) and diabetes (9.8%)
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 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.
The nearest hospital is 12 km from the average home in Trécesson
Straight-line distances from each part of Trécesson, weighted by who lives there.
Trécesson is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 56% 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
Mental health is close to the province’s: 65% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 18% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
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
This region is 14th 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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Trécesson’s residents live; they carry no weight in 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
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Trécesson’s region shows close to the trend.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Trécesson’s region fits it, 79.5 years at 3.5 against the line’s 79.0. 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.
Health in the places around Trécesson
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trécesson | 12 km | 57% | 79.5 | B− |
| Amos 12 km | 2.2 km | 57% | 79.5 | B |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier 15 km | 11 km | 57% | 79.5 | B− |
Every place around Trécesson shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Amos is the closest to care, 2.2 km to Trécesson’s 12 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Trécesson shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in Trécesson
How healthy is Trécesson?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
What is the life expectancy in Trécesson?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 81.6 for women, 77.6 for men around Trécesson (2022/2024).
How far is Trécesson from a hospital?
Residents of Trécesson have a clinic 11 km away on average and a pharmacy 12 km away, in straight lines.
How is Trécesson’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 Trécesson’s homes are from a hospital, 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).