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Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 79.4, women 82.1 and men 77.0 (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Uashat 27 is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Uashat 27 is a First Nations reserve: a Health grade is possible, an overall grade and a ranking are not. The health survey doesn’t interview people living on reserves, so these regional figures describe the surrounding region, not Uashat 27. The Health grade for Uashat 27 is B+.
What stands out about health in Uashat 27
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Uashat 27, a child can expect 2.1 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.4 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A region that smokes more
Smoking is commoner around Uashat 27 than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 11% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Harder circumstances
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Uashat 27 at 5.0 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 22% report high blood pressure and 9.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Uashat 27 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.
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 15th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Uashat 27’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
22% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9.1% diabetes
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 37%, self-reported obesity is above Quebec’s 29%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (25% against 22%).
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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.2 years more here
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Uashat 27’s lies above the line.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 3.7, Uashat 27’s region would be expected to reach 78.2 years; it reaches 79.4. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 8 of 10; their median is 78.2 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 Uashat 27, a hospital is 2.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Uashat 27, weighted by who lives there.
Residents of Uashat 27 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.
59% 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
On mental health the region is ahead of Quebec, 70% very good or excellent to 64%; 16% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Uashat 27
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uashat 27 | 2.1 km | 61% | 79.4 | B+ |
| Sept-Îles 1.6 km | 4.6 km | 61% | 79.4 | B |
| Maliotenam 14 km | 13 km | 61% | 79.4 | B |
One health region covers Uashat 27 and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Residents of Maliotenam live further from a hospital, at 13 km against 2.1 km in Uashat 27.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Uashat 27 itself is the trip to care.
Questions about health in Uashat 27
How healthy is Uashat 27?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. Chronic conditions there average 15% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How is Uashat 27’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Uashat 27’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens. As a First Nations reserve it gets no overall grade, and the survey doesn’t interview people on reserves, so the regional figures don’t describe it.
What is the life expectancy in Uashat 27?
For the health region that includes Uashat 27, women can expect 82.1 years and men 77.0 (2022/2024).
How far is Uashat 27 from a hospital?
For everyday care, Uashat 27’s residents are 0.9 km from a pharmacy and 1.3 km from a clinic on average.
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).