Photo: Misspixels (Isabelle Gagné) · CC BY-SA 4.0Few places match Val-David for health: it beats 96% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 60% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. What sets Val-David apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Val-David is A+, #74 of 503 in Quebec and #229 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Val-David
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 8.0 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 58% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
Long-term conditions run low
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 19% report high blood pressure and 8.1% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Val-David 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: #74 of 503 in Quebec and #229 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.
Self-rated health much as in Quebec: 58% to 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 tracks Quebec, 66% very good or excellent to 64%; 20% 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.
High blood pressure for 19% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.1%
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
At 29%, 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.
Deprivation would predict shorter lives: 1.0 years more here
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Val-David’s region shows above the trend.
Across Canada’s 102 health regions, life expectancy falls as deprivation rises (correlation −0.83). For a region whose residents average 2.9 on the index, the line expects 81.2 years; Val-David’s region reaches 82.2. No region among the 10 scored most like it does better; they centre on 80.9 years. Its towns’ household income, about $81,000, sits below most regions’ while its life expectancy sits above; across regions it is the deprivation index, not income, that follows lives (income’s 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.
Getting to hospital from Val-David: 6.7 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Val-David’s own, not the region’s.
That is close to the 5.3 km of the typical town in Quebec (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Val-David goes.
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.
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 7th 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 Val-David’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Among 40 towns its size, Val-David is 29th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,795 to 6,040 people, median 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowertown West ON A+ | 5,947 | 0.4 km | 56% |
| 2 | Central Frederick ON A | 5,895 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 3 | Boyle Street AB B+ | 5,862 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 27 | Spallumcheen BC B | 5,843 | 5.5 km | 52% |
| 28 | Caernarvon AB B | 5,972 | 5.9 km | 51% |
| 29 | Val-David QC A+ | 5,920 | 6.7 km | 60% |
| 30 | Elsinore AB B | 5,796 | 6.9 km | 51% |
| 31 | Redcliff AB B− | 5,916 | 7.2 km | 52% |
| 40 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC D | 5,814 | 47 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Val-David
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-David | 6.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Val-Morin 2.8 km | 9.8 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts 6.6 km | 2.0 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides 8.4 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Adèle 9.3 km | 16 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 11 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard 14 km | 12 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Around Val-David the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital. Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson is the furthest from care, 17 km to Val-David’s 6.7 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Val-David’s own.
Questions about health in Val-David
How healthy is Val-David?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 13% of adults.
How is Val-David’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 Val-David’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Val-David?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Val-David’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.8 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Val-David from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Val-David live: 5.9 km to a clinic, 1.6 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).