Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Val-Morin is ahead of 94% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 60% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 9.8 km from the average resident of Val-Morin, further than the usual 3.7 km. Val-Morin grades A for health, #102 of 503 in Quebec and #370 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Val-Morin
More people feeling well
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 ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Val-Morin the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 9.2 km. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 19% of adults, diabetes for 8.1%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Val-Morin 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: #102 of 503 in Quebec and #370 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 58% 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
Asked about their mental health, 66% 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.
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
Obesity tracks the province: 29% of adults here, 29% across 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 9.8 km from the average home in Val-Morin
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Val-Morin’s own, not the region’s.
Val-Morin 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.
1.0 more years of life than regions as deprived
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Val-Morin’s dot is marked, above the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.9, the expected figure is 81.2 years, and Val-Morin’s region does better with 82.2. Of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, not one does as well; half fall below 80.9. The towns here bring in about $81,000 a household, below the typical region, while living longer than it; that is why income, which correlates at just 0.14 with life expectancy across regions, isn’t the measure.
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.
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
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 7th of the 18.
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-Morin’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Val-Morin is 25th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 3,174 to 3,279 people, median 6.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Hill ON A | 3,190 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 2 | St. Clair ON B+ | 3,201 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Marathon ON C | 3,223 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 23 | Stoke QC A | 3,272 | 7.7 km | 57% |
| 24 | French River / Rivière des Français ON C | 3,178 | 8.2 km | 51% |
| 25 | Val-Morin QC A | 3,226 | 9.8 km | 60% |
| 26 | Coalhurst AB B− | 3,244 | 9.8 km | 52% |
| 27 | Adstock QC A− | 3,203 | 12 km | 59% |
| 40 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC B | 3,190 | 28 km | 61% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Val-Morin
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-Morin | 9.8 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Val-David 2.8 km | 6.7 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Adèle 6.7 km | 16 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts 8.8 km | 2.0 km | 60% | 82.2 | A+ |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides 11 km | 11 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 11 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
| Morin-Heights 12 km | 17 km | 60% | 82.2 | A |
Only the hospital column is local here: Val-Morin and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is the closest to care, 2.0 km to Val-Morin’s 9.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- 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: Val-Morin shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
Questions about health in Val-Morin
How healthy is Val-Morin?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 13% of adults.
How is Val-Morin’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-Morin’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Val-Morin from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Val-Morin is 8.8 km from a clinic and 4.0 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Val-Morin?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Val-Morin’s health region only: 83.7 years for women and 80.8 for men (2022/2024).
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).