Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Warwick’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
Lives in the region last 81.6 years on average (2022/2024): 83.3 for women, 79.9 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is 12 km from the average resident of Warwick, further than the usual 3.7 km. Warwick grades A− for health, #369 of 503 in Quebec and #1,079 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Warwick
A long way to hospital
Distance is Warwick’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 11 km. Getting care ↓
Living past what deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 3.2 on the deprivation index typically live 80.0 years; Warwick’s region, at 81.6, does better. For its deprivation ↓
Long-term conditions run low
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 21% of adults, diabetes for 8.2%. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Warwick 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: #369 of 503 in Quebec and #1,079 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 Warwick, a hospital is 12 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Warwick’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Warwick travel further 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.
The region lives 1.6 years longer than its deprivation predicts
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Warwick’s region comes out above the trend.
Ranked from least to most deprived on Statistics Canada’s index, regions see lives shorten along the way (correlation −0.83, 102 regions). Scored 3.2, Warwick’s region would be expected to reach 80.0 years; it reaches 81.6. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 80.5 years. Households here earn around $62,000, 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 21% of adults in the region, diabetes for 8.2%
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 34% of adults against 29% for Quebec. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 25% to 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.
Life expectancy across the 18 health 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
This region is 11th 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Warwick’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health beats Quebec: 59% very good or excellent, against 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 looks better than in the province too: 68% rate it very good or excellent, against 64% in Quebec, and 20% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Warwick is 32nd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 4,830 to 5,048 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westdale South ON B+ | 4,931 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | Westmount AB B+ | 4,961 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 3 | Altona MB B | 4,989 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 30 | Cumberland BC B+ | 4,974 | 8.6 km | 54% |
| 31 | Bathurst NB C+ | 4,840 | 11 km | 49% |
| 32 | Warwick QC A− | 4,939 | 12 km | 61% |
| 33 | Hastings Highlands ON D | 4,957 | 13 km | 45% |
| 34 | Saint-Jacques QC B+ | 4,830 | 13 km | 56% |
| 40 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo BC C− | 5,016 | 33 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Warwick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 12 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Tingwick 8.6 km | 11 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Albert 8.9 km | 14 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 9.1 km | 3.0 km | 61% | 81.6 | A |
| Victoriaville 12 km | 3.9 km | 61% | 81.6 | A |
| Kingsey Falls 13 km | 15 km | 61% | 81.6 | B+ |
| Saint-Valère 14 km | 13 km | 61% | 81.6 | A− |
The neighbours all sit in Warwick’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska is the closest to care, 3.0 km to Warwick’s 12 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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 Warwick’s own.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- 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. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
Questions about health in Warwick
How healthy is Warwick?
Taken together the region leans healthier than the typical Canadian town, but the picture is mixed. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 14% of adults.
How far is Warwick from a hospital?
For everyday care, Warwick’s residents are 1.6 km from a pharmacy and 12 km from a clinic on average.
How is Warwick’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Warwick’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Warwick?
Women in Warwick’s region live to 83.3 on average and men to 79.9, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
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).