Health in Wemindji · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
People in Wemindji’s health region live to 76.8 on average, 4.7 years short of the typical Canadian town
What sets Wemindji apart within its region is distance: 85 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for 100% of residents. Wemindji can’t get a Health grade: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James lies outside the health survey’s frame, so only life expectancy is published there, and without Health there is no overall grade either.
Distance is Wemindji’s own health question: 100% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 85 km. Getting care ↓
No pharmacy close by
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 371 km from the average home in Wemindji, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Deprivation runs high
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Wemindji’s neighbourhoods average 5.0 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Longer lives than its deprivation predicts
Regions scoring 5.0 on the deprivation index typically live 73.6 years; Wemindji’s region, at 76.8, does better. For its deprivation ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Wemindji can’t be graded for health
The inputs, each beside the typical one of Canadian towns: four for the health region, one for the town itself.
76.8
life expectancy, region (typical town 81.5)
85 km
to a hospital, town’s residents (typical town 3.7 km)
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.
For its deprivation
Ahead of regions as deprived by 3.2 years of life
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Wemindji’s region shows above the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Measured against 102 regions, more deprivation means shorter lives, and steadily so (correlation −0.83). Wemindji’s region, at 5.0, outlives the trend’s 73.6 years with 76.8. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean longer-lived: 6 of them above it, a median of 77.2. Households here earn around $118,000, more than in most regions, but the region still lives less long than 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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Wemindji: 85 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Wemindji’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
85 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
2.4 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
371 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
100%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Wemindji is further out than the provincial norm of 5.3 km in Quebec, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km.
How the 18 health regions in Quebec compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
76.8
years at birth, 2022/2024
19.3
more years expected at 65
17th
longest of 18 regions in Quebec
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Région de Laval84.1
Région de Montréal83.4
Région de la Capitale-Nationale82.9
Région de l'Estrie82.9
Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches82.8
Région de la Montérégie82.5
Région des Laurentides82.2
Région de Lanaudière82.0
Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean81.8
Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent81.7
Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec81.6
Région de l'Outaouais80.7
Région de la Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine79.9
Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue79.5
Région de la Côte-Nord79.4
Région du Nord-du-Québec78.1
Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James76.8
Région du Nunavik65.2
Among the 18 regions in Quebec, from 65.2 to 84.1 years, this one is 17th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability2.0
Economic dependency1.0
Ethno-cultural composition4.0
Situational vulnerability5.0
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Wemindji’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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.
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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.
Questions about health in Wemindji
What is the life expectancy in Wemindji?
For the health region that includes Wemindji, women can expect 79.1 years and men 73.1 (2022/2024).
How far is Wemindji from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Wemindji is 2.4 km from a clinic and 371 km from a pharmacy.
Does Wemindji have a Health grade?
No Health grade is possible for Wemindji: Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James falls outside the survey’s published figures, and the overall grade needs Health.
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