Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are rarer around Windsor (14% against 17% for the typical Canadian town)
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Quebec, 57% against 57%. Closer to home, a hospital is 17 km from the average resident of Windsor, further than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Windsor is A−, #310 of 503 in Quebec and #926 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Windsor
A long way to hospital
For 0% of homes in Windsor the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 17 km. Getting care ↓
Ahead of regions as deprived
Set against regions as deprived (3.0), Windsor’s region gains years: 82.9 where the trend says 81.0. For its deprivation ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Windsor, a child can expect 1.4 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.2 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 5.4 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 56% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Windsor 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: #310 of 503 in Quebec and #926 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.
The nearest hospital is 17 km from the average home in Windsor
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Windsor’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Windsor 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.
1.9 years above the line for regions this deprived
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Windsor’s region’s dot is above the line.
Deprivation explains much of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102 of them), yet Windsor’s region beats it: 82.9 years against the 81.0 the trend gives a score of 3.0. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 9 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 80.4 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $67,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
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.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Quebec runs from 65.2 to 84.1; this region sits 3rd of the 18.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Windsor’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Quebec: 56% 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
The region’s 63% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Quebec’s 64%, with 20% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
19% 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
About as many adults report obesity as across Quebec: 29%, the province 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Windsor is 32nd nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 5,271 to 5,465 people, median 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 5,386 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | Stonewall MB C | 5,443 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON A+ | 5,370 | 0.8 km | 56% |
| 30 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QC A− | 5,339 | 13 km | 59% |
| 31 | North Gower - Kars ON A | 5,439 | 15 km | 56% |
| 32 | Windsor QC A− | 5,368 | 17 km | 57% |
| 33 | Norwood ON C− | 5,308 | 18 km | 47% |
| 34 | Metcalfe ON A− | 5,434 | 18 km | 56% |
| 40 | Deer Lake NL D | 5,319 | 45 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Windsor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 17 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
| Val-Joli 4.3 km | 16 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 5.0 km | 17 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Saint-Claude 7.2 km | 15 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Melbourne 14 km | 26 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton 15 km | 14 km | 57% | 82.9 | A |
| Richmond 15 km | 21 km | 57% | 82.9 | A− |
Same region, same survey: Windsor’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Windsor shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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 Windsor
How far is Windsor from a hospital?
Residents of Windsor have a clinic 0.8 km away on average and a pharmacy 12 km away, in straight lines.
How is Windsor’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Windsor’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Windsor?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 14%.
What is the life expectancy in Windsor?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Windsor’s health region only: 84.8 years for women and 81.0 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).