Health in Canora · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
20% of adults smoke in the health region around Canora, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Saskatchewan’s 49%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.7 km from the average resident of Canora, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Canora grades C− for health.
Life expectancy in the region around Canora runs 2.9 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Behind regions as deprived
Deprivation alone, a score of 3.0, would give Canora’s region about 80.8 years; it stops at 78.6. For its deprivation ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Canora, a pharmacy is 47 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (32%) and diabetes (10%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Health Grade
Canora grades C− for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
Very good or excellent health (49%)Better than 32% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (20%)Better than 14% of Canadian towns
Smokers (20%)Better than 2% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (78.6)Better than 16% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (0.7 km)Better than 97% of Canadian towns
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.
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 wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
78.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.0
more years expected at 65
4th
longest of 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Saskatoon81.4
Regina80.2
South West79.9
South East78.6
North Central East77.0
North Central West76.6
Far North70.0
This region is 4th longest-lived of 7 in Saskatchewan, on a scale from 70.0 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.8
Economic dependency4.8
Ethno-cultural composition1.5
Situational vulnerability4.5
The index is context and never graded: it describes Canora’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
For its deprivation
Deprivation predicts more: the region falls 2.2 years short of the trend
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Canora’s region’s dot is under the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy drops as deprivation climbs across Canada’s 102 health regions (correlation −0.83); a score of 3.0 would suggest 80.8 years, but Canora’s region stops at 78.6. Against the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, all live longer; the middle of the group is 80.3 years.
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
From Canora, a hospital is 0.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Canora’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
37 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
47 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
Residents of Canora are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
In the region, high blood pressure (32%) and diabetes (10%)
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
32%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
10%
Obese (self-reported)
47%
Mood disorder
10%
Anxiety disorder
13%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
20%
Smoke every day
17%
Heavy drinking
23%
Flu shot in the past year
39%
Saskatchewan
At 47%, self-reported obesity is above Saskatchewan’s 40%. Heavy drinking is commoner too (23% against 20%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Health survey
About as many rate their health highly here as in Saskatchewan: 48% and 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Health very good or excellent
48%
Health fair or poor
16%
Mental health very good or excellent
54%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
77%
Satisfied with life
88%
Saskatchewan
On mental health the region is ahead of Saskatchewan, 54% very good or excellent to 50%; 18% 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.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Canora itself is the trip to care.
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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.
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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.
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Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
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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.
Questions about health in Canora
How is Canora’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Canora’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
What is the life expectancy in Canora?
For the health region that includes Canora, women can expect 80.8 years and men 76.5 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Canora?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 20%.
How far is Canora from a hospital?
For everyday care, Canora’s residents are 47 km from a pharmacy and 37 km from a clinic on average.