Photo: Kjfmartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Smoking runs high around Esterhazy: 20% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%
Self-rated health is ordinary for Saskatchewan: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 49%. What sets Esterhazy apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Esterhazy is C−, #90 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,372 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Esterhazy
Life expectancy below the norm
Esterhazy’s region sits 2.9 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Shorter lives than its deprivation predicts
At 78.6 years, Esterhazy’s region trails the 80.8 that regions scoring 3.0 on the index typically reach. For its deprivation ↓
No pharmacy close by
Picking up a prescription in Esterhazy takes a trip of 33 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
More chronic illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 32% of adults, diabetes for 10%. 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.
Esterhazy 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.
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: #90 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,372 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.
Life expectancy across the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Saskatchewan, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 4th of 7 in Saskatchewan: the regions span 70.0 to 81.4 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Esterhazy’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Shorter lives than deprivation would give: 2.2 years behind the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Esterhazy’s lies below the line.
Shorter lives come with deeper deprivation across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83). Even allowing for its score of 3.0, Esterhazy’s region’s 78.6 years sit under the line’s 80.8. All 10 regions closest to it on the index live longer; their middle figure 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 to hospital from Esterhazy: 1.0 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Esterhazy, weighted by who lives there.
Esterhazy is closer in than the provincial norm of 2.2 km in Saskatchewan, 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.
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
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 47%, tops Saskatchewan (40%). More adults drink heavily, 23% to the province’s 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
48% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Saskatchewan (50%)
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: 54% rate it very good or excellent, against 50% in Saskatchewan, and 18% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Esterhazy comes 5th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,500 to 2,587 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Commercial Core ON A | 2,581 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Rimbey AB C+ | 2,502 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Elmwood AB B+ | 2,522 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 4 | Lunenburg NS C− | 2,523 | 1.0 km | 44% |
| 5 | Esterhazy SK C− | 2,513 | 1.0 km | 49% |
| 6 | Magrath AB B | 2,566 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 7 | Unity SK C | 2,543 | 1.2 km | 46% |
| 40 | North Frontenac ON B− | 2,515 | 47 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Esterhazy shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Esterhazy
What is the life expectancy in Esterhazy?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Esterhazy’s health region only: 80.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How is Esterhazy’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 Esterhazy’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Esterhazy?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
How far is Esterhazy from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Esterhazy is 48 km from a clinic and 33 km from a pharmacy.
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).