Health in Grenfell · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Health in Grenfell trails 96% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 49% very good or excellent, 49% for Saskatchewan. Closer to home, a hospital is 24 km from the average resident of Grenfell, further than the usual 3.7 km. Grenfell grades D− for health.
The age-standardised smoking rate around Grenfell is well above the typical town’s; 17% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Grenfell, a child can expect 2.9 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Grenfell the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 24 km. Getting care ↓
Below the trend for its deprivation
Regions scoring 3.0 on the deprivation index typically live 80.8 years; Grenfell’s region, at 78.6, falls short. For its deprivation ↓
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
Grenfell grades D− 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 (24 km)Better than 17% 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.
Conditions and habits
32% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 10% diabetes
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
More adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 47%, the province 40%. At 23%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
The wider area
How the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan compare on life expectancy
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.
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
Of the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan, 4th place goes to this one, between a low of 70.0 and a high of 81.4.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability4.0
Economic dependency4.5
Ethno-cultural composition2.1
Situational vulnerability4.0
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Grenfell’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.
Getting care
Getting to hospital from Grenfell: 24 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Grenfell, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
24 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.3 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
40 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
From Grenfell that is further than the 2.2 km of the typical town in Saskatchewan, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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 Grenfell’s lies below the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 3.0, the expected figure is 80.8 years, and Grenfell’s region falls below with 78.6. Each of the 10 regions scored most like it does better, with a median of 80.3.
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.
Health survey
Self-rated health much as in Saskatchewan: 48% to 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
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Saskatchewan (54% against 50%), while 18% call most days 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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Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Grenfell alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
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Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
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What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
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Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
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Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
Questions about health in Grenfell
How far is Grenfell from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Grenfell is 0.3 km from a clinic and 40 km from a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Grenfell?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Grenfell’s health region only: 80.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How is Grenfell’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Grenfell has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Grenfell?
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%.
Photo: Masalai · CC BY-SA 3.0