Photo: Tourismhumboldt · CC BY-SA 3.0More smokers around Humboldt: 20% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Saskatchewan, 49% against 49%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Humboldt is well placed: 0.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Humboldt grades C− for health, #88 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,358 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Humboldt
A region where lives run shorter
Life expectancy in the region around Humboldt 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 ↓
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
For a deprivation score of 3.0, the trend across regions gives 80.8 years of life; Humboldt’s region reaches only 78.6. For its deprivation ↓
Long-term conditions run high
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 32% report high blood pressure and 10% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
A hospital close by
Few Canadian towns live as close to a hospital as Humboldt; from its centre of population the trip is 0.5 km. Getting care ↓
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.
Humboldt 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: #88 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,358 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
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in Saskatchewan runs from 70.0 to 81.4; this region sits 4th of the 7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Humboldt’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Behind regions as deprived by 2.2 years of life
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Humboldt’s region’s dot is under the line.
Where residents average 3.0 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.8 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions); the one Humboldt belongs to trails at 78.6. Among the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, every one does better; they centre on 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.
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
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.
The nearest hospital is 0.7 km from the average home in Humboldt
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Humboldt’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Humboldt is on the near side.
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.
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
Mental health beats Saskatchewan as well: 54% very good or excellent to 50%, with 18% facing stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Humboldt is 1st nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,451 to 6,661 people, median 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humboldt SK C− | 6,551 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 2 | Centre QC A | 6,627 | 0.8 km | 55% |
| 3 | Stipeley ON B | 6,572 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 40 | Mont-Joli QC B+ | 6,492 | 29 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Humboldt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 0.7 km | 49% | 78.6 | C− |
| Humboldt No. 370 3.8 km | 6.3 km | 49% | 78.6 | C− |
Same region, same survey: Humboldt’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Humboldt No. 370 live further from a hospital, at 6.3 km against 0.7 km in Humboldt.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Humboldt shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Humboldt
How is Humboldt’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Humboldt: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Humboldt?
There is no figure for Humboldt alone; its health region’s is 80.8 for women and 76.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Humboldt?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 20%.
How far is Humboldt from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Humboldt live: 42 km to a clinic, 0.7 km to 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).