Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 4.0Moose Jaw’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.6 years: life expectancy 79.9
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 49% in Saskatchewan. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Moose Jaw is well placed: 2.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Moose Jaw a grade of B, #74 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,762 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
Moose Jaw grades B 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: #74 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,762 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 close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Moose Jaw’s region comes out on the trend.
At 3.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.5 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Moose Jaw belongs to reaches 79.9. It is outlived by 7 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 80.9 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 (24%) and diabetes (8.2%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
At 35%, self-reported obesity is below Saskatchewan’s 40%.
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 2.3 km from the average home in Moose Jaw
Straight-line distances from each part of Moose Jaw, weighted by who lives there.
Moose Jaw is near the provincial norm, 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan, with 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.
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.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Ranked 3rd 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; Moose Jaw’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.
53% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Saskatchewan (50%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
For 20% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 52% rate their mental health very good or excellent, near Saskatchewan’s 50%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Moose Jaw is 13th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (33,881 to 38,928 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview BC A+ | 33,969 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 3 | Côte-Saint-Luc QC A | 37,901 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 11 | Port Moody BC A | 38,285 | 2.1 km | 48% |
| 12 | Marc-Aurèle-Fortin QC A | 36,220 | 2.1 km | 54% |
| 13 | Moose Jaw SK B | 36,337 | 2.3 km | 54% |
| 14 | Bois-Francs QC A | 35,858 | 2.3 km | 54% |
| 15 | Hastings-Sunrise BC A+ | 36,072 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 40 | Parkland County AB B− | 34,286 | 15 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Moose Jaw
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw | 2.3 km | 54% | 79.9 | B |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 5.9 km | 7.1 km | 54% | 79.9 | B |
Every place around Moose Jaw shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Moose Jaw No. 161 is the furthest from care, 7.1 km to Moose Jaw’s 2.3 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Moose Jaw itself is the trip to care.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- 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.
Questions about health in Moose Jaw
How is Moose Jaw’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Moose Jaw’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Moose Jaw?
For the health region that includes Moose Jaw, women can expect 82.5 years and men 77.5 (2022/2024).
How healthy is Moose Jaw?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 17%.
How far is Moose Jaw from a hospital?
For everyday care, Moose Jaw’s residents are 2.3 km from a pharmacy and 2.1 km from a clinic on average.
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).