Photo: Wtshymanski · Public domainLives run shorter around Nipawin: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Across the region, 47% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole reaches 49%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Nipawin is well placed: 0.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Nipawin a grade of C−, #96 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,450 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Nipawin
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Nipawin is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (25%) and diabetes (17%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies far off
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 68 km from the average home in Nipawin, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Less upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 4.8 points below the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 46%. Health survey ↓
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.
Nipawin 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: #96 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,450 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.
High blood pressure for 25% of adults in the region, diabetes for 17%
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
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 44% of adults against 40% for Saskatchewan.
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 0.9 km from the average home in Nipawin
Straight-line distances from each part of Nipawin, weighted by who lives there.
Nipawin 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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Saskatchewan: 46% 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Saskatchewan (50% against 50%), while 22% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Nipawin’s, follows the trend.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 4.1 would be expected to reach 77.0 years, and Nipawin’s region is close, at 77.0. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean longer-lived: 6 of them above it, a median of 78.7.
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.
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
This region is 5th 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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Nipawin’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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Nipawin comes 5th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,961 to 5,106 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westmount AB B+ | 4,961 | 0.5 km | 51% |
| 2 | Altona MB B | 4,989 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 3 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON A | 5,007 | 0.8 km | 53% |
| 4 | Central Business District SK A− | 4,987 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 5 | Nipawin SK C− | 5,033 | 0.9 km | 47% |
| 6 | Lemoyne QC A | 5,052 | 1.0 km | 55% |
| 7 | River-Osborne MB B+ | 5,090 | 1.1 km | 52% |
| 40 | Big Lakes County AB D− | 5,106 | 53 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Nipawin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipawin | 0.9 km | 47% | 77.0 | C− |
| Torch River No. 488 19 km | 27 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Nipawin from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Residents of Torch River No. 488 live further from a hospital, at 27 km against 0.9 km in Nipawin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Nipawin alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
Questions about health in Nipawin
What is the life expectancy in Nipawin?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Nipawin’s health region only: 79.6 years for women and 74.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Nipawin?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 21%.
How is Nipawin’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 Nipawin’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Nipawin from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Nipawin is 37 km from a clinic and 68 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).