Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Osler, 49% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Women in the region live to 83.4 and men to 79.2, 81.4 years taken together (2022/2024). For Osler itself the measure is access, and it lags: 23 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Osler a grade of B−.
What stands out about health in Osler
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Osler the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 24 km. Getting care ↓
Fewer smokers
Smoking is rarer around Osler than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6% of adults smoke every day. 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.
Osler 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.
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.
The nearest hospital is 23 km from the average home in Osler
Straight-line distances from each part of Osler, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Osler is on the far 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (16%) and diabetes (7.2%)
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
About as many adults report obesity as across Saskatchewan: 38%, the province 40%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Osler’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Osler’s region is a typical case: 81.4 years at a score of 2.7, where the trend says 81.8. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 6 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 81.3 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.
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 is the longest-lived of the 7 regions in Saskatchewan, 11.4 years ahead of the last at 70.0.
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; Osler’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.
Self-rated health much as in Saskatchewan: 50% to 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
Mental health reads like the rest of Saskatchewan: 48% against 50%, and 24% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Osler
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osler | 23 km | 49% | 81.4 | B− |
| Warman 6.1 km | 18 km | 49% | 81.4 | B |
| Martensville 12 km | 15 km | 49% | 81.4 | B |
| Rosthern No. 403 14 km | 17 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Dalmeny 17 km | 13 km | 49% | 81.4 | B |
Across a regional line, Rosthern No. 403 has its own figures: life expectancy 77.0, against 81.4 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Osler’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Osler
How far is Osler from a hospital?
A clinic is 22 km from the average resident of Osler and a pharmacy 4.6 km, as the crow flies.
How healthy is Osler?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures trail the typical Canadian town than beat it. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 17%.
How is Osler’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 Osler’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Osler?
There is no figure for Osler alone; its health region’s is 83.4 for women and 79.2 for men in 2022/2024.
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).