Photo: Padowntown · CC BY-SA 4.0Lives run shorter around Prince Albert: 77.0 years, 4.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Saskatchewan’s 49%. What sets Prince Albert apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.0 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Prince Albert a grade of D, #98 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,475 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Prince Albert
Smoking runs high
Smoking is commoner around Prince Albert than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 15% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
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: 25% report high blood pressure and 17% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Self-rated health runs low
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 4.8 points under the typical Canadian town’s, and 46% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
More households under strain
Statistics Canada’s deprivation index places Prince Albert at 4.7 of 5 for situational vulnerability, close to the top band. The wider area ↓
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.
Prince Albert 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.
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: #98 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,475 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (25%) and diabetes (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
More adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 44%, 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.
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
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 50% very good or excellent against 50% for Saskatchewan; stress is a daily matter for 22%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
How the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan, 5th 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
The index is context and never graded: it describes Prince Albert’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
As long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly longer
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Prince Albert’s region is near the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Prince Albert belongs to lives about as long as its score of 4.1 predicts: 77.0 years, the trend 77.0. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (6 of 10), with 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.
The nearest hospital is 2.0 km from the average home in Prince Albert
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Prince Albert’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Prince Albert travel about as far as most of the province: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Prince Albert comes 9th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 36,473 to 44,575 people, median 3.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Pleasant BC A+ | 37,091 | 0.7 km | 50% |
| 2 | Côte-Saint-Luc QC A | 37,901 | 1.0 km | 54% |
| 3 | Yaletown BC A+ | 40,297 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 7 | Penticton BC B+ | 39,068 | 1.9 km | 52% |
| 8 | Pointe-Claire QC A | 37,437 | 2.0 km | 54% |
| 9 | Prince Albert SK D | 40,728 | 2.0 km | 47% |
| 10 | Leduc AB B+ | 39,966 | 2.0 km | 51% |
| 11 | Port Moody BC A | 38,285 | 2.1 km | 48% |
| 40 | West Kelowna BC B | 40,274 | 8.5 km | 52% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Prince Albert
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Albert | 2.0 km | 47% | 77.0 | D |
| Prince Albert No. 461 2.5 km | 9.9 km | 47% | 77.0 | D |
| Buckland No. 491 7.5 km | 11 km | 47% | 77.0 | D |
Every place around Prince Albert shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs. Buckland No. 491 is the furthest from care, 11 km to Prince Albert’s 2.0 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Prince Albert itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Prince Albert
What is the life expectancy in Prince Albert?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 79.6 for women, 74.5 for men around Prince Albert (2022/2024).
How healthy is Prince Albert?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 21%.
How is Prince Albert’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Prince Albert has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Prince Albert from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Prince Albert is 1.3 km from a clinic and 2.2 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).