Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0On health, Rosthern No. 403 falls short of 96% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 49% for Saskatchewan. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Rosthern No. 403’s is long: 17 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Rosthern No. 403 grades D− for health, #2,565 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Rosthern No. 403
A region where lives run shorter
Born around Rosthern No. 403, a child can expect 4.5 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 19.8 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More smokers
The age-standardised smoking rate around Rosthern No. 403 is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Rosthern No. 403 the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 23 km. Getting care ↓
More chronic illness
High blood pressure (25%) and diabetes (17%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. 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.
Rosthern No. 403 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: #2,565 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.
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
Ranked 5th 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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Rosthern No. 403’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
High blood pressure for 25% of adults in the region, diabetes for 17%
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
Self-reported obesity, 44%, tops Saskatchewan (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 17 km from the average home in Rosthern No. 403
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Rosthern No. 403’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Rosthern No. 403 travel further than 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.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Rosthern No. 403’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
At 4.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 77.0 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Rosthern No. 403 belongs to reaches 77.0. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (6 of 10, median 78.7 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.
Self-rated health trails Saskatchewan: 46% very good or excellent, against 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 22% of adults most days are quite a bit stressful, and 50% 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Rosthern No. 403 is 32nd nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,753 to 2,832 people, median 5.2 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuujjuaq QC | 2,766 | 0.7 km | – |
| 2 | Kameyosek AB B+ | 2,761 | 0.7 km | 51% |
| 3 | Grimshaw AB C− | 2,799 | 1.3 km | 48% |
| 30 | Sainte-Luce QC B+ | 2,808 | 16 km | 60% |
| 31 | Rivière-Beaudette QC A− | 2,806 | 16 km | 55% |
| 32 | Rosthern No. 403 SK D− | 2,791 | 17 km | 47% |
| 33 | Ferme-Neuve QC A | 2,816 | 18 km | 60% |
| 34 | Rougemont QC A− | 2,832 | 20 km | 55% |
| 40 | Atikokan ON D | 2,796 | 72 km | 44% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Rosthern No. 403
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosthern No. 403 | 17 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Osler 14 km | 23 km | 49% | 81.4 | B− |
| Laird No. 404 17 km | 23 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Waldheim 17 km | 22 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
Osler falls in another health region, with a life expectancy of 81.4 against 77.0 here.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Rosthern No. 403 shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Rosthern No. 403
What is the life expectancy in Rosthern No. 403?
Women in Rosthern No. 403’s region live to 79.6 on average and men to 74.5, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How is Rosthern No. 403’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Rosthern No. 403 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Rosthern No. 403 from a hospital?
Residents of Rosthern No. 403 have a clinic 28 km away on average and a pharmacy 26 km away, in straight lines.
How healthy is Rosthern No. 403?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 21%.
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).