Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Life expectancy around Rosthern is 77.0 years, 4.5 less than for the typical Canadian town
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 49% for Saskatchewan. What sets Rosthern apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.6 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Rosthern is C−.
What stands out about health in Rosthern
A region that smokes more
The age-standardised smoking rate around Rosthern is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A heavier load of illness
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 ↓
Pharmacies far off
Picking up a prescription in Rosthern takes a trip of 40 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
Fewer people feeling well
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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Rosthern 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.
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%
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
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.
From Rosthern, a hospital is 0.6 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Rosthern’s own, not the region’s.
From Rosthern that is nearer than the 2.2 km of the typical town in Saskatchewan, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
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.
46% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer 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
The region’s 50% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Saskatchewan’s 50%, with 22% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
On the trend for regions as deprived, just over it
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Rosthern’s region’s dot is close to the line.
More deprivation, shorter lives: that holds across the 102 regions (correlation −0.83), and Rosthern’s region fits it, 77.0 years at 4.1 against the line’s 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan, from 70.0 to 81.4 years, this one is 5th.
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’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health in the places around Rosthern
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 | 0.6 km | 47% | 77.0 | C− |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 19 km | 18 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
One health region covers Rosthern and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same. Residents of Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 live further from a hospital, at 18 km against 0.6 km in Rosthern.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Rosthern itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Rosthern
What is the life expectancy in Rosthern?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 79.6 for women, 74.5 for men around Rosthern (2022/2024).
How is Rosthern’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Rosthern: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Rosthern?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Rosthern from a hospital?
Residents of Rosthern have a clinic 16 km away on average and a pharmacy 40 km away, in straight lines.
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).