Photo: daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Evergreen, 49% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.4, women 83.4 and men 79.2 (2022/2024). For Evergreen itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Evergreen a grade of B+, #13 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,204 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Evergreen
A region that smokes less
Around Evergreen, only 6% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Fewer households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Evergreen’s neighbourhoods average 1.3 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Evergreen can reach 4.4 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.1 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Evergreen 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. Its place: #13 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,204 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 16% of adults in the region, diabetes for 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
Obesity tracks the province: 38% of adults here, 40% across 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 2.1 km from the average home in Evergreen
Straight-line distances from each part of Evergreen, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Evergreen here: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital and 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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan
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
These four scores average the national quintile of the areas where Evergreen’s residents live; they carry no weight in the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Evergreen’s lies near the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 2.7 would be expected to reach 81.8 years, and Evergreen’s region is close, at 81.4. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 6 of them below it, a median of 81.3.
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 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 is close to the province’s: 48% rate it very good or excellent, against 50% in Saskatchewan, and 24% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Evergreen comes 17th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (15,699 to 16,482 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Toronto ON A | 16,007 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC A | 16,403 | 0.5 km | 54% |
| 3 | Saint-Sauveur QC A+ | 16,104 | 0.7 km | 62% |
| 15 | Glen Cairn ON A− | 16,119 | 2.0 km | 52% |
| 16 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) ON A− | 16,400 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 17 | Evergreen SK B+ | 16,088 | 2.1 km | 49% |
| 18 | Lansing-Westgate ON A | 15,980 | 2.4 km | 50% |
| 19 | Cliffcrest ON A | 16,184 | 2.5 km | 50% |
| 40 | Lavaltrie QC B | 15,996 | 18 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Evergreen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | 2.1 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Willowgrove 2.4 km | 3.5 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| University Heights Urban Centre 3.3 km | 2.7 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| University 3.8 km | 2.1 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Lawson Heights 4.1 km | 1.7 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Silverwood Heights 4.1 km | 2.8 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Brighton 4.2 km | 4.5 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
The neighbours all sit in Evergreen’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Evergreen alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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 Evergreen
How is Evergreen’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 Evergreen’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Evergreen?
The region does worse than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 17% of adults.
How far is Evergreen from a hospital?
A clinic is 2.1 km from the average resident of Evergreen and a pharmacy 1.1 km, as the crow flies.
What is the life expectancy in Evergreen?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Evergreen’s health region only: 83.4 years for women and 79.2 for men (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).