Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.049% of adults around Westview rate their health very good or excellent
A baby born in the region can expect 81.4 years, 83.4 for a girl and 79.2 for a boy (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Westview is well placed: 2.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. The Health grade for Westview is B+, #20 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,220 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Westview
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Westview than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
More households under strain
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Westview’s neighbourhoods average 4.2 out of 5, among the most deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
A typical home in Westview has 7.8 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.9 km away. Getting care ↓
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.
Westview 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: #20 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #1,220 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 (16%) and diabetes (7.2%)
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
At 38%, self-reported obesity is near Saskatchewan’s 40%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
From Westview, a hospital is 2.4 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Westview, weighted by who lives there.
Against 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Westview sits near the middle.
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.
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Westview itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Westview’s region comes out on the trend.
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 Westview’s region is close, at 81.4. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 6, with 81.3 years in the middle.
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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Saskatchewan: 50% and 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
The region’s 48% in very good or excellent mental health is within reach of Saskatchewan’s 50%, with 24% reporting stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Westview is 9th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (2,632 to 2,708 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 8.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanna AB B− | 2,665 | 0.5 km | 52% |
| 2 | Sundre AB C+ | 2,683 | 0.9 km | 52% |
| 3 | Meadowlark Park AB B+ | 2,671 | 1.0 km | 51% |
| 7 | North Point Douglas MB B+ | 2,670 | 2.1 km | 52% |
| 8 | Cy Becker AB B+ | 2,683 | 2.1 km | 51% |
| 9 | Westview SK B+ | 2,670 | 2.4 km | 49% |
| 10 | Eastdale ON B | 2,703 | 3.2 km | 53% |
| 11 | South River Heights MB B+ | 2,632 | 3.3 km | 52% |
| 40 | Tumbler Ridge BC D | 2,663 | 75 km | 43% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Westview
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westview | 2.4 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Hampton Village 0.6 km | 3.4 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Massey Place 1.1 km | 2.2 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Mount Royal 1.3 km | 1.3 km | 49% | 81.4 | A− |
| Dundonald 1.8 km | 3.2 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Mayfair 2.3 km | 1.9 km | 49% | 81.4 | B+ |
| Caswell Hill 2.3 km | 1.2 km | 49% | 81.4 | A− |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Westview from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- 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. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Westview shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
Questions about health in Westview
How is Westview’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 Westview’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Westview?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures trail the typical Canadian town than beat it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 17%.
How far is Westview from a hospital?
A clinic is 1.6 km from the average resident of Westview and a pharmacy 0.9 km, as the crow flies.
What is the life expectancy in Westview?
There is no figure for Westview 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).