Health in Shaunavon · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Lives run shorter around Shaunavon: 79.9 years, 1.6 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Across the region, 54% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole manages 49%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.5 km from the average resident of Shaunavon, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. The Health grade for Shaunavon is B+.
Picking up a prescription in Shaunavon takes a trip of 49 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. 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.
Health Grade
Shaunavon 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.
Very good or excellent health (54%)Better than 62% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (17%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Smokers (13%)Better than 55% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (79.9)Better than 39% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (0.5 km)Better than almost every Canadian town
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.
Getting care
From Shaunavon, a hospital is 0.5 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Shaunavon, weighted by who lives there.
Hospital
0.5 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
33 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
49 km
residents’ average distance
0.0 within 3 km of a typical home
More than 30 km from a hospital
0%
share of residents
Emergency
911
police, fire, ambulance; 811 for health advice in most provinces
From Shaunavon that is nearer than the 2.2 km of the typical town in Saskatchewan, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town.
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Shaunavon’s lies near the line.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
At 3.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 80.5 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Shaunavon belongs to reaches 79.9. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do better (7 of 10), with a median of 80.9.
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.
Conditions and habits
24% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 8.2% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
High blood pressure
24%
Arthritis
24%
Diabetes
8.2%
Obese (self-reported)
35%
Mood disorder
13%
Anxiety disorder
15%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
13%
Smoke every day
10%
Heavy drinking
20%
Flu shot in the past year
42%
Saskatchewan
At 35%, self-reported obesity is below 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.
The wider area
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.
79.9
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.1
more years expected at 65
3rd
longest of 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Saskatoon81.4
Regina80.2
South West79.9
South East78.6
North Central East77.0
North Central West76.6
Far North70.0
Of the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan, 3rd 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
Residential instability3.2
Economic dependency2.7
Ethno-cultural composition1.5
Situational vulnerability3.7
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Shaunavon’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Health survey
More people rate their health highly here than in Saskatchewan: 53% 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
Health very good or excellent
53%
Health fair or poor
14%
Mental health very good or excellent
52%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
20%
Strong sense of belonging
77%
Satisfied with life
87%
Saskatchewan
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 52% very good or excellent against 50% for Saskatchewan; stress is a daily matter for 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Shaunavon itself is the trip to care.
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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.
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Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Questions about health in Shaunavon
What is the life expectancy in Shaunavon?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Shaunavon’s health region only: 82.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Shaunavon?
The region does better than the typical Canadian town on most regional measures, with at least one exception. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 17%.
How far is Shaunavon from a hospital?
For everyday care, Shaunavon’s residents are 49 km from a pharmacy and 33 km from a clinic on average.
How is Shaunavon’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Shaunavon’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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