For health, Shellbrook No. 493 sits behind 97% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 49% for Saskatchewan. What sets Shellbrook No. 493 apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 17 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Shellbrook No. 493 is D−.
What stands out about health in Shellbrook No. 493
Life expectancy below the norm
Born around Shellbrook No. 493, 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 ↓
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Shellbrook No. 493 is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Shellbrook No. 493’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 19 km. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
High blood pressure (25%) and diabetes (17%) push the region’s chronic-condition figure above the typical Canadian town’s. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Shellbrook No. 493 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.
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.
Life expectancy across the 7 health 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
Life expectancy in Saskatchewan runs from 70.0 to 81.4; this region sits 5th of the 7.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Shellbrook No. 493’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
25% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 17% diabetes
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 44%, self-reported obesity is above 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 nearest hospital is 17 km from the average home in Shellbrook No. 493
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Shellbrook No. 493’s own, not the region’s.
Shellbrook No. 493 is further out than the provincial norm of 2.2 km in Saskatchewan, and than the typical Canadian town at 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
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Shellbrook No. 493’s region comes out on the trend.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 4.1, the expected figure is 77.0 years, and Shellbrook No. 493’s region matches it closely with 77.0. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and 6 still live longer, with 78.7 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.
Self-rated health trails Saskatchewan: 46% very good or excellent, against 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health reads like the rest of Saskatchewan: 50% against 50%, and 22% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Shellbrook No. 493
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbrook No. 493 | 17 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Sturgeon Lake 101 16 km | 30 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Shellbrook 17 km | 1.1 km | 47% | 77.0 | C− |
The neighbours all sit in Shellbrook No. 493’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical. Shellbrook is the closest to care, 1.1 km to Shellbrook No. 493’s 17 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Regional figures. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Shellbrook No. 493’s own.
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
Questions about health in Shellbrook No. 493
What is the life expectancy in Shellbrook No. 493?
Women in Shellbrook No. 493’s region live to 79.6 on average and men to 74.5, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How far is Shellbrook No. 493 from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Shellbrook No. 493 live: 17 km to a clinic, 26 km to a pharmacy.
How is Shellbrook No. 493’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Shellbrook No. 493 has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Shellbrook No. 493?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the less healthy side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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).