Life expectancy around Shellbrook is 77.0 years, 4.5 less than for the typical Canadian town
Across the region, 47% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Saskatchewan as a whole reaches 49%. What sets Shellbrook apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.1 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Shellbrook is C−.
What stands out about health in Shellbrook
Smoking runs high
Around Shellbrook, 15% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate higher than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A heavier load of illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 25% of adults, diabetes for 17%. Conditions and habits ↓
No pharmacy close by
From the average home in Shellbrook, a pharmacy is 21 km away, a longer trip than most Canadians make for medicine. 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.
Shellbrook 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%
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
Self-reported obesity, 44%, tops Saskatchewan (40%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
From Shellbrook, a hospital is 1.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Shellbrook, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Shellbrook is on the near side.
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.
Fewer people rate their health highly here than in Saskatchewan: 46% 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
On mental health the region tracks Saskatchewan, 50% very good or excellent to 50%; 22% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Barely ahead of regions as deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Shellbrook’s region is near the line.
At 4.1 on the index, regions tend to reach 77.0 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Shellbrook belongs to reaches 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.
Life expectancy across the 7 health 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
Of the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan, 5th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Shellbrook 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.
Health in the places around Shellbrook
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 | 1.1 km | 47% | 77.0 | C− |
| Shellbrook No. 493 17 km | 17 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
Only the hospital column is local here: Shellbrook and its neighbours share one health region’s survey. Shellbrook No. 493 is the furthest from care, 17 km to Shellbrook’s 1.1 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Shellbrook shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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.
Questions about health in Shellbrook
What is the life expectancy in Shellbrook?
Women in Shellbrook’s region live to 79.6 on average and men to 74.5, Statistics Canada’s 2022/2024 estimate.
How healthy is Shellbrook?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. Chronic conditions there average 21% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
How far is Shellbrook from a hospital?
For everyday care, Shellbrook’s residents are 21 km from a pharmacy and 0.5 km from a clinic on average.
How is Shellbrook’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Shellbrook’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
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).