Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainLife expectancy around Swift Current No. 137 is 79.9 years, 1.6 less than for the typical Canadian town
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 49% in Saskatchewan. Closer to home, a hospital is 9.8 km from the average resident of Swift Current No. 137, further than the usual 3.7 km. Swift Current No. 137 grades B− for health.
What stands out about health in Swift Current No. 137
Far from a hospital
For 0% of homes in Swift Current No. 137 the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 12 km. 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.
Swift Current No. 137 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.
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 to hospital from Swift Current No. 137: 9.8 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Swift Current No. 137’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Swift Current No. 137 is on the far 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Swift Current No. 137’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Canada’s 102 health regions show life expectancy dropping as deprivation climbs (correlation −0.83); a region scored 3.1 would be expected to reach 80.5 years, and Swift Current No. 137’s region is close, at 79.9. Even beside regions as deprived, it lags: 7 of its 10 closest matches reach further, their median 80.9 years.
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.
In the region, high blood pressure (24%) and diabetes (8.2%)
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
Fewer adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 35%, the province 40%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
How the 7 health regions in Saskatchewan compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
This region is 3rd longest-lived of 7 in Saskatchewan, on a scale from 70.0 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Swift Current No. 137’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health beats Saskatchewan: 53% very good or excellent, against 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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Saskatchewan (52% against 50%), while 20% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Swift Current No. 137
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Current No. 137 | 9.8 km | 54% | 79.9 | B− |
| Swift Current 8.6 km | 3.1 km | 54% | 79.9 | B |
Nothing in the regional columns separates Swift Current No. 137 from its neighbours; the hospital distance is what does. Swift Current is the closest to care, 3.1 km to Swift Current No. 137’s 9.8 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Swift Current No. 137 itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Swift Current No. 137
How is Swift Current No. 137’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Swift Current No. 137’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Swift Current No. 137?
There is no figure for Swift Current No. 137 alone; its health region’s is 82.5 for women and 77.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Swift Current No. 137 from a hospital?
For everyday care, Swift Current No. 137’s residents are 8.3 km from a pharmacy and 9.5 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Swift Current No. 137?
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%.
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).