Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Health in Waldheim trails 98% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 47% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Saskatchewan’s 49%. For Waldheim itself the measure is access, and it lags: 22 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Waldheim grades D− for health.
What stands out about health in Waldheim
A region where lives run shorter
Waldheim’s region sits 4.5 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 19.8 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Smoking runs high
The age-standardised smoking rate around Waldheim is well above the typical town’s; 15% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Waldheim’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 22 km. Getting care ↓
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 ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Waldheim 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.
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 region is 5th 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
This is the one part of the block measured for Waldheim 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.
25% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 17% diabetes
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
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.
Getting to hospital from Waldheim: 22 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Waldheim, weighted by who lives there.
Waldheim 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which edges past the trend
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Waldheim’s region shows close to the trend.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Waldheim’s region is a typical case: 77.0 years at a score of 4.1, where the trend says 77.0. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores outlive it (6 of 10, median 78.7 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.
46% in the region call their health very good or excellent, fewer than in Saskatchewan (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
Mental health is close to the province’s: 50% rate it very good or excellent, against 50% in Saskatchewan, and 22% find most days quite stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Health in the places around Waldheim
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldheim | 22 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Laird No. 404 14 km | 23 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
| Rosthern No. 403 17 km | 17 km | 47% | 77.0 | D− |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Waldheim’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Waldheim alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- 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.
- 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 Waldheim
What is the life expectancy in Waldheim?
For the health region that includes Waldheim, women can expect 79.6 years and men 74.5 (2022/2024).
How far is Waldheim from a hospital?
For everyday care, Waldheim’s residents are 32 km from a pharmacy and 28 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Waldheim?
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 is Waldheim’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 Waldheim’s homes are from a hospital, 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).