Health in Watrous · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
Watrous’ health region counts 20% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%
In the health survey, 49% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Saskatchewan’s 49%. For Watrous itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Watrous grades C− for health.
Saskatchewan: 49% · Area-wide: very good or excellent health, chronic conditions, smokers and life expectancy, counted over the South East health region
Chronic conditions
20%
arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure: average share
Born around Watrous, a child can expect 2.9 fewer years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 20.0 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Fewer years than its deprivation would give
Regions scoring 3.0 on the deprivation index typically live 80.8 years; Watrous’ region, at 78.6, falls short. For its deprivation ↓
No pharmacy close by
The nearest pharmacy on OpenStreetMap is 37 km from the average home in Watrous, so prescriptions mean a drive. Getting care ↓
Long-term conditions run high
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure are commoner here than in the typical town’s region, even for its ages: 32% report high blood pressure and 10% diabetes. Conditions and habits ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Health Grade
Watrous 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.
Very good or excellent health (49%)Better than 32% of Canadian towns
Chronic conditions (20%)Better than 14% of Canadian towns
Smokers (20%)Better than 2% of Canadian towns
Life expectancy (78.6)Better than 16% of Canadian towns
Distance to a hospital (0.7 km)Better than 97% of Canadian towns
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.
The wider area
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan
Regional life expectancy in Saskatchewan, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
78.6
years at birth, 2022/2024
20.0
more years expected at 65
4th
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
Among the 7 regions in Saskatchewan, from 70.0 to 81.4 years, this one is 4th.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.5
Economic dependency3.6
Ethno-cultural composition2.1
Situational vulnerability2.5
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Watrous’ 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.
For its deprivation
Behind regions as deprived by 2.2 years of life
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Watrous’ region, below the line, stands for every town in it.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
Deprivation accounts for much of the spread between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), but not for all of Watrous’ region’s: 78.6 years where the line expects 80.8 at 3.0. All 10 regions closest to it on the index live longer; their middle figure is 80.3 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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 0.7 km from the average home in Watrous
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Watrous’ own, not the region’s.
Hospital
0.7 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.7 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
37 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
Compared with 2.2 km for the typical town in Saskatchewan and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Watrous is on the near side.
In the region, high blood pressure (32%) and diabetes (10%)
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
32%
Arthritis
25%
Diabetes
10%
Obese (self-reported)
47%
Mood disorder
10%
Anxiety disorder
13%
Habits · 2023/2024
Smoke daily or now and then
20%
Smoke every day
17%
Heavy drinking
23%
Flu shot in the past year
39%
Saskatchewan
Obesity runs higher than in the province, at 47% of adults against 40% for Saskatchewan. Heavy drinking runs above the province, 23% to 20%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight.
Health survey
48% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to Saskatchewan (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
48%
Health fair or poor
16%
Mental health very good or excellent
54%
Mental health fair or poor
13%
Most days quite a bit stressful
18%
Strong sense of belonging
77%
Satisfied with life
88%
Saskatchewan
More adults here report very good or excellent mental health than across Saskatchewan (54% against 50%), while 18% call most days stressful.
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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What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
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Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
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Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Watrous shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
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Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
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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 Watrous
How is Watrous’ Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Watrous’ own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Watrous?
There is no figure for Watrous alone; its health region’s is 80.8 for women and 76.5 for men in 2022/2024.
How healthy is Watrous?
On every regional measure, the region does worse than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 20% of adults.
How far is Watrous from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Watrous is 0.7 km from a clinic and 37 km from a pharmacy.
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