Photo: Masterhatch · CC020% of adults smoke in the health region around Weyburn, against 12% for the typical Canadian town
Self-rated health is ordinary for Saskatchewan: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 49%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.9 km from the average resident of Weyburn, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Health gives Weyburn a grade of C−, #89 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,366 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Weyburn
Shorter lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Weyburn runs 2.9 years behind the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 20.0 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Life expectancy short of what deprivation predicts
Weyburn’s region falls short of what its deprivation score of 3.0 predicts: 78.6 years against 80.8. For its deprivation ↓
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 ↓
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Weyburn is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.2 km away. 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.
Weyburn 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. Its place: #89 of 102 in Saskatchewan and #2,366 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 7 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
Ranked 4th of 7 in Saskatchewan: the regions span 70.0 to 81.4 years at birth.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
This is the one part of the block measured for Weyburn 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.
The region lives 2.2 years less than its deprivation predicts
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Weyburn’s region is below the line.
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 3.0 about 80.8 years of life. Weyburn’s region falls short of it, at 78.6. Among the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores, every one does better; they centre on 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.
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
Habits · 2023/2024
More adults report obesity than across Saskatchewan: 47%, the province 40%. At 23%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 20%.
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 0.9 km from the average home in Weyburn
Straight-line distances from each part of Weyburn, weighted by who lives there.
Weyburn is closer in 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.
About as many rate their health highly here as in Saskatchewan: 48% and 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 is ahead of Saskatchewan, 54% very good or excellent to 50%; 18% 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.
Closer to a hospital than most towns its size: Weyburn comes 1st of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (11,578 to 12,154 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 8.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weyburn SK C− | 11,871 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 2 | Nelson BC A | 12,126 | 1.3 km | 55% |
| 3 | South Cameron ON B+ | 11,804 | 1.9 km | 52% |
| 40 | Mont-Tremblant QC A− | 11,879 | 25 km | 60% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Weyburn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weyburn | 0.9 km | 49% | 78.6 | C− |
| Weyburn No. 67 5.1 km | 5.9 km | 49% | 78.6 | C− |
Weyburn and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Weyburn No. 67 is the furthest from care, 5.9 km to Weyburn’s 0.9 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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 Weyburn’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Weyburn
What is the life expectancy in Weyburn?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Weyburn’s health region only: 80.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Weyburn?
The region trails the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 20%.
How is Weyburn’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Weyburn: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How far is Weyburn from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Weyburn is 0.9 km from a clinic and 1.2 km from a pharmacy.
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).