Health in Wynyard · CCHS 2023/2024, Statistics Canada
More smokers around Wynyard: 20% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%
Self-rated health is ordinary for Saskatchewan: 49% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 49%. What sets Wynyard apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Wynyard a grade of C−.
Wynyard’s region sits 2.9 years below the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 20.0 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Below the trend for its deprivation
For a deprivation score of 3.0, the trend across regions gives 80.8 years of life; Wynyard’s region reaches only 78.6. For its deprivation ↓
A long way to a pharmacy
Picking up a prescription in Wynyard takes a trip of 64 km on average to the nearest mapped pharmacy. Getting care ↓
A heavier load of illness
For its ages, the region carries more long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 32% of adults, diabetes for 10%. Conditions and habits ↓
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.
Health Grade
Wynyard 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 (0.8 km)Better than 96% 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
Life expectancy across the 7 health 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
The region comes 4th of 7 in Saskatchewan, where life expectancy runs from 70.0 to 81.4 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Residential instability3.2
Economic dependency4.3
Ethno-cultural composition1.7
Situational vulnerability3.2
The index is context and never graded: it describes Wynyard’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.
For its deprivation
Behind regions as deprived by 2.2 years of life
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Wynyard’s, lies beneath the trend.
Situational vulnerability: residents’ average quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprivedLife expectancy at birth (years)
The trend through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a region scored 3.0 about 80.8 years of life. Wynyard’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.
Getting care
The nearest hospital is 0.8 km from the average home in Wynyard
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Wynyard’s own, not the region’s.
Hospital
0.8 km
residents’ average distance
the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km
Clinic
0.7 km
community health centre or clinic, residents’ average
Pharmacy
64 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
Residents of Wynyard are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Saskatchewan is 2.2 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
32% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 10% diabetes
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
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.
Health survey
Self-rated health much as in Saskatchewan: 48% 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
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
Mental health beats Saskatchewan as well: 54% very good or excellent to 50%, with 18% facing stressful days.
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. 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.
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Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Wynyard shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
Questions about health in Wynyard
How is Wynyard’s Health Grade worked out?
Not so far; the grade arrives with Canada’s grading run and will set the region’s figures, plus Wynyard’s own distance to care, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Wynyard?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Wynyard’s health region only: 80.8 years for women and 76.5 for men (2022/2024).
How healthy is Wynyard?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out behind the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 20%.
How far is Wynyard from a hospital?
For everyday care, Wynyard’s residents are 64 km from a pharmacy and 0.7 km from a clinic on average.