Are you hoping to live a long and healthy life? As it turns out, where you live matters. A new study shows that some Canadian provinces have a much higher lifespan than others, with a decade difference in some cases. The study was conducted by Preszler Injury Lawyers using life expectancy data from Statistics Canada. It ranked all 13 provinces and territories and analyzed statistics for both men and women. Ultimately, it found that the average Canadian lives to be 81.34 years old, but the results varied from region to region.

What Province Has the Highest Life Expectancy? Canadians live the longest in Quebec, according to the study. Both men and women residing in La Belle Provence live for an average of 82.48 years, or 1.14 years longer than the national average. The report also found that Quebec offers the longest average life expectancy for men in Canada, at 80.78 years. Meanwhile, it’s only the second-highest province for aging women. Women in Quebec have an average life expectancy of 84.16 years, but in British Columbia, that number jumped slightly, to 84.3 years.

Which Other Provinces Have Long Lifespans? Ontario ranked a close second in the report, with an average life expectancy of 81.82 years. This, too, is above the national average. Women in Ontario had a life expectancy of 84.07 years, while men had a lower lifespan average of 79.57 years.

Prince Edward Island came in third place with an average life expectancy of 81.65 years (79.44 years for men and 83.79 years for women), while British Columbia ranked fourth with a lifespan average of 81.46 years (78.75 years for men). Alberta rounded out the Top 5 with a life expectancy of 80.22 years, including a provincial average of 82.64 years for women and 77.91 years for men.

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