HatleyQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#34 of 2,556

It grew by 6% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. Some 2,512 people live in this town, in Quebec.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population

2,512

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

75%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Hatley a good place to live?

A solid town with one catch. Households here earn well (A+). People here tend to be in good health (A). Most journeys need a car (C−). The typical owner put their home at $400,000 in 2021: 3.9 years of the median household’s income. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #21 of 499 in Quebec. Nationally, it does better than 98% of Canadian towns.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁺Jobs & income AHealth A⁻SafetyWeakestC⁻Walkability

How Hatley grades

Each subject compares Hatley with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Jobs & incomeAmong the best of the towns comparedA⁺Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesAOpen →SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA⁻Open →WalkabilityWeaker than most of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnB⁺Open →Hazard riskNear typical for the towns comparedBOpen →

SchoolsBecause the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, towns in Quebec aren’t graded on schools.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Hatley stand out

The 3 things Hatley does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

4% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

63% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Jobs & income

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on jobs & income

Its jobs & income grade: A+.

Health

Better than 92%

of Canadian towns on health

Its health grade: A.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hatley.

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Commuters in Hatley have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 95% of commuters, higher than both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk3%

Public transit1%

Census 2021	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	22 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	95%	90%	89%

$102,000

median household income, 2020

28%

worked from home, May 2021

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageHatley’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment4.1% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to475 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Sherbrooke

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

HealthHealth A

Hatley is graded an A for health

57%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Région de l'Estrie

Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Hatley’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 9.8 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.9, with women at 84.8 and men at 81.0. Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 57% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Hatley57%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	14%	15%	17%
Very good or excellent health	57%	56%	52%
Life expectancy at birth	82.9	82.5	81.5

82.9

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

9.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

4.9 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageHatley’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey57% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care9.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 4.9 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84.8, men 81.0 Conditions and habits14% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

SafetySafety A⁻

For the force that serves Hatley, the Crime Severity Index is 40, below Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

40Crime Severity Index

The violent index for its police area came to 58, lower than both Quebec’s towns (88) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 7.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. On top of that, the force’s area logs 8.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Hatley doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from Memphrémagog MRC.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202345

202440

202535

2023–2025	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	7.9	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	40	56	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	58	88	86
Violent crime	8.2	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

40%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageHatley’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety40 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Hatley’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Hatley safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

HousingCost of living B⁺

Renting in Hatley costs 12% of household income, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

$400,000median home value, 2021B⁺Cost of living Grade

Owners make up nearly nine in ten households, above Quebec’s towns (70%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. One in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Hatley shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Sherbrooke metro area.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Hatley$400,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Rent as a share of income	12%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	89%	70%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	10%	13%	18%

$1,062

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$1,060

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageHatley’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,062 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living3.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $400,000, against the median household income Owners and renters89% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

Hatley is on Canada’s flood inventory: 3 listed, led by Ville de Sherbrooke

Lowwildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

The radon tests numbers here cover the Estrie health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.046 for each $1,000 of buildings, lower than Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and near Canadian towns ($0.030). Radon is about average around Hatley: 7.3% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Hatley7.3%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.046	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	7.3%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.046

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

5.4 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageHatley’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood3 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.046 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon7.3% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Who lives here

Hatley is more bilingual than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 62% speak both languages

50median age

6.8% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, above both Quebec’s towns (2.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.

HatleyQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

25%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree11%

Postsecondary qualification75%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 49.1% of Hatley

Of the 2021 count, 1,095 were women and 1,135 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).

Who lives in Hatley
	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	16%	17%	16%
15 to 64	60%	62%	64%
65+	25%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	11%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	75%	59%	56%

Full pageHatley’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French62% speak both · 31% speak French but not English Ages50 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households895 households · 2.5 people per household Immigrants7% are immigrants · 3% belong to a visible minority

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Outdoors

5 beaches lie within 5 km of Hatley

0.7%of the land within 10 km protected

The nearest provincial park, Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), is 12 km away. 9 protected areas lie within 10 km. Add to that, 0.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). No national park lies within 100 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Hatley0.7%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.7%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	0	10	4

12 km

to Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

Full pageHatley’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas9 protected areas within 10 km National & provincial parks12 km to a provincial park · Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Weather

Hatley in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −3°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Sherbrooke forecast. By December, a normal day reaches −1°C and a night falls to −10°C. About 26 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 70 mm of precipitation.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C

December−1°C

January−4°C

February−2°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−2°C	−13°C	217 mm
Spring	11°C	−1°C	235 mm
Summer	25°C	12°C	305 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	258 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

70 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageHatley’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Lennoxville); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

The council of Hatley is led by its mayor, Vincent Fontaine

Hatley sends one MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) to the National Assembly of Québec from Orford, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

Full pageHatley’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentMarianne Dandurand council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

Hatley’s public library is Bibliotheque De North Hatley

The library is 7.5 km from the centre of Hatley.

Full pageHatley’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong4 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

18 schools serve Hatley, 8 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade

18schools within 3 km

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 5 km off, above Quebec’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike. 3 of the 18 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec.

School	Level	Students	System
École primaire de North Hatley EnglishIn HatleyElementary	Elementary	–	English public
École Le Monarque (Val-du-Lac)Nearest secondary school, 1.1 kmAll grades	All grades	–	French public
École primaire de Lennoxville EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary	Elementary	–	English public

See all 18 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public13

Independent3

English public2

Schools within 3 km	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Nearest elementary school	5 km	0.5 km	0.5 km
Nearest secondary school	5 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
School boards	2	2	3

5 km

to the nearest secondary school

5 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageHatley’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school18 schools within 3 km · 8 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade Language3 of 18 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec The boards2 school boards · Centre de services scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke Questions“What schools are there in Hatley?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.

Climate

A middle-of-the-road climate: Hatley is close to most Canadian towns on every count

25.7°CJuly afternoons

December is the snowiest month, with 71 cm on average. Snowfall adds up to 291 cm a year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Also worth knowing: rain and snow peak in August, at 104 mm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.4°C

Spring10.8°C

Summer24.6°C

Autumn13.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	291 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	25.7°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,015 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	167	161	159

291 cm

of snow a year

167

days with frost a year

147

days with precipitation a year

Full pageHatley’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.7°C, January lows −14.9°C Rain and snow1,015 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow291 cm of snow a year Weather station8.6 km to the station · Lennoxville

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Lennoxville)

History

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Hatley

1historic place

Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 20% of homes, below Quebec’s towns (21%) but above Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Pont de Capelton 1870

1870

oldest construction date on the record

historic place just outside the town

Heritage	Hatley	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	20%	21%	18%

Full pageHatley’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes20% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Hatley have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hatley

15pages on Hatley

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 40 Housing & costB⁺Homes 3.9 × income Property pricesSchools18 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteA⁺63% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.7% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 50 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

L'Epopée De Capelton - Entrée de la Mine (visite sous terre) and 10 more in and around Hatley

What there is to see in Hatley and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumL'Epopée De Capelton - Entrée de la Mine (visite sous terre)in town

CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Michael, Sherbrooke4.6 km outside town, to the north

MuseumSherbrooke Nature and Science Museum4.7 km outside town, to the north · 40K visitors a year

MuseumSherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts4.9 km outside town, to the north

MuseumSherbrooke History Museum5 km outside town, to the north

MuseumUplands Cultural and Heritage Centre1.6 km outside town, to the north

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Cathedral Basilica of St Michael, Sherbrooke: Libertad-pb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum: Philip Bastarache, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts: Philip Bastarache, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sherbrooke History Museum: Philip Bastarache, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre: Cantons-de-l'Est, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Hatley

One notable person was born in Hatley; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

William BallCanadian skier · 1908–1979

Louis St. Laurent12th Prime Minister of Canada · born in Compton · 1882–1973

GarouCanadian singer · born in Sherbrooke · born 1972

Northrop FryeCanadian literary critic and literary t… · born in Sherbrooke · 1912–1991

Jean Charest29th Premier of Quebec · born in Sherbrooke · born 1958

Kim BoutinCanadian speed skater · born in Sherbrooke · born 1994

Photo credits

William Ball: Anonymous, Public domain · Louis St. Laurent: George Nakash, Public domain · Garou: Wojciech Pędzich, CC BY 4.0 · Northrop Frye: Ashoola, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kim Boutin: Laetitiapp, CC BY-SA 4.0

About Hatley

Town in Quebec

For Hatley, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Quebec, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 2,512 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Memphrémagog
Metro area: Sherbrooke
Census subdivision: 2445055

Hatley’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

WatervilleSherbrookeComptonSainte-Catherine-de-HatleyAscot CornerStokeHatley

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Hatley	2,512	—	A⁺	B⁺	A⁻	A
Waterville	2,643	3	A	B	A⁻	A
Sherbrooke	184,135	8.2	B⁺	C⁻	B	A⁺
Compton	3,351	11	A⁺	B⁻	A⁻	A
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley	2,938	12	A⁻	C⁺	A⁻	A
Ascot Corner	3,725	17	A	B⁺	B⁺	A
Stoke	3,272	19	A	B⁺	A⁻	A

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Hatley

Do people in Hatley speak French?

Almost everyone does. 62% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 31.2% speak French and no English.

Who are the people of Hatley?

At the 2021 census, 7% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 4% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

What kind of homes are in Hatley?

95% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.5 people; 20% are one person living alone.

Has Hatley grown?

It grew from 2,106 people in 2016 to 2,230 in 2021, up 5.9%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,512.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).