Hébertville-StationQuebec
With 1,298 residents, it is a town in Quebec. It lies in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est.
Is Hébertville-Station a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A). Walkability is its weak spot (C+). The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and C+ for hazard risk.
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Hébertville-Station has subject grades only.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. 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.
How Hébertville-Station grades
Each subject compares Hébertville-Station with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Hébertville-Station has subject grades only.
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What makes Hébertville-Station stand out
The 3 things Hébertville-Station does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hébertville-Station.
Renting in Hébertville-Station costs 13% of household income, less than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers 72% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 13% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 7% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Around Hébertville-Station, 66% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
Across the region, life runs to 81.8 years on average: women 83.2, men 80.4, in 2022/2024. At 11%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Quebec. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, above Quebec’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Hébertville-Station’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 11 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Hébertville-Station shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Région du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 66% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.8 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Hébertville-Station has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.7°C
For the wettest month, look to July: 112 mm on average. A normal winter brings 271 cm of snow, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. In January, overnight lows in Hébertville-Station settle at −20.8°C. Gardeners get 137 frost-free days, from 17 May to 2 October.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 23.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 271 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −20.8°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 187 | 161 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Roberval)
Hébertville-Station is graded a B+ for safety
The force’s area logs 11.6 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 50 over 2023–25, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across Lac-Saint-Jean-Est MRC, with Hébertville-Station one part of it.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 11.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 50 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Working-age people in Hébertville-Station are more likely to have a job than in 95% of Canadian towns
Getting to work takes 24 min on average.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Shaking costs buildings in Hébertville-Station $0.27 a year per $1,000 of value, 9 times the typical town’s
Wildfire is rare near Hébertville-Station: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.001% a year. 2.8% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below both Quebec’s towns (8.2%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). No flood study for Hébertville-Station is on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.27 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 2.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean health region
A normal November in Hébertville-Station runs from −5°C to 2°C
ECCC’s forecast for Alma is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees −6°C afternoons and −15°C nights. November normally sees 71 mm of precipitation. Expect around 39 cm of snow in November.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −8°C | −18°C | 166 mm |
| Spring | 7°C | −4°C | 193 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 12°C | 302 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | 1°C | 250 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Roberval); the forecast is on the Weather page
Hébertville-Station sends Mario Simard (Bloc Québécois) to the Commons from Jonquière
Statistics Canada lists Hébertville-Station as a village.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliothèque Publique D'Hebertville-Station is Hébertville-Station’s public library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Hébertville-Station.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
11 km from Hébertville-Station to Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
7.2 km out lies the largest, 02351R003 Biological Refuge, at 236 ha. Within 10 km of the town, 0.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. 4 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.7% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 3 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
15% of Hébertville-Station’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.4% of Hébertville-Station
In 2021 there were 620 women to 610 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 22% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 59% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
No high school in or near Hébertville-Station: the closest is 6.5 km off
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École du Bon ConseilIn Hébertville-StationElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 6.5 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
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.
The registers record 1 historic place in Hébertville-Station
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Hébertville-Station | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 30% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Hébertville-Station
Famous people from around Hébertville-Station
No notable person born in Hébertville-Station is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Lucien Bouchard: Lionel_jospin_UdeM.jpg : Antoine Taveneaux derivative work: — Riba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mélanie Turgeon: Hans Bezard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michel Marc Bouchard: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marc-André Bédard: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Hébertville-Station
Town in Quebec
The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Hébertville-Station is one census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings describes all of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,298 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
- Census subdivision
- 2493025
Hébertville-Station’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hébertville-Station | 1,298 | — | — | A | B+ | A |
| Saint-Bruno | 2,935 | 3.1 | A+ | A | B+ | A |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 6.5 | A+ | A | B+ | A |
| Saint-Gédéon | 2,349 | 7.8 | — | A | B+ | A |
| Larouche | 1,734 | 11 | — | A | B+ | A |
| Alma | 30,659 | 12 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 15 | A | A | B+ | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Hébertville-Station
Who are the people of Hébertville-Station?
At the 2021 census, 0% were immigrants and 1% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 5% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Do people in Hébertville-Station speak French?
Almost everyone does. 15% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 85% speak French and no English.
What kind of homes are in Hébertville-Station?
71% 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 2.3 people; 31% are one person living alone.
Is Hébertville-Station growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 1,311 to 1,229 residents (6.3% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 1,298.
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).