Photo: Adqproductions · CC BY-SA 3.0Hébertville’s health region reports 66% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%
Life expectancy in the region is 81.8 years (83.2 for women, 80.4 for men, 2022/2024). What sets Hébertville apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 15 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Health gives Hébertville a grade of A, #307 of 503 in Quebec and #919 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Hébertville
Hospital care at a distance
For 0% of homes in Hébertville the nearest hospital is over 30 km off; from the town’s centre of population it is 14 km. 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.
Hébertville grades A 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: #307 of 503 in Quebec and #919 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.
The nearest hospital is 15 km from the average home in Hébertville
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Hébertville’s own, not the region’s.
Compared with 5.3 km for the typical town in Quebec and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Hébertville is on the far side.
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.
1.4 more years of life than regions as deprived
102 dots, 102 health regions: no town has its own life expectancy here, and Hébertville’s region shows above the trend.
The trend over 102 regions (correlation −0.83) is clear, and Hébertville’s region sits above it: 81.8 years where a score of 3.1 predicts 80.4. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 9 of the 10, around a median of 80.6 years. Lower incomes, longer lives: about $69,000 a household, under most regions’, with a life expectancy above most; income and lifespan correlate at only 0.14 across regions.
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.
21% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 9% diabetes
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
On weight the region is ordinary for Quebec: 30% report obesity, the province 29%. At 29%, heavy drinking beats the provincial 22%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Life expectancy across the 18 health regions in Quebec
Regional life expectancy in Quebec, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 18 health regions in Quebec, 9th place goes to this one, between a low of 65.2 and a high of 84.1.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Hébertville’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
64% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Quebec (56%)
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 Quebec, 72% very good or excellent to 64%; 14% 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.
Further from a hospital than most towns its size: Hébertville comes 28th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,536 to 2,642 people, median 8.3 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosetown SK B+ | 2,600 | 0.4 km | 54% |
| 2 | City Commercial Core ON A | 2,581 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 3 | Berwick NS C− | 2,631 | 0.9 km | 44% |
| 26 | Kinburn ON A | 2,639 | 13 km | 56% |
| 27 | Brooke-Alvinston ON C | 2,557 | 15 km | 49% |
| 28 | Hébertville QC A | 2,588 | 15 km | 66% |
| 29 | Saint-Polycarpe QC A− | 2,549 | 15 km | 55% |
| 30 | Saint-Chrysostome QC A− | 2,641 | 19 km | 55% |
| 40 | High Prairie AB D− | 2,607 | 41 km | 48% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Hébertville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hébertville | 15 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Hébertville-Station 6.5 km | 11 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Saint-Bruno 9.5 km | 8.4 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Saint-Gédéon 13 km | 8.5 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 13 km | 2.6 km | 66% | 81.8 | A+ |
| Larouche 13 km | 12 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
| Alma 19 km | 2.8 km | 66% | 81.8 | A |
Same region, same survey: Hébertville’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital. Residents of Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix live nearer a hospital, at 2.6 km against 15 km in Hébertville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Hébertville’s own.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Hébertville
How healthy is Hébertville?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 15%.
How is Hébertville’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Hébertville’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Hébertville from a hospital?
In a straight line from where people in Hébertville live: 2.6 km to a clinic, 10 km to a pharmacy.
What is the life expectancy in Hébertville?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Hébertville’s health region only: 83.2 years for women and 80.4 for men (2022/2024).
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).