Photo: Adqproductions · CC BY-SA 3.0A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of Canadian towns, at 6.4%
With a median age of 46.4, Hébertville is older than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Some 2,588 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. Residents with no religion account for 20%. The share of immigrants is 0.8%, against 17% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Hébertville
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 35% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 70% of Canadian towns: 15%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Hébertville. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 99%, English 0.2%.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 88% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 81% of Canadian towns: 25%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In Hébertville, 17% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hébertville, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Hébertville households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 30%, above three fifths of Canadian towns. At 7.4%, the share of one-parent families is lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners: 30%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns: 79%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Renter households: 21% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
$69,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Hébertville’s median household took in $69,500 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. 26% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
0.8% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Here 0.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%.
80% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 1.2%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Hébertville sits below 81% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (15%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (2,536 to 2,643 people), the 17th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from City Commercial Core, at 32.7, to Brockville, at 67.7. The towns whose median age is nearest to Hébertville’s: Lambeth (45.6), South River Heights (46.2), Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove (46.8) and Saint-Chrysostome (46.8).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Hébertville
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hébertville | 2,588 | — | 46.4 | 25% | 0.8% |
| Hébertville-Station | 1,298 | 6.5 km | 42.8 | 20% | 0% |
| Saint-Bruno | 2,935 | 9.5 km | 38.4 | 17% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Gédéon | 2,349 | 12.5 km | 48 | 24% | 0.5% |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 13.3 km | 49.6 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Larouche | 1,734 | 13.4 km | 42.8 | 18% | 0% |
| Alma | 30,659 | 18.6 km | 48 | 25% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Hébertville’s residents
Is Hébertville bilingual?
English and French: 15% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 84%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Hébertville?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.8%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 2.2%.
What religion are people in Hébertville?
Most often Christian (80%) or no religion (20%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Hébertville good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Hébertville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hébertville?
Median total household income in Hébertville was $69,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hébertville?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,588 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Hébertville counted 2,500, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Hébertville?
Half the residents are older than 46.4 and half younger, older than 74% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).