Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0In Hérouxville, 8.8% of households rent their home, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
Half of Hérouxville’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 84% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town had about 1,570 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 625 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion: just over a quarter of the total. The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Hérouxville
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 34% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 95% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. At home: French 99%, English 0.7%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
Hérouxville’s population changed by +7% since 2016, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 15%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
In Hérouxville, 23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 14%, below 77% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
More one-person households than 63% of Canadian towns: 30%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Hérouxville: 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 97% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Hérouxville has 30%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 93% in Hérouxville, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
32% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $66,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $66,500, the middle household in Hérouxville earned 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 27% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Hérouxville sits above 58% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For Hérouxville, the census puts immigrants at 1.1%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
74% said they are Christian and 26% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Indigenous residents account for 2.2%.
Hérouxville ranks below 83% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 15%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Hérouxville, 15%, and 49% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
Employment: 52% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is older than Hérouxville
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hérouxville | 1,570 | — | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Tite | 3,759 | 8.7 km | 57.6 | 36% | 0.8% |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 12.5 km | 54.4 | 31% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 15.7 km | 50.8 | 28% | 2% |
| Saint-Stanislas | 1,040 | 18.7 km | 56.8 | 33% | 2.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Hérouxville’s residents
How diverse is Hérouxville?
Immigrants make up 1.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.7% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Hérouxville?
Christian: 74%. No religion: 26%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Hérouxville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 58% of households are couple families and 8.8% one-parent families. Schools near Hérouxville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hérouxville?
$66,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Hérouxville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Hérouxville?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,570 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,367 in Hérouxville, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Hérouxville?
49.6 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Hérouxville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 20% are. Another 80% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
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).