WeedonQuebec

The town has 2,845 residents and lies in Quebec. Statistics Canada places it in the Le Haut-Saint-François census division.

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Population

2,845

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

56.4

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

44%

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 Weedon a good place to live?

Residents are healthier than most (A−). Weedon grades B+ overall, better than two thirds of Canadian towns. The ranking puts it #268 of 499 in Quebec. What counts against it is jobs & income (D). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living, B for walkability and B for hazard risk.

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.

StrongestA⁻HealthWeakestDJobs & income

How Weedon grades

Each subject compares Weedon 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 & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedDOpen →HealthAhead of most towns comparedA⁻Open →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentB⁺Open →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostBOpen →Cost of livingBetter than most of the towns comparedBOpen →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesBOpen →

SchoolsWe don’t grade schools in Quebec. The reason: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Weedon stand out

The 3 things Weedon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

Canadian towns centre on 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

32% are 65 or over

For the middle of Canadian towns, 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.8 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $150,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Weedon.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Household incomes in Weedon are lower than in 96% of Canadian towns

9%walk, cycle or take transit

Commutes averaged 29 min, above Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. 90% of commuters drove, near both Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van90%

Walk8%

Public transit1%

Census 2021	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	29 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	90%	90%	89%

$54,400

median household income, 2020

16%

worked from home, May 2021

47%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment7.1% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work9% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to110 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Sherbrooke

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

HealthHealth A⁻

Residents of Weedon live 38 km from the nearest hospital on average

57%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Région de l'Estrie

Across the region, 57% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Quebec (57%). Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, below Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 82.9 years at birth, 84.8 for women and 81.0 for men.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Weedon57%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Weedon	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

38 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

23 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageWeedon’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Getting care38 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 23 km away on average Health survey57% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised 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

Climate

Precipitation in Weedon tops that of 93% of Canadian towns: 1,324 mm a year

25.3°CJuly afternoons

The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −16.5°C, below both Quebec’s towns (−14.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). July is the wettest month, with 140 mm of rain and snow on average. December is the snowiest month, with 81 cm on average. In July, daytime highs in Weedon average 25.3°C.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.2°C

Spring10.4°C

Summer24.1°C

Autumn12.9°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	358 cm	217 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,324 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	181	161	159
January night low	−16.5°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C

358 cm

of snow a year

181

days with frost a year

167

days with precipitation a year

Full pageWeedon’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,324 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.3°C, January lows −16.5°C Snow358 cm of snow a year Weather station34 km to the station · Sherbrooke

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

SafetySafety B⁺

Weedon’s grade for safety: a B+

50Crime Severity Index

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: Haut-Saint-François MRC

Property crime in its police area ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). 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).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202355

202452

202544

2023–2025	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	11.6	16.6	31.2
Crime Severity Index	50	56	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

47%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageWeedon’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety50 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Weedon’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Weedon safe?”

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

Who lives here

22% of Weedon’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

56.4median age

1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.2% of residents, below Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

WeedonQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

32%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree35%

Postsecondary qualification44%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.2% of Weedon

Of the 2021 count, 1,285 were women and 1,380 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).

Who lives in Weedon
	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	13%	17%	16%
15 to 64	55%	62%	64%
65+	32%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	35%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	44%	59%	56%

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English and French22% speak both · 78% speak French but not English Ages56.4 median age · 32% are 65 or over Households1,285 households · 2 people per household Immigrants2% belong to a visible minority

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

Weedon is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Gouvernement du Québec

Lowwildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

Radon tests for the Estrie health region

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.041 for each $1,000 of buildings, about level with Canadian towns ($0.030) and below Quebec’s towns ($0.14). Radon is about average around Weedon: 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

Weedon7.3%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.041	$0.14	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	7.3%	8.2%	6.6%

$0.041

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

Low

wildfire band

16 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

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

Flood2 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.041 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

HousingCost of living B

Weedon’s grade for cost of living: a B

$150,000median home value, 2021BCost of living Grade

11% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 77% of households.

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

Weedon$150,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	11%	13%	18%
Households owning their home	77%	70%	74%
Rent as a share of income	18%	18%	20%

$560

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$675

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Cost of living2.8 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $150,000, against the median household income Renting$560 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters77% own their home

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.

Weather

Weedon in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −4°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

In November, the normal is 91 mm of rain and snow. About 28 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −17°C in January. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Val-des-Sources forecast, on the Weather page.

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

November6°C

December−1°C

January−5°C

February−3°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−3°C	−14°C	309 mm
Spring	10°C	−2°C	305 mm
Summer	24°C	11°C	396 mm
Autumn	13°C	1°C	315 mm

−4°C

a normal November night

91 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageWeedon’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 (Sherbrooke); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Eugène Gagné heads the council of Weedon as mayor

The Liberal Party of Canada has 44 of the 78 MPs elected in Quebec.

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

Member of ParliamentMarianne Dandurand Provincial legislatureMégantic

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C

Bibliothèque De Weedon (Secteur Saint-Gerard) and Bibliothèque De Weedon (Secteur Weedon) are Weedon’s two public libraries

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Weedon in particular.

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The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong2.5 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

The nearest provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), is 8.6 km from Weedon

0.6%of the land within 10 km protected

0.6% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Weedon0.6%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	0.6%	4.9%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	10	4

8.6 km

to Frontenac National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

Full pageWeedon’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas8 protected areas within 10 km · Frontenac National Park (Québec)National & provincial parks8.6 km to a provincial park · Frontenac National Park (Québec)

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

Schools

The nearest high school to Weedon is 23 km away

1school within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-CoeurIn WeedonElementary	Elementary	–	French public

Schools within 3 km	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	23 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

23 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageWeedon’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school1 elementary school Language0 of 1 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Weedon?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in Quebec, the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

History

Weedon keeps its older homes: 38% from before 1961

1historic place

Canada’s heritage registers list 1 historic place inside the town. 2 more stand just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Maison Laplante 1880

1880

oldest construction date on the record

38%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Weedon	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	38%	21%	18%

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Older homes38% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%On the registersOne historic place inside the town Questions“How many historic places does Weedon 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 Weedon

15pages on Weedon

The big questions

SafetyB⁺Crime Severity Index 50 Housing & costBHomes 2.8 × income Property pricesSchoolsOne school within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 82.9 in its region Work & commuteD49% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors0.6% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56.4 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from around Weedon

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

Their page →

Napoléon-Pierre TanguayCanadian politician · 1862–1927

Eva TanguayCanadian singer and film actor · born in Dudswell · 1878–1947

Louis-Émile BeauregardCanadian sculptor · born in Dudswell · 1922–1989

About Weedon

Town in Quebec

The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Weedon 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: 2,845 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Le Haut-Saint-François
Census subdivision: 2441098

Weedon’s neighbours

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

DudswellStratfordWeedon

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Weedon	2,845	—	B⁺	B	B⁺	A⁻
Dudswell	1,850	13	—	A⁻	B⁺	A⁻
Stratford	1,062	16	—	B	B⁺	A⁻

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

Questions about Weedon

Is Weedon a young town or an old one?

The typical resident is 56.4 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 32% of the population and under-15s at 13%.

What kind of homes are in Weedon?

Single-detached houses make up 79% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments.

Has Weedon grown?

No: the census counted 2,670 in 2016 and 2,667 in 2021, 0.1% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 2,845.

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).