[4] Since 2007 the name of Hérouxville has been known in the lexicon of Quebec as shorthand for intolerance, after the town's councillors instituted a "code of conduct" for an immigrant population which did not exist, in a move which was widely perceived as xenophobic and racist.

Historically, in popular usage, the terms "Saint-Timothé" and "Hérouxville" were often juxtaposed to designate the town, the village, the station, the post office, the municipality, the school board, etc.

Completed in 1880, the railway from Trois-Rivières reached Grandes-Piles (Saint-Jacques-des-Piles), causing a rush in forestry industry up to the Haute-Mauricie (Upper-Mauricie) area.

Agriculture has played an important role in the history of Hérouxville, including providing supplies for missions and projects of the St-Maurice Valley.

The mayor and the municipal council approved a code of behavior for immigrants, which occurred in the context of a debate on "reasonable accommodation" for other cultures in Quebec.

[17] La Presse columnist Alain Dubuc writes that Although Hérouxville's reaction was xenophobic, immigrants may not be the main target of this revolt ...

For small towns such as Hérouxville, the real threat to their identity has little to do with veil-clad Muslim women, it is the urban world that is gradually drifting away from the traditional model.

[This quote needs a citation]In a 2011 documentary, former councillor André Drouin claimed that the creation of the code was a "joke" designed to "provoke" the population in order to make things change.

The town centre is in the style of the seigneurial period: Rang Saint-Pierre, as Main Street, where the houses are never really distanced but deep soil.

Gradually, the seaplane base has developed a large tourist resort and for hunting and fishing stays in the northern regions.

[20] Population trend:[21] Mother tongue: Note: According to the federal census of 2021, 270 inhabitants of Hérouxville have some knowledge of French and English.

The Mauricie's major rivers Saint-Maurice, Batiscan, Sainte-Anne (Les Chenaux) and their tributaries cross the territory of Mékinac RCM