Character Profile
Ned Yost
Ned Yost works the counters of Hope Valley's stores and pharmacy, the amiable clerk who knows every customer's order and every rumor in the valley - the town's quiet infrastructure in an apron.
Character Overview
About Ned Yost
Ned Yost works the counters of Hope Valley's stores and pharmacy, the amiable clerk who knows every customer's order and every rumor in the valley - the town's quiet infrastructure in an apron.
His story is proof of the show's small-scale charm: an unassuming man whose steadiness makes him a fixture of Hope Valley life and a trusted friend to its busiest gossips.
- Mercantile clerk
- Kind
- Conscientious
- Unnoticed but dependable
Story Role
Role in the Story
supporting
Relationships
Key Relationships
Ned's daily rounds put him beside Hope Valley's mercantile family - trading pleasantries with Florence Blakeley and Leland Coulter and keeping the town's commerce and its community news flowing in equal measure.
Allies
- Leland Coulter — Merchant colleague
Family & Affiliations
Family and Affiliations
Family
Affiliations
- Hope Valley, Alberta
Portrayed By
Actors Who Play Ned Yost
- Hrothgar Mathews — Ned Yost
Media
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Sources
About This Profile
- Official references count: 1
- Public references count: 1
Character Importance
Role Significance
- Status: Active
- Role: recurring
- Shows: When Calls the Heart
- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 21
Episode Timeline
Appearance Timeline
Season 1
- E1 — Lost and Found (Jan 11, 2014)
- E2 — Cease and Desist (Jan 18, 2014)
- E3 — A Telling Silence (Jan 25, 2014)
- E4 — Secrets and Lies (Feb 1, 2014)
- E5 — The Dance (Feb 8, 2014)
- E8 — Perils of the Soloists (Mar 1, 2014)
- E9 — Change of Heart (Mar 8, 2014)
- E10 — Love Comes First (Mar 15, 2014)
Season 2
- E4 — Awakenings & Revelations (May 23, 2015)
Season 8
- E12 — The Kiss (May 9, 2021)
Season 9
- E1 — In Like a Lion (Mar 6, 2022)
- E2 — Out Like a Lamb (Mar 13, 2022)
- E3 — Turn of the Page (Mar 20, 2022)
- E4 — Straight from the Heart (Mar 27, 2022)
- E6 — Past, Present, Future (Apr 10, 2022)
- E11 — Smoke on the Water (May 15, 2022)
- E12 — Rock, A Bye, Baby (May 22, 2022)
Season 12
- E1 — The Mountie Way (Jan 5, 2025)
- E4 — Dancing Teens (Jan 26, 2025)
- E7 — Dance the Night Away (Feb 16, 2025)
- E9 — Buried Treasure (Mar 2, 2025)
Story Arc
Ned Yost Arc by Season
Season 11
- Ned Yost approaches Lucas's telephone call to say he also wants to be on it, since he set the call up.
- At the Mercantile, Molly, Ned and Florence read Randall Rockwell's article, and Ned encourages Rosemary to get a source so she can beat him to it.
Source: S11E2
Season 12
- Rosemary's first radio hour goes out with Ned running the control board.
- Henry brokers a deal letting the children work for Ned Yost in exchange for the comics they cannot afford.
Source: S12E2
Season 13
- Ned digs out extra jars from the back of the store.
- Florence and Ned fall out over a box of keepsakes and make up when Ned writes down his favourite memories of her.
- Nathan waits for Florence to leave the shop so he can ask Ned for an engagement ring in private, and Ned makes him promise to keep it a secret.
Shows & Episodes
