BatiscanQuebec
A town of 1,006 in Quebec. It lies in Francheville.
Is Batiscan a good place to live?
Recorded crime is low (A). A median home here was worth $200,000 at the census, or 3.1 times what the middle household earns in a year. Work and incomes lag (D).
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Batiscan has subject grades only.
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.
How Batiscan grades
Each subject compares Batiscan with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Batiscan has subject grades only.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Batiscan stand out
The 3 things Batiscan does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Batiscan.
Commuters in Batiscan travel further than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 29 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
The force covering Batiscan records less serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 52
Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Chenaux MRC
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 39 over 2023–25, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 11.2 per 1,000 people a year. Where it is policed, 9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 11.2 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 52 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 39 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 9 | 12.4 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
A flood study covers Batiscan: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Gouvernement du Québec
Shared with the rest of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests
Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.12 per $1,000 of buildings, near Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and higher than Canadian towns ($0.030).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.12 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Rent takes less of local pay in Batiscan than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 5% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. 84% of households are owner-occupiers.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 5% | 13% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 84% | 70% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 18% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $200,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
More adults feel healthy around Batiscan: 61% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
Homes here are 18 km from a hospital on average, above Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Lives in the region last 81.6 years on average (2022/2024): 83.3 for women, 79.9 for men.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 61% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.6 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec
28% of Batiscan’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)
1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 47.9% of Batiscan
460 women and 500 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Batiscan | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 31% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 60% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Winter nights bite in Batiscan: January lows of −16.9°C, colder than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns
Frosty days number 175 in a normal year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). A normal December brings 59 cm of snow, the most of any month. July is the wettest month, with 133 mm of rain and snow on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 253 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,138 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −16.9°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 175 | 161 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Fortierville)
In Batiscan, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −3°C nights
ECCC’s forecast for Bécancour is on the Weather page, hour by hour. The month after, December, normally sees −3°C afternoons and −11°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. In November, the normal is 82 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −15°C | 250 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 264 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 13°C | 343 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 3°C | 281 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Fortierville); the forecast is on the Weather page
One councillor per 140 residents: Batiscan is more closely represented than 99% of Quebec municipalities
Batiscan is in Champlain for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliothèque De Batiscan is Batiscan’s public library
It sits 0.8 km from the centre of Batiscan.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
The nearest high school to Batiscan is 4.6 km away
The schools around it answer to 2 boards, near Quebec’s towns (2) and lower than Canadian towns (3).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École des Champs-et-MaréesIn BatiscanElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Schools within 3 km | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 4.6 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · In Quebec, no schools grade. The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Few places match Batiscan for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest provincial park is Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 92 km from the edge of town. A drive of 41 km reaches La Mauricie National Park, the nearest national park. Within 10 km are 14 protected areas.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 10% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 11 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Batiscan keeps a building from 1708: Old presbytery of Batiscan
Counted by designation, there are 2 municipal citations. On the registers the town counts 3 historic places, one at the top. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1961 make up just over two fifths of the stock, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Batiscan | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 42% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Batiscan
Moulin Michel and 9 more within 40 km
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Batiscan; with it, the best known within 40 km.
National historic siteMoulin Michel4.5 km outside town, to the south
CathedralAssumption Cathedral28 km southwest
AttractionChemin du Roy40 km northeast
MuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison28 km southwest
GardenJoly de Lotbinière Estate37 km northeast
MuseumLa Cité de l'Énergie39 km westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Moulin Michel: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Assumption Cathedral: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chemin du Roy: Azumanga1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Trois-Rivières Prison: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joly de Lotbinière Estate: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Cité de l'Énergie: Sylvain Perron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from Batiscan
10 notable people were born in Batiscan.
About Batiscan
Town in Quebec
The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Batiscan 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
- 1,006 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Francheville
- Census subdivision
- 2437210
Batiscan’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batiscan | 1,006 | — | — | B+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | 1,172 | 3.3 | — | A | A− | A− |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 2,036 | 10 | — | B+ | A | B+ |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 1,137 | 11 | — | A− | A | B+ |
| Champlain | 1,957 | 12 | — | B− | A | A− |
| Saint-Stanislas | 1,040 | 17 | — | B+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 19 | — | B | A | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Batiscan
Do people in Batiscan speak French?
French comes first: 71.2% speak it alone, while 28% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
How old are the people of Batiscan?
The median resident is 58.4 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 31% are 65 or over.
What kind of homes are in Batiscan?
Single-detached houses make up 85% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 33% of households are one person, and the average is 2.
Is Batiscan growing?
It grew from 903 people in 2016 to 958 in 2021, up 6.1%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,006.
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).