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BécancourQuebec

TownGrade

A⁺

#94 of 2,556

In Quebec, this town has 14,943 residents. It sits within the Trois-Rivières census metropolitan area.

5 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0

Population

14,943

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

64%

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 Bécancour a good place to live?

Where it does best is health (A−). Overall, Bécancour earns an A+: better than 95% of Canadian towns, and #54 of 499 in Quebec. Safety is a strength too (A−).

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. 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⁻Health A⁻Safety

How Bécancour grades

Each subject compares Bécancour 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

HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedA⁻Open →SafetyAbove the middle of the towns comparedA⁻Open →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesB⁺Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work beat most townsB⁺Open →Hazard riskBetter than most of the towns comparedB⁺Open →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carB⁻Open →

SchoolsThe ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, which leaves towns in Quebec without a schools grade.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Bécancour stand out

The 3 things Bécancour does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

The midpoint across Canadian towns is 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Unemployment rate, Census 2021

Work

4% unemployment

Of the labour force, against 10% for the median of Canadian towns

62% of residents 15 and over were in work, May 2021.

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.7 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $200,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bécancour.

HealthHealth A⁻

Bécancour’s health region reports 61% in very good or excellent health, ahead of the typical Canadian town’s 52%

61%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Measured across the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec: health survey and life expectancy

On average 14% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.6, women 83.3 and men 79.9 (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Bécancour’s is long: 9.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Bécancour61%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Bécancour	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

81.6

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

9.7 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

7.0 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageBécancour’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey61% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care9.7 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 7.0 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.3, men 79.9 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

SafetySafety A⁻

Bécancour earns an A− for safety

47Crime Severity Index

The index for the force that serves it came to 47, lower than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 12.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.4 per 1,000 people a year.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202346

202450

202543

2023–2025	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	12.5	16.6	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	64	88	86
Crime Severity Index	47	56	67
Violent crime	9.4	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

50%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageBécancour’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety47 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Bécancour’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Bécancour safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: Bécancour MRC

HousingCost of living B⁺

Rent takes less of local pay in Bécancour than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

$200,000median home value, 2021B⁺Cost of living Grade

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Trois-Rivières metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers three quarters of households.

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

Bécancour$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	16%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	75%	70%	74%

$1,017

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$860

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Renting$1,017 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living2.7 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Owners and renters75% 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.

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁺

Trips to work from Bécancour are shorter than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Walk4%

Public transit0%

Bicycle0%

Census 2021	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	23 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	95%	90%	89%

$75,000

median household income, 2020

18%

worked from home, May 2021

39%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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

Unemployment4.4% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to1,560 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Trois-Rivières

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

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

Lowwildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.13 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Little of the land around Bécancour has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Bécancour0%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	0%	8.2%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.13	$0.14	$0.030

$0.13

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

Low

wildfire band

8.1 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

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

Flood2 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.13 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon0% 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 · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region

Climate

July afternoons in Bécancour reach 25.1°C (Quebec towns 26.5°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)

25.1°CJuly afternoons

Some 274 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. December is the snowiest month, with 69 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to July: 125 mm on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.8°C

Spring9.1°C

Summer23.9°C

Autumn12.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	274 cm	217 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	25.1°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,101 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm
Days with frost a year	145	161	159

274 cm

of snow a year

145

days with frost a year

132

days with precipitation a year

Full pageBécancour’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.1°C, January lows −14.1°C Rain and snow1,101 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow274 cm of snow a year Weather station7.6 km to the station · Trois-Rivières

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Trois-Rivières)

Outdoors

Bécancour has 13 beaches within 5 km

6%of the land within 10 km protected

The Sentier de la Tourbière is the one mapped walking route close by. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 43 km away. CPCAD lists 42 protected areas within 10 km. 4.7 km out lies the largest, Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 2,821 ha.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Bécancour6%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	20	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	6%	4.9%	2.3%

43 km

to La Mauricie National Park

81 km

to Frontenac National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageBécancour’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Footpaths & routes1 named route · Sentier de la Tourbière Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas42 protected areas within 10 km · Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks43 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

Weather

Expect November days around 5°C in Bécancour, nights around −1°C

5°Ca normal November afternoon

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 88 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −9°C. Snow is normal by November, about 24 cm over the month. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Bécancour forecast.

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

November5°C

December−2°C

January−6°C

February−4°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−4°C	−12°C	244 mm
Spring	9°C	0°C	247 mm
Summer	24°C	15°C	325 mm
Autumn	12°C	5°C	285 mm

−1°C

a normal November night

88 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageBécancour’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 (Trois-Rivières); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Each seat on Bécancour’s council stands for 2,130 residents, more than in 88% of Quebec municipalities

The mayor of Bécancour is Pascal Blondin, who sits with 6 councillors.

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

Member of ParliamentLouis Plamondon council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁻

Bécancour’s public library works from 8 branches

The population Bécancour public library serves is 14,555.

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A year at the library3.1 visits per person served Places to belong1.1 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Schools

3 school boards share Bécancour

25schools within 3 km

Schooling in English is on offer at one of the 25; in Quebec, one in ten schools teach in it. Secondary school means a trip of 8 km at the nearest, above Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Its 3 km reach takes in 20 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, all of Bécancour’s schooling.

School	Level	Students	System
École alternative des PerséidesIn BécancourElementary	Elementary	–	French public
École MarquisIn BécancourAll grades	All grades	–	French public
École primaire anglophone de la Mauricie EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary	Elementary	–	English public

See all 25 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public21

Independent3

English public1

Schools within 3 km	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	8 km	1.2 km	1.2 km
Nearest elementary school	3.9 km	0.5 km	0.5 km
School boards	3	2	3

8 km

to the nearest secondary school

3.9 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageBécancour’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards3 school boards · Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy Every school25 schools within 3 km · 20 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade Language1 of 25 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Bécancour?”

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.

Who lives here

29% of Bécancour’s residents speak English and French (Quebec’s towns: 44%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

44median age

Over-65s are 22% of the population. 1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Also worth knowing: under 15: 17% of residents.

BécancourQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree16%

Postsecondary qualification64%

Women and men · all residents

49.1% of Bécancour’s residents are women

The 2021 census counted 6,660 women and 6,900 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Bécancour
	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	17%	17%	16%
15 to 64	61%	62%	64%
65+	22%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	16%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	64%	59%	56%

Full pageBécancour’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

English and French29% speak both · 71% speak French but not English Ages44 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households6,035 households · 2.2 people per household Immigrants2% are immigrants · 1% belong to a visible minority

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

History

Back to 1774 in Bécancour, with Moulin Michel

3historic places

The registers list 3 historic places inside the town, every one with the highest designation. At the 2021 census, 25% of homes dated from before 1961, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations3

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

1774

oldest construction date on the record

25%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Bécancour	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	25%	21%	18%

Full pageBécancour’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations3 top designations · Moulin Michel Older homes25% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Bécancour 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 Bécancour

15pages on Bécancour

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 47 Housing & costB⁺Homes 2.7 × income Property pricesSchools25 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 81.6 in its region Work & commuteB⁺62% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors6% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec and 24 more in and around Bécancour

Sights in Bécancour and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

MuseumCentre de la Biodiversité du Québecin town

National historic siteMoulin Michelin town

CathedralAssumption Cathedral2.1 km outside town, to the west

CathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet4.2 km outside town, to the southwest

MuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison1.9 km outside town, to the west

MuseumMaison Rocheleau2.1 km outside town, to the northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec: Pagé Émilie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moulin Michel: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Assumption Cathedral: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Trois-Rivières Prison: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maison Rocheleau: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from Bécancour

31 notable people were born in Bécancour.

See all 31 →

Denis VilleneuveCanadian film director and screenwriter · born 1967

Sam MontembeaultCanadian ice hockey player · born 1996

Louis-Zéphirin MoreauCanadian Catholic prelate, blessed · 1824–1901

Edmond LareauCanadian politician · 1848–1890

Joseph GaudetCanadian politician · 1818–1882

Louis Adolphe BillyCanadian politician · 1834–1907

Photo credits

Denis Villeneuve: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 · Sam Montembeault: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Louis-Zéphirin Moreau: J.E. Livernois, Public domain · Edmond Lareau: Archambault, Public domain · Joseph Gaudet: William James Topley, Public domain · Louis Adolphe Billy: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain

About Bécancour

Town in Quebec

TownRatings counts Bécancour as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Quebec; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 14,943 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Metro area: Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision: 2438010

Bécancour’s neighbours

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

Trois-RivièresNicoletChamplainSaint-MauriceSaint-WenceslasBécancour

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Bécancour	14,943	—	A⁺	B⁺	A⁻	A⁻
Trois-Rivières	149,934	12	B⁺	C⁺	B⁻	A
Nicolet	8,737	14	A	B⁺	B	A
Champlain	1,957	15	—	B⁻	A	A⁻
Saint-Maurice	3,804	18	A⁺	A	A	A⁻
Saint-Wenceslas	1,202	19	—	A	B	B⁺

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

Questions about Bécancour

Do people in Bécancour speak French?

French comes first: 70.6% speak it alone, while 29% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).

Is Bécancour growing?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 13,031 to 13,561 residents (up 4.1%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 14,943.

What kind of homes are in Bécancour?

Single-detached houses make up 69% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 34% of households are one person, and the average is 2.2.

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).