YamachicheQuebec

It sits within the Trois-Rivières census metropolitan area. 2,801 people call this town in Quebec home.

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Population

2,801

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

44.8

years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8

Postsecondary

47%

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%

TownGrade

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Is Yamachiche a good place to live?

Residents are healthier than most (A−). Police record less crime here than in most towns (A−). All told, that adds up to an A overall, better than 85% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #150 of 499 in Quebec. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for cost of living, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.

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

What makes Yamachiche stand out

The 2 things Yamachiche does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

2% are immigrants

The median of Canadian towns: 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

3 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

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

How Yamachiche grades

Each subject compares Yamachiche 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

HealthNear the top of the towns comparedA⁻Open →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentA⁻Open →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostB⁺Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesBOpen →Cost of livingNear typical for the towns comparedB⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workB⁻Open →

SchoolsThe schools grade is left out in Quebec, as the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yamachiche.

HealthHealth A⁻

Around Yamachiche, 61% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec

For Yamachiche itself the measure is access, and it lags: 8.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 14% of adults, close to Quebec’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 83.3 and men to 79.9, 81.6 years taken together (2022/2024).

61%very good or excellent healthA⁻Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Yamachiche61%

Quebec’s towns56%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Yamachiche	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

8.7 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

13%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

2.2 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageYamachiche’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey61% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care8.7 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 2.2 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⁻

The force covering Yamachiche records less serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 61

The index for the force that serves it came to 44, below both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Violence across its police area runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents of its police area, 12.6 property crimes are reported each year.

44Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202337

202451

202545

2023–2025	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	12.6	16.6	31.2
Violent Crime Severity Index	61	88	86
Crime Severity Index	44	56	67
Violent crime	9.3	12.4	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

51%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageYamachiche’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety44 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Yamachiche’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Yamachiche safe?”

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

A flood study covers Yamachiche: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Gouvernement du Québec

Measured across the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region: radon tests

Fire seldom reaches Yamachiche: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). Earthquakes are expected to cost $0.14 a year for every $1,000 of buildings, close to Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and above Canadian towns ($0.030).

Lowwildfire bandB⁺Hazard risk Grade

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

Yamachiche0%

Quebec’s towns8.2%

Canadian towns6.6%

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

$0.14

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

Low

wildfire band

13 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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

FloodOne flood study on record WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 Earthquakes$0.14 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

Climate

Yamachiche has colder winter nights than 77% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in July, at 103 mm. Some 213 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). December is the snowiest month, with 56 cm on average.

25.7°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.7°C

Spring10.0°C

Summer24.7°C

Autumn12.6°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Snowfall a year	213 cm	217 cm	141 cm
January night low	−16.4°C	−14.7°C	−13.5°C
July afternoon high	25.7°C	26.5°C	25.5°C
Precipitation a year	948 mm	1,041 mm	883 mm

213 cm

of snow a year

128

days with precipitation a year

Full pageYamachiche’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.7°C, January lows −16.4°C Rain and snow948 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow213 cm of snow a year Weather station19 km to the station · Nicolet

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

Weather

Expect November days around 5°C in Yamachiche, nights around −3°C

About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −10°C. In November, the normal is 75 mm of rain and snow. Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −16°C by night.

5°Ca normal November afternoon

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

November5°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−14°C	195 mm
Spring	10°C	−1°C	209 mm
Summer	25°C	14°C	284 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	260 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

75 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageYamachiche’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 (Nicolet); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Steeve Boulanger leads Yamachiche as mayor

For the National Assembly of Québec, Yamachiche votes in Maskinongé; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is.

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

Member of ParliamentYves Perron council seats7

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade D

Yamachiche has two public libraries, Bibliothèque De Yamachiche (J.-Alide-Pellerin) and Bibliothèque Denise-L.-Noël

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

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The libraries2 Libraries Places to belong0.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

HousingCost of living B⁻

Yamachiche’s grade for cost of living: a B−

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 69% of households. Yamachiche shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Trois-Rivières metro area.

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

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

Yamachiche$200,000

Quebec$300,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	7%	13%	18%
Rent as a share of income	18%	18%	20%
Households owning their home	69%	70%	74%

$1,017

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$770

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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

Cost of living3 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $200,000, against the median household income Renting$1,017 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Owners and renters69% 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.

Outdoors

The outdoors around Yamachiche

Of the country within 10 km, 5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 9.7 km out lies the largest, Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 4,676 ha. Count 15 protected areas within 10 km of town. Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 75 km.

5%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Yamachiche5%

Quebec’s towns4.9%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	13	10	4
Protected land within 10 km	5%	4.9%	2.3%

31 km

to La Mauricie National Park

75 km

to Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageYamachiche’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas15 protected areas within 10 km · Îles de la Girodeau - Grande Île Water Fowl Gathering Area National & provincial parks31 km to a national park · La Mauricie National Park

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁻

Commuters in Yamachiche have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

By car: that was how 91% of commuters travelled at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van91%

Walk5%

Public transit1%

Bicycle1%

Census 2021	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Average trip	21 min	27 min	26 min
Car or van	91%	90%	89%

$68,000

median household income, 2020

14%

worked from home, May 2021

34%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment7% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work7% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to260 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.

Who lives here

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

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. 2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%).

44.8median age

YamachicheQuebecCanada

QuebecCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree33%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

48.8% of Yamachiche’s residents are women

In 2021 there were 1,370 women to 1,440 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.

Who lives in Yamachiche
	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Under 15	17%	17%	16%
15 to 64	62%	62%	64%
65+	22%	20%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	33%	19%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	59%	56%

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

English and French22% speak both · 78% speak French but not English Ages44.8 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households1,205 households · 2.3 people per household Immigrants2% belong to a visible minority

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

Schools

No high school in or near Yamachiche: the closest is 9.4 km off

2schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
École de Yamachiche-Saint-Léon (Omer-Jules-Désaulniers)In YamachicheElementary	Elementary	–	French public

See all 2 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Nearest secondary school	9.4 km	1.2 km	1.2 km

9.4 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageYamachiche’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school2 elementary schools Language0 of 2 teach in English · 10% of schools in Quebec Questions“What schools are there in Yamachiche?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Towns in Quebec aren’t in the schools rankings: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

History

Heritage in Yamachiche

Add one just outside the town. The oldest dated place, L'Enfilade-de-Maisons-en-Brique-Rouge-de-Yamachiche, goes back to 1850. Before 1961 is when 36% of the homes went up, above both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

3historic places

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations3

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings0

Among them

1850

oldest construction date on the record

36%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Yamachiche	Quebec	Canada
Homes built before 1961	36%	21%	18%

Full pageYamachiche’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registers3 historic places inside the town Highest designations3 top designations · Maison Louis-Léon-Lesieur-Desaulniers Older homes36% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Yamachiche have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Nearby attractions

Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac and 9 more within 40 km

2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Yamachiche; with them, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

MuseumMoulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac3.8 km outside town, to the east

CathedralAssumption Cathedral24 km northeast

CathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet19 km east

FortFort Richelieu34 km south

MuseumLa Cité de l'Énergie29 km north

MuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison24 km northeast

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

Photo credits (6)

Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac: Fralambert, CC BY 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
Fort Richelieu: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
La Cité de l'Énergie: Sylvain Perron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Old Trois-Rivières Prison: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Yamachiche

15pages on Yamachiche

The big questions

SafetyA⁻Crime Severity Index 44 Housing & costB⁻Homes 3 × income Property pricesSchools2 schools within 3 km HealthA⁻Life expectancy 81.6 in its region Work & commuteB⁻58% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors5% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44.8 History3 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Famous people from Yamachiche

19 notable people were born in Yamachiche.

See all 19 →

Aram J. PothierAmerican politician · 1854–1928

Antoine Gérin-LajoieQuébécois Canadian poet and novelist · 1824–1882

Sévère RivardFormer mayor of Montreal, Quebec · 1834–1888

François-Sévère Lesieur DesaulniersCanadian politician · 1850–1913

Louis-Léon Lesieur DesaulniersCanadian politician · 1823–1896

Thomas-Jean-Jacques LorangerCanadian judge · 1823–1885

Photo credits

Aram J. Pothier: Creator:William Cushing Loring 1879-1959, Public domain · Antoine Gérin-Lajoie: Edmond-Joseph Massicotte, Public domain · Sévère Rivard: Studio of Inglis (Montréal, Québec), Public domain · François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers: Unknown author, Public domain · Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers: William James Topley, Public domain · Thomas-Jean-Jacques Loranger: J.E. Livernois, Public domain

Yamachiche’s neighbours

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

LouisevilleSaint-BarnabéMaskinongéSaint-Étienne-des-GrèsSainte-UrsuleCharetteYamachiche

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Yamachiche	2,801	—	A	B⁻	A⁻	A⁻
Louiseville	7,570	8.9	B⁺	C	A⁻	A
Saint-Barnabé	1,234	10	—	A	A⁻	B⁺
Maskinongé	2,457	15	—	C⁺	A⁻	A⁻
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès	4,675	17	A⁺	A	A⁻	A⁻
Sainte-Ursule	1,363	18	—	C⁺	A⁻	A⁻
Charette	1,178	19	—	A⁻	A⁻	B⁺

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

Questions about Yamachiche

What kind of homes are in Yamachiche?

Mostly 73% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.3 people on average, and 30% have just one.

Has Yamachiche grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it fell from 2,830 to 2,813 residents (0.6% down; Canadian towns’ median grew 4.1%); Statistics Canada now estimates 2,801.

About Yamachiche

Town in Quebec

Statistics Canada treats Yamachiche as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.

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

Population: 2,801 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Quebec
Census division: Maskinongé
Metro area: Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision: 2451020

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).