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Victoriaville, population 47,760 (2021) is a city is located Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

Understand

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Vélogare du Grand-Tronc in downtown Victoriaville

Victoriaville is a regional center and produces numerous hardwood products, including furniture, caskets, and hockey sticks. The main attractions of the city of Victoriaville are:

  • nature and the outdoors: Mont Arthabaska Park, downtown bike park, Beaudet Reservoir Park, hiking, biking and rollerblading trails, golf clubs in the region;
  • arts and culture: performance halls, school and CEGEP halls offer a varied entertainment program including public shows, exhibitions, concerts, festivals;
  • its heritage and cultural circuit in the city center, allowing you to appreciate the built heritage and the great history of the region;
  • its cultural organizations: museums, broadcasting centers, art galleries;
  • its microbreweries, bars;
  • its range of shops of all kinds;
  • its accommodation capacity, in hotels, motels, lodges, tourist residences;
  • its varied gastronomic offer; this enchanting city offers a diversity of restaurants, dining rooms, reception halls, caterers and take-aways.

Tourist Information Center

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  • 1 Vélogare du Grand-Tronc, 20 rue de Bigarré, ☏ +1 819-795-4323, . The Vélogare du Grand-Tronc is located in downtown Victoriaville, on the edge of the Parc Linéaire des Bois-Francs and adjacent to Place Sainte-Victoire. This Vélogare has a tourist information office, children's water games (operational in the summer season) and a community bike rental service (in the summer season). During the winter, the Vélogare offers an icy trail accessible to the whole family. (updated Nov 2024)

Get in

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Map
Map of Victoriaville

By car

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Victoriaville is located 1.5 hours west of Quebec City and 2 hours east of Montreal. Autoroutes 20 and 55 intersect at nearby Sainte-Eulalie, where travelers can follow Autoroute 955 to Victoriaville.

By bus

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Get around

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Monument honouring Normand Maurice, located at Mont-Arthabaska
The recycled house of the global waste artisans is located at the top of Mount Arthabaska

Drink

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Sleep

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Hotels

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Motels

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Connect

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Nearby

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  • 1 Plessisville Plessisville, Quebec on Wikipedia – located 25 km (16 mi) east of Victoriaville, Plessisville hosts the annual Maple festival and is headquarters of the Institut québécois de l'érable (Quebec Maple Institute). The production of maple syrup and maple products is a major industry in the entire area.
  • 2 Saint-Albert Saint-Albert, Quebec on Wikipedia – located just west of Victoriaville, its main attraction is agrotourism.
  • 3 Sainte-Eulalie Sainte-Eulalie, Quebec on Wikipedia – located 25 km (16 mi) north of Victoriaville, Sainte-Eulalie is situated at the crossroads of Autoroutes 55, 20 and 955.
  • 4 Saint-Ferdinand Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec on Wikipedia – located 40 km (25 mi) east of Victoriaville, Saint-Ferdinand is located on William Lake (French: Lac William) and is a popular vacation spot in both summer (for sailing and surface water sports) and winter (for snowmobiling and ATV riding).
  • 5 Warwick Warwick, Quebec on Wikipedia – located 15 km (9.3 mi) Victoriaville, it's known for its cheese production and one of the possible birthplaces of poutine.

Go next

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Routes through Victoriaville
Drummondville via ← Sainte-Eulalie ←   N  S  → END
Saint-Hyacinthe ← Acton Vale ← Jct N S ←  W  E  → Lévis → END
Yamaska ← Drummondville ←  W  E  → END
END ← Sainte-Eulalie ←   N  S  → Jct W N → Lac-Mégantic → Augusta


Routes through Sainte-Eulalie
Montreal ← Drummondville ←  W  E  → Quebec City (Lévis) → Rivière-du-Loup
Trois-Rivières ← Bécancour ←   N  S  → Drummondville → Sherbrooke
END ←   N  S  → Victoriaville → END
END ←   N  S  → Victoriaville → Augusta


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