The "Centre de la Biodiversité" is a non-profit and a non-funded organization. Our mission is to educate youths and adults and bring awareness to the existence, the conservation of Quebec’s biological species, and the sustainable development of the planet. This center offers entertaining and direct contact with nature and its living species.

The « Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec », an educational tourist center, is offering scheduled discussions at the touch pool, with the reptiles and the otters and guided tours of its magnificent forest. Aboard the "Biotrain" or by foot, the forest reveals its natural resources. Meet the Mini-Farm’s new arrivals! From mid-September to October 31st, the apple orchard is open every day from 10 am to 5 pm. Groups are welcome (with reservation).


Interpretation Center

From the dry plains to the open water, the new interpretation center will make you see, smell and touch life through all of its forms. New specimens are added to our animal collection. An exhibition is dedicated to the biodiversity of the St-Pierre Lake. The new interpretive center contains:

Four Seasons Room

• Projection about the Saint-Pierre Lake Biosphere Reserve, an environment that presents exceptional flora and fauna of great diversity. Duration: 12 minutes

H²O Room

• Aquariums where you can observe small and large fishes of the St. Lawrence River. The diversity is impressive.

• The snapping turtle is the largest soft water turtle in Quebec.

Sensory corridor

• Your sight, hearing, smell and touch will be used through interactive activities.

Exploration Room

• Presentations on cervidae and arthropods.

• Touch pool: freshwater organisms. Some restrictions applied.

Discovery Room

• Come touch a snake, if you can!

• Exotic star species and their Quebec cousins.

The Lake Ecosystem

•Come see otters, turtles and frogs in their natural habitat.

Observation Paths

Since 2008, the Center is proud to collaborate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the « Conférence régionale des élus du Centre-du-Québec » to present the exhibit « Comment rapatrier la faune dans votre forêt » (How to repatriate the wildlife in your forest).

• Observation paths: interpretation panels, four kilometers of wooded trails with eight ecosystems.
• The "Biotrain": board our secure and ecological carrier, in which a qualified and dynamic guide will reveal to you the wonders of our splendid forest.
• The Mini-Farm: small and medium farm animals. Goats, chickens, rabbits…
• The Orchard : from mid-September to October 31st. Splendid orchard. U-Pick: Lobo, McIntosh and Cortland. Fresh picked apples and house products sold on site.

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General information

Biodiversity Center

• Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm

Admission fees
(All taxes included)

Age	Biodiversity Center 1-2	Observation paths 2	Package residents of the RCM	Biotrain
18 and over	$ 11.00	$ 3.00	$ 10.00	$ 4.00
65 and over	$ 9.00	$ 3.00	$ 8.00	$ 4.00
Students 18 and over	$ 9.00	$ 3.00	$ 8.00	$ 4.00
5 to 17	$ 7.00	$ 3.00	$ 6.00	$ 2.00
2 to 4	$ 4.00	$ 2.00	$ 3.00	$ 2.00
Under 2	Free	Free	Free	Free
2 adults and 3 children	$ 32.00	$ 10.00	$ 30.00	---
Groups	Special rates (with reservation)

Admission fees can be changed without prior notice

1 Including Observation Paths.
2 Interpretation booklet available for Observation Paths ($ 2.00).

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How to get there

Bécancour is located on the south side of Trois-Rivières between Quebec and Montreal

Follow the Tourism Quebec Blue Signs « Centre de la biodiversité du Québec »

From highway 40: Take highway 55 SOUTH toward Laviolette bridge

• Take first right exit to Ste-Angèle.
• At the first stop, turn right
• At the next stop, turn right on road 132 EAST
• Keep going for 7 km
• In the village turn right on « Avenue des Jasmins » (after caisse populaire Desjardins)

From highway 55:

Turn left on « Avenue des Jasmins »

Heading north, take exit Bécancour road 30 EAST

• Heading north, take exit Bécancour road 30 EAST
• Keep going 4 km
• Turn left on Avenue des Jasmins
• Follow the blue signs for Tourism Quebec

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Contact Us

Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec
1800, avenue des Jasmins
Ville de Bécancour (secteur Sainte-Angèle)
Québec G9H 2S2

Phone: 819 222-5665
Toll free: 1-866-522-5665
Fax: 819 222-5667

E-mail: centre@biodiversite.net