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Where to Stay in Trois-Rivières, Québec
Trois-Rivières is one of the oldest cities of Canada, a river port on the Saint Lawrence in Quebec.
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Where to stay in Trois-Rivières
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Trois-Rivières splits between its old quarter and the streets upriver. The streets around the Ursuline quarter keep the convents, the cathedral, and the riverfront within a walk, and staying downtown suits anyone here for the history. The old quays line the river.
Beds cluster close to the waterfront. Out toward the mills and the newer town, the city spreads along the Saint-Maurice. A room away from the centre trades the old streets for space, the parks, and the road up the river.
The wide valley opens past the edge. If you want the old quarter and the river, stay downtown; if you want space, take a room outside. You are never far from the old quays.
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The old town
Around the Ursuline quarter within a walk of the riverFind hotels in The old townStays wanting space and the river roadThe newer town
Toward the mills and the Saint-Maurice at the edge of townFind hotels in The newer townHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in Trois-Rivières
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Museums & Galleries
3- Old Trois-Rivières Prison Heritage
- Musée Boréalis Heritage
- Trois-Rivières Armoury Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
1- Assumption Cathedral
Castles & Historic Sites
4- Fort Trois-Rivières Heritage
- Bust of Laviolette Heritage
- Battle of Trois-Rivières National Historic Site Heritage
- Monument Lavérendrye et autres découvreurs trifluviens Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Centre de l'activité physique et sportif Léopold-Gagnon
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Hertel-De La Fresnière House Heritage
- Maison Georges-De Gannes Heritage
- 849, rue des Ursulines Heritage
- Maurice Duplessis House Heritage
- 669, rue des Ursulines Heritage
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- Maison Georges-A.-Gouin Heritage
- 146, rue Saint-Jean Heritage
- Gîte Loiselle Heritage
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About Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières is an old French town of the Saint Lawrence.
What is Trois-Rivières known for?
Founded in 1634, it is one of the oldest cities in Canada, and it stands where the Saint-Maurice river splits into three channels and meets the great river, its old quarter of stone houses and convents kept from the French days, while its mills once made it a capital of paper. The wide river runs past the town. History and river mark the city.
What are the main landmarks in Trois-Rivières?
The old Ursuline quarter is the heart of Trois-Rivières. The convent, the cathedral, and the old stone houses line the narrow streets by the river, the emblem of the town, from the French days. A paper museum tells the modern tale.
The Boréalis museum keeps the story of the pulp and paper mills, while the old prison and the fort site mark the riverfront of Trois-Rivières.
What is the history of Trois-Rivières?
Trois-Rivières was born in the first days of New France. In 1634 the French set a fur-trading post here on the Saint Lawrence, only twenty-six years after Quebec, and the town grew as a base for the trade and the missions of the great river. Nuns came to teach and heal.
The Ursuline sisters built a convent and a hospital that still stand, and the little town gathered its stone houses and churches on the north shore. The river gave the town its trades. For long years Trois-Rivières lived by the fur trade, the old ironworks up the Saint-Maurice, and the timber floated down from the north.
Then paper made it rich. The great forests of the north fed huge pulp and paper mills on the river, and the town became for a time the paper capital of the world. The old convents still stand by the river.
Trois-Rivières keeps its old quarter and its mills on the Saint Lawrence.
Where is Trois-Rivières?
Trois-Rivières lies on the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, midway between Montreal and Quebec City. The city sits on the north shore of the great river, at the mouth of the Saint-Maurice, whose delta splits into the three channels that gave the town its name, in the flat lowland of the valley. Low wooded country rolls inland.
The wide river runs to the sea.
What is the climate of Trois-Rivières?
Trois-Rivières has a cold, humid continental climate. Warm summers and long, snowy winters cross the valley, and rain falls through the year, while deep snow and hard frost hold the winter. The river freezes at the banks in winter.
The green land turns white for months.
How do you get to Trois-Rivières?
Trois-Rivières lies on the Saint Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec City. The main highway runs to it along the north shore from Montreal and Quebec, and roads cross the river by the great bridge. Coaches link the towns up and down the shore.
Most arrive by road from Montreal.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Trois-Rivières?
The old town: Visitors here for the convents, cathedral, and riverfront. The newer town: Stays wanting space and the river road.
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Updated September 2026