Agritourism in Québec : farms to discover, and a passion to be shared!

Agritourism or agri-tourism is an original way to start appreciating all the different facets of Québec agriculture. It’s also an opportunity for you to make contact with agricultural producers, who will welcome you to their farms and their operations so that you can learn about their industry and their delicious and distinctive products. Agrotourism in Québec has close to 700 agricultural producers, spread throughout all the tourist regions of Québec, who will welcome you to their farms and their operations, offering generous, simple, warm hospitality. While you’re enjoying a delightful outing to the country or travelling the agritourism routes and circuits, there will be farms to visit and people to meet who are passionate about their way of life.

You’ll make the acquaintance of genuine, down-to-earth people who have a wonderful knowledge of the traditions and history of their own small corner of the country. You’ll discover nature as it awakens. So sharpen your senses by taking the time to stop at the farm, and sampling its delights and its flavours. Whether you’re an avid explorer, someone with a playful spirit or insatiable gourmet taste buds, you’ll be enchanted by what agritourism in Québec has to offer. Each region, each small town or village, each detour provides a huge selection of unique experiences for you to try: people to meet along the way who love what they do for a living, farming operations and procedures to discover and rediscover, and a multitude of fine, regional products.

Québec is rich in so many ways. Its varied climates and its fertile, distinctive soils provide the ideal conditions for a huge diversity of crops and stock raising. The agricultural producers who farm these soils and who raise these herds and flocks are curious, innovative and adventurous. So you’ll experience Québec in a completely different way when you participate in our agritourism activities.

As they journey through the varied Countrysides of Québec, by car or by bicycle, families, couples as well as those travelling alone come into contact with nature that is in a constant state of change Through the Seasons, and with agricultural producers passionate about their way of life. Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most popular activities is a visit to, and a meal at, a Sugar Shack in one of Québec’s many sugar bushes. But there are numerous other adventures for agritourists to enjoy. They will fall under the spell of country life, because so many stories await them, the next always more original than the last! They’ll make the acquaintance of enterprising people courageous enough to plant crops that are new in Québec’s climate, such as wine grapes, blackcurrants and lavender, and to raise animals such as bison, Virginia deer, ostrich and emu. Makers of cheeses, ciders and artisan beverages are slowly building quite a name for themselves and for Québec.