Trois-Rivieres
CanadaQC
- Population
- 144,000
- Coordinates
- 46.35° N, 72.55° W
- Time zone
- America/Toronto
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,512 a month in Trois-Rivieres, rent included: 74% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,616 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%81
- Safetycountry20%52
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%50
- Air quality10%100
- Connectivitycountry10%61
- Cost10%53
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Canada
- #5
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,550
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Trois-Rivieres | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $18.59 | $25.00 | −26% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.20 | $140 | −59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.72 | $14.00 | −23% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.36 | $8.00 | −33% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.93 | $10.00 | −61% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.03 | $6.37 | −37% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.49 | $3.80 | −61% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.71 | $2.89 | −75% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.42 | $1.36 | +4% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.75 | $4.68 | −41% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.32 | $6.97 | −52% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.86 | $5.73 | −50% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.58 | $17.38 | −51% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $11.40 | $15.11 | −25% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $17.78 | $17.77 | 0% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.86 | $6.11 | −37% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.29 | $2.20 | −41% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.94 | $5.77 | −32% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.72 | $6.25 | −40% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.63 | $3.47 | −24% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.97 | $4.17 | −53% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.60 | $2.72 | −4% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.60 | $2.50 | −36% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $11.98 | $20.00 | −40% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.67 | $3.21 | −17% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.54 | $3.96 | −11% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $14.59 | $19.00 | −23% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.86 | $3.00 | −5% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $56.13 | $140 | −60% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.72 | $3.00 | −9% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.50 | $2.18 | −31% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $19.30 | $42.00 | −54% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.16 | $1.10 | +5% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $28,299 | $35,458 | −20% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $21,737 | $25,309 | −14% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $37.24 | $73.50 | −49% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $42.90 | $71.93 | −40% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $25.02 | $126 | −80% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $10.72 | $62.38 | −83% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $12.90 | $23.00 | −44% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $945 | $3,366 | −72% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,266 | $60,589 | −73% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $48.98 | $72.80 | −33% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $26.81 | $53.22 | −50% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $60.77 | $118 | −48% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $94.74 | $125 | −24% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $640 | $4,417 | −86% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $500 | $3,033 | −84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,055 | $9,242 | −89% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,263 | $5,461 | −77% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $2,288 | $18,759 | −88% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,288 | $6,523 | −65% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,616 | $5,178 | −49% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 4.14% | 6.49% | −2.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $640 | $2,616 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $643 | $2,630 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 41.2 | $659 | $2,693 |
| Mar 2026 | 40.6 | $623 | $2,652 |
| Dec 2025 | 40.0 | $629 | $2,591 |
| Nov 2025 | 38.8 | $611 | $2,452 |
| Sep 2025 | 40.2 | $624 | $2,502 |
| Jul 2025 | 40.0 | $622 | $2,315 |
| May 2025 | 39.9 | $619 | $2,304 |
| Apr 2025 | 40.0 | $622 | $2,312 |
| Mar 2025 | 37.9 | $554 | $2,234 |
| Feb 2025 | 37.6 | $549 | $2,215 |
| Jan 2025 | 37.6 | $522 | $2,214 |
| Dec 2024 | 38.2 | $529 | $2,305 |
| Nov 2024 | 38.5 | $533 | $2,323 |
| Oct 2024 | 38.9 | $539 | $2,347 |
| Sep 2024 | 40.2 | $556 | $2,421 |
| Aug 2024 | 39.1 | $542 | $2,360 |
| Jul 2024 | 39.6 | $548 | $2,385 |
| Jun 2024 | 39.5 | $548 | $2,385 |
| May 2024 | 39.4 | $438 | $2,316 |
| Apr 2024 | 39.5 | $443 | $2,340 |
| Mar 2024 | 39.4 | $442 | $2,337 |
| Feb 2024 | 38.6 | — | $2,360 |
| Jan 2024 | 38.8 | — | $2,390 |
| Dec 2023 | 42.4 | $448 | $2,361 |
| Nov 2023 | 41.9 | $440 | $2,182 |
| Oct 2023 | 42.6 | $445 | $2,322 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Canada's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Trois-Rivieres yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Trois-Rivieres. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Trois-Rivieres on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 4.5 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 19.8 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- −13.4 °C
- Rain a year
- 1,054 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 87%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.5 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 14
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 50
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 24
- PM2.5
- 12.7µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 1000-100
Internet
Canada median; city not listed- Upload
- 95Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 10ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 86Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 25ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 4.4Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 17.0Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.9%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 4.80%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 5.8Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Trois-Rivieres
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 19Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026