Skip to main content
Go back

Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival

Photograph of a parade organized as part of the Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival. A float pulled by a pony is making its way down the town’s main thoroughfare. People are looking on from either side of the street.
Appartenance Mauricie Société d’histoire régionale, Le Nouvelliste Fonds (F51135-018). Photograph by Sylvain Mayer.

On October 9, 1994, the famous Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival parade was held for the 17th time. Intended as a celebration of buckwheat, a crop key to the town’s prosperity, the festival provided an opportunity to promote this grain that had developed a bad reputation due to its association with poverty. Over the years, the festival has continued to grow. It features a range of activities, including the parade along Saint-Laurent Street.