Bakeries and pastry shops of La Petite-Nation, village by village

Out here, good bread takes a bit of driving. The villages are spread out, so are the bakeries, and everybody has their favourite. The one their mother swore by, the one on the way to the cottage, the one where you stop for "just a chocolatine" and walk out with a full bag.

We went through every oven in our directory, from the Ottawa River up to Val-des-Bois. Hours shift with the seasons, especially up north, so call or check their page before you drive 40 minutes for a baguette.

Chénéville: the stop before the lake

Boulangerie Nouvelle-France, on rue Principale. The grey wooden house with the porch. It reopened on April 17, 2026 under new owners, and it's right back in the weekend routine: croissants, chocolatines, fougasse and all kinds of bread.

Full disclosure, we're regulars. Friday night on the way up, Saturday morning on a run into the village, whenever. It's the kind of place where you time your coffee around when the bread comes out.

Tip for campers: at Camping Lac-des-Plages, Nouvelle-France bread shows up at the camp store on Saturday mornings. No need to drive down to Chénéville.

While you're on Principale, Boucherie Les Produits David makes sugar pie. Dessert, sorted.

Saint-André-Avellin: two ovens, two styles

Boulangerie Au Pain d'Antan. The bakery in the middle of the village, with things made in-house every day. Straightforward and dependable.

Kîsisam pâtisserie, 133 rue Principale. A café and bake shop where the pastry chef brings Indigenous culture into what she bakes. Kîsisam means "she who bakes with fire." A village pastry shop with a story behind it, and a good one.

Ripon: flour from right here

La Fille du Boulanger bakes to order so nothing goes to waste. You have to plan a little, but we like the idea. It shares an address with Les Moulins de Ripon, which stone-grinds organic buckwheat, rye and wheat. Grain to loaf on the same property. You don't see that often.

On chemin Côté, Pâtisserie Colette Côté is listed in Ripon's business directory. We don't know much about what comes out of that oven, so call ahead.

On Saturday mornings from May to Thanksgiving, the Place du Marché market runs a brunch. The two go well together.

Montebello: the sweet side

La Belle Pâtissière, rue Notre-Dame. A Paris-style pastry shop and café. Sabrina Sigouin, who was on The Big Bake, also does custom wedding cakes. Getting married around here? Now you know who to call.

A few doors down, in the old log train station, Chocomotive makes organic, fair-trade chocolate where you can watch. Not a bakery, we know. Nobody has ever complained about a chocolate detour.

Gaufre N'Go does Liège waffles, sweet or savoury, to go. Good for the stroll down Notre-Dame.

Thurso and Papineauville, along the 148

Marie des Anges Pâtisserie in Thurso. Cakes, viennoiseries and handmade desserts, for a birthday or Sunday coffee. Forgot the birthday cake? This is where you save face.

Les Mignardises in Papineauville. Café, pastry shop, artisanal ice cream and snack bar, with a terrace. Sweet and savoury, so even the person who's "just having a coffee" ends up ordering.

Montpellier: the grocery store pie

Marché Faubert has its own bakery under the same roof as the grocery, the butcher counter and the SAQ outlet. Reviewers keep bringing up the homemade pies. We shop there all the time, and we get it.

Val-des-Bois: don't wait

Babine, tartes et crème glacée. Pies made with local ingredients, ice cream and coffee. Open from May to the end of October, which means you've got a few weekends left to drive up the 309 before they close for winter.

Boulangerie Val-des-Bois. A bakery and pastry shop in the heart of the village since 1977. Almost fifty years of bread. It closes in the off-season, so check before you go.

Local tip: village bakeries like Val-des-Bois and Babine run on cottage-country time. In November, call before you drive.

One last stop

In Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Crèmerie Café Notre-Dame makes its gelato on site, plus homemade brownies. Not a bakery, but worth the turn.

Every bakery and pastry shop in our directory, at a glance:

Is your village bakery missing? Write to us. We'll go taste.

Disclosure: the publisher of La Petite Nation is a regular customer of Boulangerie Nouvelle-France, Boucherie Les Produits David and Marché Faubert. Nobody paid to be in this article.

ChénévilleSaint-André-AvellinRiponMontebelloThursoVal-des-BoisPapineauvilleMontpellierLac-des-PlagesNotre-Dame-de-la-Paix

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