La balade gourmande

What La balade gourmande does

La Balade Gourmande is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in Victoriaville, Quebec. According to available firmographic data, the organization operates an autumn agrotourism festival built around signposted circuits, on-site local markets, and the participation of regional food producers. Its function is therefore event curation and rural food-tourism promotion in the Victoriaville catchment, serving two implicit constituencies: regional food producers who gain a distribution channel and consumer attendees seeking a curated local-food experience.

The underlying "product" is fundamentally physical and seasonal — a recurring festival format rather than a software platform or scalable service. No technology stack, digital products, mobile applications, or platform architecture are disclosed in the available data. The corporate website (baladegourmande.ca) did not return substantive content during data collection, displaying only a verification/loading screen, which means product, pricing, partnership, and operational details are unconfirmed beyond the headline festival description.

There is no evidence of a commercial revenue model in the conventional sense. The organization is structured as a non-profit with a headcount of 1-10, suggesting reliance on a small operational core likely funded through grants, sponsorships, producer fees, or public-sector tourism support rather than disclosed product or service pricing. No funding rounds, investors, acquisitions, leadership profiles, or strategic transactions are present in the data. As a result, the investment-relevant signal set is essentially limited to the organization's local-event mandate, its 10+ years of operational continuity, and its narrow Quebec-based agrotourism niche.

Name

La balade gourmande

Website

https://baladegourmande.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Balade Gourmande is a Canadian non-profit founded in 2014 that organizes an autumn agrotourism festival in Victoriaville, Quebec, featuring signposted circuits, local markets, and regional food producers for visitor attendees and participating producers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agrotourism Events

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJAGAK

Farm-to-Table & Agritourism Dining Experiences (Farm Visits, Harvest Meals)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Food & Drink Experiences (Culinary Tours, Tastings, Cooking Classes)

SECONDARYTHAJAGAL

Food Festivals & Culinary Events (Ticketed Tastings, Pop-ups)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Food & Drink Experiences (Culinary Tours, Tastings, Cooking Classes)

SECONDARYMPAGAEAF

Food, Drink & Culinary Community Festivals (Community-Led)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Cultural Festivals & Community Events

SECONDARYTHAHABAJ

Retail, Consumer Goods & Lifestyle Shows Organizers

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Exhibition & Trade Show Organizers

Keywords

• Agrotourism festival
• Local food markets
• Signposted food circuits
• Autumn food tourism
• Regional food events

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoriaville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

La balade gourmande organizes an autumn agrotourism festival featuring signposted circuits that route visitors through local markets and food producers in the Victoriaville, Quebec area of Canada. The event promotes regional gastronomy by connecting individual attendees with artisanal vendors, farmers, and food artisans along curated itineraries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Autumn Agrotourism Festival An annual autumn festival organized by La balade gourmande in the Victoriaville area that offers signposted circuits linking visitors to local markets and food producers for an immersive regional gastronomy experience. Targeted at individual consumers, families, and tourists interested in local food, agrotourism, and Quebec artisanal products.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Regional players

• Saveurs du Bas-Saint-Laurent: A Quebec regional agritourism network promoting local food producers and farm visits through signposted circuits and tasting events. Highly comparable to La Balade Gourmande's signposted-circuit, producer-driven model, but operates in a different Quebec region.
• Le Menu des Cantons (Eastern Townships): An Eastern Townships agritourism initiative featuring self-guided food circuits and producer visits. Directly comparable format (signposted circuits, producer showcases) but operates in a neighboring Quebec region.
• Tourisme Centre-du-Québec: Regional tourism office covering the Victoriaville area where La Balade Gourmande operates. Comparable as a funder/promoter of agritourism circuits and farm-to-table experiences in the same geography.
• Savour Stratford (Perth, Ontario): A Canadian culinary festival and farm-to-table event series featuring local producers and tasting menus. Comparable model to La Balade Gourmande but based in Ontario with a multi-day, multi-season event structure.

Emerging players

• Prince Edward County Wine & Culinary Events: A collection of producer-driven culinary events in Prince Edward County, Ontario, focused on farm visits and local food showcases. Comparable to La Balade Gourmande's producer-circuit format but anchored in wine rather than food production.
• Terroir Symposium (Toronto): An annual hospitality/farm-to-table industry event in Ontario featuring chef-producer collaboration and tasting events. Comparable in the farm-to-table and producer-showcase category, though more B2B industry-facing than La Balade Gourmande.

Broad incumbents

• Festivals Acadiens et Créoles: A long-running Canadian regional cultural/food festival with producer markets and ticketed culinary events. Comparable as a multi-component regional food event, though broader in scope than La Balade Gourmande.
• Festivals & Événements Québec (FEQ): An umbrella organization supporting Quebec festivals and food events with marketing, training, and funding. Comparable as the ecosystem backbone for events like La Balade Gourmande, though it is a network rather than a competing event.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-balade-gourmande-victoriaville

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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