The Beauce riding has the highest percentage of people who answered "Canadian" as their ethnic origin in the 2006 Census (84.0%; multiple responses).

[2] It is also the riding with the highest percentage of White people of European descent (99.3%).

The riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and still exists today without any name changes, although its boundaries have been redefined numerous times.

According to the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will lose a small territory to Mégantic—L'Érable.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: This riding lost a small portion of its territory to Mégantic—L'Érable prior to the 42nd Canadian federal election: Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.