Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf də bos]) is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada.

[5] The origins of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce go back to the days of New France, when the seigneury of Saint-Joseph was granted to Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil in 1736.

But it was its designation as the legal capital of Beauce in 1857 that explains the very high number of beautiful buildings for a city of only 5,000 inhabitants.

Thanks to this economic prosperity, between 1865 and 1911, recognized architects were called for the construction of a church, a presbytery, a convent, an orphanage and a college.

The whole forms a housing stock of rare diversity and great wealth, which earned the city the title of cultural capital of Canada in 2006.