Saguenay, Quebec

City in the province of Québec, Canada

For other uses, see Saguenay.

City in Quebec, Canada

Saguenay

City

Ville de Saguenay

From top, left to right: Downtown Chicoutimi borough, the UQAC, the Ha! Ha! Pyramid, the Cégep de Jonquière, and Rio Tinto's aluminium smelters in Arvida

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Saguenay

Location of Saguenay in Quebec

Coordinates: 48°25′N 71°04′W﻿ / ﻿48.417°N 71.067°W﻿ / 48.417; -71.067[1]
Country| Canada
Province| Quebec
Region| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM| None
Settled| 1840s
Constituted| February 18, 2002
Boroughs|

List

* Chicoutimi
* Jonquière
* La Baie

Government

[2]

• Type| Saguenay City Council
• Mayor| Julie Dufour
• Federal riding| Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Jonquière
• Prov. riding| Chicoutimi, Dubuc and Jonquière
Area

[2][3]

• City

| 1,279.70 km2 (494.09 sq mi)
• Land| 1,124.63 km2 (434.22 sq mi)
• Urban

[4]

| 107.67 km2 (41.57 sq mi)
• Metro

[5]

| 3,133.53 km2 (1,209.86 sq mi)
Elevation

| 166 m (545 ft)
Population

(2021)[3]

• City

| 148,886
• Density| 128.7/km2 (333/sq mi)
• Urban

[4]

| 117,284
• Urban density| 1,089.3/km2 (2,821/sq mi)
• Metro

[5]

| 170,380
• Metro density| 51.6/km2 (134/sq mi)
• Pop (2016–21)

|  0.8%
• Dwellings

| 71,017
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

G7(B,G-H,J-K,N,S-T,X-Z), G8A

Area code(s)| 418 and 581
GDP (Saguenay CMA)| CA$6.7 billion (2016)[6]
GDP per capita (Saguenay CMA)| CA$41,639 (2016)
Website| ville.saguenay.ca

Saguenay (/ˈsæɡəneɪ, ˌsæɡəˈneɪ/ SAG-ə-nay, -⁠NAY, French: [saɡnɛ], locally [-ne]) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about 126 kilometres (78 mi) upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. Chicoutimi was founded by French colonists in 1676. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 148,000 and the metropolitan area had a population of 170,000.[7]

The city of Saguenay constitutes a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE); its geographical code is 941. Together with the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, it forms the census division (CD) of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94). The mayor of Saguenay since 2021 is Julie Dufour. Prior to its use as the name of the city, the term "the Saguenay" or (less commonly) "Saguenay Valley" had already been used for the whole Saguenay River region (see Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean).[8] Saguenay is the seat of the judicial district of Chicoutimi.[9]

The city is divided into three boroughs: Chicoutimi (which includes the former city of Chicoutimi, as well as Laterrière and Tremblay township), Jonquière (which includes the former city of Jonquière, Lac-Kénogami, and Shipshaw) and La Baie (which corresponds to the former city of La Baie).

The name Saguenay is possibly derived from the Innu word "Saki-nip", which means "where water flows out".[10][11]

## History

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Saguenay was formed on February 18, 2002, by amalgamating the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie and Laterrière, along with the municipalities of Lac-Kénogami and Shipshaw and part of the township of Tremblay.[12]

### Chicoutimi

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Main article: Chicoutimi

Old Chicoutimi Pulp Mill was an early 20th-century industrial complex in operation from 1898 to 1930.

First Nations people, including Innus have inhabited the Saguenay Fjord area for thousands of years prior to the first Europeans arriving.[13] What was ultimately to become the centre of the borough of Chicoutimi was first settled in 1676 as a French trading post in the fur trade. At that time, the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers had been used for centuries by the Innu. The name Chicoutimi means 'the end of the deepwater' in the Montagnais. Chicoutimi trading post was in operation until 1782.

The city of Chicoutimi was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1845 by Peter McLeod, a Métis timber contractor, who had built a sawmill there in 1842. It was designated in 1855 as the seat of Chicoutimi County and in 1878 as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicoutimi.

With the arrival of the Canadian National Railway in 1893, the local pulp and paper industries expanded, particularly in mechanical pulp production. The Chicoutimi Pulp Co. was founded in 1896 and backed by French-Canadian investors. By 1910 the Chicoutimi Pulp Mill became the biggest producer of mechanical pulp in Canada.

The economic decline of the Great Depression led the city's economy to shift administration and commerce and commercial. The Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay was founded in Chicoutimi in 1967, and the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi was founded in 1969. The city played host to the Quebec Summer Games in 1972.

In the municipal amalgamations of 1976, Chicoutimi annexed the neighbouring towns of Chicoutimi-Nord and Rivière-du-Moulin. In a later round of amalgamations in 2002, the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie, Lac-Kénogami, Laterrière, Shipshaw and part of Tremblay merged to form the new city of Saguenay.[12] Chicoutimi became a borough of Saguenay.

During the summer of 1996 a record rainfall in the region caused major flooding in the downtown, as well as outlying areas. The total cost of the disaster was recorded to be C$1.5 billion. It claimed seven lives and destroyed many bridges.

### Jonquière

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Main article: Jonquière

A view of Jonquiere as seen from Mont Jacob

Jonquière was founded in 1847 by Marguerite Belley, who came from La Malbaie to settle on the Rivière aux Sables. It was named after Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, governor of New France from 1749 to 1752.

Growth came from the construction of pulp and paper mills at the beginning of the 20th century. Between 1925 and 1928, the world's largest aluminum plant was built along with the city Arvida (then a separate town). In 1942, to supply power to the plant, Alcan built a hydroelectric station at Shipshaw that was the largest in the world at that time. Jonquière, Arvida, and Kénogami were amalgamated into a single city, Jonquière, in 1975. Jonquière was the host city for the Quebec Games in the winter of 1976, and for the Canoe/Kayak World Championships in slalom and whitewater racing, in 1979.

Much of Jonquière's development owed its strength to the Price family, who ran a pulp and paper factory in Kénogami. Today that factory is owned by Produits Forestiers Résolu. Arvida is the home of an aluminium plant owned by Rio Tinto Alcan. Jonquière is probably best known in the United States as a result of the local Wal-Mart store which attempted to unionize and was closed down shortly thereafter. The official reason for this shutdown was "financial problems."[14]

When the city of Saguenay was constituted on February 18, 2002, by municipal amalgamation, the borough of Jonquière was created from the former city of Jonquière, the former municipality of Shipshaw, and the former municipality of Lac-Kénogami. The former city of Jonquière had a population of 54,842 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Jonquière was counted as a separate city.[15]

The Rivière aux Sables runs through the centre of Jonquière. Significant damage to the city's buildings was caused by the 1996 Saguenay flood.

## Geography

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Chicoutimi as seen from the bank of the Saguenay River

Saguenay is located in a depression in the Canadian shield called the Saguenay Graben, which has a somewhat more temperate climate than the surrounding region. This has encouraged agriculture and human settlement to take place. The relatively small and concentrated Lac St-Jean area where the city is located can be described as an isolated "oasis" in the middle of the vast remote wilderness of Northern Quebec. No paved roads go north from the area into the wilderness; the last paved roads to the north end just a short distance from the city, and still within the Lac St-Jean area. There are no human settlements due north of Saguenay all the way to the Canadian Arctic islands, except for a few isolated Cree and Inuit villages. Few roads connect with the area from the south and east. However, the remote, paved Route 167/113 heads northwest to the interior town of Chibougamau, providing access to Western Quebec and Hudson Bay. No services are available for the 230 km (140 mi) to Chibougamau from the Lac St-Jean area.

Two notable natural disasters have occurred within the current municipal boundaries of Saguenay: the Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide of May 4, 1971, and the Saguenay flood of 1996. The 1988 Saguenay earthquake, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on November 25, 1988, had its epicentre 35 km south of Chicoutimi and was felt within the city.

### Climate

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Saguenay has a humid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification Dfb) with large variation between summer and winter. The city features two brief transition seasons (spring and autumn), while summers are warm and occasionally hot, and winters are long and very cold. Saguenay is recognized as the coldest large city (> 100 000 hab.) of Canada, and one of the snowiest. Temperatures drop below −20.0 °C (−4 °F) on average 43 times per year and below −30.0 °C (−22 °F) 6 times per year.[16] The low winter temperatures characteristic of Saguenay are caused by a combination of factors, such as the cold waters of the Labrador Current and Hudson Bay to the north and east of the city.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Saguenay was 39.4 °C (103 °F) on August 18, 1935.[17] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −45.0 °C (−49 °F) on February 5, 1916.[18]

Climate data for CFB Bagotville, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1880–present[a]

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 15.2
(59.4)  | 13.6
(56.5)  | 25.2
(77.4)  | 30.4
(86.7)  | 34.4
(93.9)  | 36.3
(97.3)  | 38.4
(101.1)  | 39.4
(102.9)  | 33.3
(91.9)  | 31.7
(89.1)  | 23.6
(74.5)  | 14.4
(57.9)  | 39.4
(102.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | −9.7
(14.5)  | −7.4
(18.7)  | −0.7
(30.7)  | 7.4
(45.3)  | 16.6
(61.9)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 24.5
(76.1)  | 23.4
(74.1)  | 18.2
(64.8)  | 9.9
(49.8)  | 2.3
(36.1)  | −5.1
(22.8)  | 8.5
(47.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | −15.1
(4.8)  | −13.1
(8.4)  | −6.3
(20.7)  | 2.1
(35.8)  | 10.2
(50.4)  | 16.0
(60.8)  | 18.7
(65.7)  | 17.6
(63.7)  | 12.6
(54.7)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | −1.5
(29.3)  | −9.5
(14.9)  | 3.1
(37.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −20.4
(−4.7)  | −18.7
(−1.7)  | −11.8
(10.8)  | −3.2
(26.2)  | 3.7
(38.7)  | 9.6
(49.3)  | 12.9
(55.2)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 6.9
(44.4)  | 1.4
(34.5)  | −5.4
(22.3)  | −13.9
(7.0)  | −2.3
(27.9)
Record low °C (°F)  | −43.9
(−47.0)  | −45.0
(−49.0)  | −40.0
(−40.0)  | −24.4
(−11.9)  | −16.1
(3.0)  | −4.4
(24.1)  | −3.9
(25.0)  | −4.4
(24.1)  | −7.2
(19.0)  | −17.8
(0.0)  | −31.1
(−24.0)  | −42.8
(−45.0)  | −45.0
(−49.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 57.8
(2.28)  | 48.3
(1.90)  | 57.7
(2.27)  | 61.4
(2.42)  | 77.7
(3.06)  | 88.9
(3.50)  | 112.1
(4.41)  | 100.0
(3.94)  | 101.6
(4.00)  | 91.9
(3.62)  | 66.0
(2.60)  | 64.4
(2.54)  | 927.7
(36.52)
Average rainfall mm (inches)  | 6.9
(0.27)  | 4.9
(0.19)  | 15.2
(0.60)  | 39.4
(1.55)  | 74.5
(2.93)  | 88.9
(3.50)  | 112.1
(4.41)  | 100.0
(3.94)  | 101.6
(4.00)  | 84.4
(3.32)  | 32.5
(1.28)  | 12.5
(0.49)  | 672.7
(26.48)
Average snowfall cm (inches)  | 61.8
(24.3)  | 52.3
(20.6)  | 48.7
(19.2)  | 23.3
(9.2)  | 3.4
(1.3)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 7.6
(3.0)  | 39.4
(15.5)  | 65.1
(25.6)  | 301.7
(118.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 19.0  | 15.5  | 15.2  | 14.6  | 15.2  | 14.7  | 16.7  | 16.3  | 15.1  | 17.5  | 18.2  | 20.0  | 198.0
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 2.0  | 1.5  | 3.9  | 10.0  | 14.9  | 14.7  | 16.7  | 16.3  | 15.1  | 15.9  | 8.3  | 3.2  | 122.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 18.7  | 15.2  | 13.4  | 7.7  | 0.9  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 3.2  | 12.7  | 19.2  | 90.9
Source: Environment Canada[16][19][18][17]

## Demographics

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SaguenayYear| Pop.| ±%

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2006| 143,692| —
2011| 144,746| +0.7%
2016| 145,949| +0.8%
2021| 144,723| −0.8%
Statistics Canada

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saguenay had a population of 144,723 living in 67,522 of its 71,017 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 145,949. With a land area of 1,124.63 km2 (434.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 128.7/km2 (333.3/sq mi) in 2021.[20]

At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Saguenay CMA had a population of 161,567 living in 74,809 of its 79,976 total private dwellings, a change of 0.0% from its 2016 population of 161,520. With a land area of 3,133.53 km2 (1,209.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 51.6/km2 (134/sq mi) in 2021.

The ville of Saguenay had a 2021 population of 144,723. The median age is 46.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada.

The area is home to 420 recent immigrants (i.e. those arriving between 2016 and 2021), who comprise about 0.3% of the total population.[21] 145 of them come from France, and 140 come from various African countries, with Cameroon leading at 40 recent immigrants.

### Ethnicity

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As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 5.4% of the population and visible minorities contributed 2.0%.

The largest visible minority groups in Saguenay are Black (0.9%), Arab (0.3%), and Latin American (0.3%). Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

Ethnic origin  | 2021

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Canadian | 41.3%
French | 19.9%
Québécois | 15.7%
French Canadian | 11.6%
First Nations | 3.0%
Irish | 2.4%
Scottish | 1.6%
Métis | 1.5%
Acadian | 1.2%
Innu | 1.0%

Panethnic groups in the City of Saguenay (2001−2021)  Panethnic
group  | 2021[22] | 2016[23] | 2011[24] | 2006[25]

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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | %
European[b] | 132,880  | 94.16%  | 134,405  | 94.5%  | 136,520  | 96.6%  | 138,195  | 97.54%
Indigenous | 5,370  | 3.81%  | 5,860  | 4.12%  | 3,550  | 2.51%  | 2,215  | 1.56%
African | 1,310  | 0.93%  | 650  | 0.46%  | 385  | 0.27%  | 330  | 0.23%
Middle Eastern[c] | 460  | 0.33%  | 395  | 0.28%  | 230  | 0.16%  | 180  | 0.13%
Latin American | 415  | 0.29%  | 225  | 0.16%  | 190  | 0.13%  | 280  | 0.2%
East Asian[d] | 260  | 0.26%  | 305  | 0.21%  | 260  | 0.18%  | 310  | 0.22%
Southeast Asian[e] | 180  | 0.13%  | 205  | 0.14%  | 80  | 0.06%  | 105  | 0.07%
South Asian | 120  | 0.09%  | 120  | 0.08%  | 35  | 0.02%  | 40  | 0.03%
Other[f] | 130  | 0.09%  | 70  | 0.05%  | 30  | 0.02%  | 0  | 0%
Total responses  | 141,120  | 97.51%  | 142,225  | 97.45%  | 141,330  | 97.64%  | 141,680  | 98.6%
Total population  | 144,723  | 100%  | 145,949  | 100%  | 144,746  | 100%  | 143,692  | 100%

* Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

### Language

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French was the mother tongue of 97.4% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues were English at 0.8%, followed by Spanish at 0.4%. 0.4% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.2% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue.

### Religion

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In 2021, 71.5% of the population identified as Catholic, a 20.0% decrease from 2011, while 21.1% said they had no religious affiliation. Muslims were the largest religious minority, making up 0.5% of the population.[26]

## Economy

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Saguenay's economy[27] is in transition.[28] It is increasingly based on developing research and teaching in applied technologies for energy,[29] aluminum, boreal forest, genomics and biomedical sciences.[30]

Saguenay has three large industrial parks totaling 8,496,138 square metres (91,451,670 sq ft) of commercial facilities: five city centres and shopping centres, six shopping centres, power centres, and five major commercial arteries.

Saguenay, in the borough of La Baie, opened a pier in 2006 followed by the Bagotville wharf cruise terminal in 2009, in order to accommodate some of the larger cruise ships such as Eurodam and Queen Mary 2. At least 200 cruise ships have visited La Baie, including 54 ships and over 50,000 passengers in 2017.[31][32][33]

In addition, Rio Tinto Alcan confirmed in December 2010 investment of 750 million dollars to upgrade its pilot plant in Jonquière AP-60.[34] The plant was estimated to be 40% more productive than the existing aluminum plant. The first phase included 38 tanks equipped with new technology, with an estimated production of 60,000 tons of aluminum per year. The first ingots were cast in the first quarter of 2013.

According to 2010 data from the Institute of Statistics of Québec (ISQ), the per capita personal income in 2009 amounted to $31,677 versus $31,344 in 2008, a variation of 1.1%. On the other hand, the GDP of the Saguenay CMA in 2009 totaled $6 billion compared to the $9.1 billion GDP of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean.

Cobalt Aircraft operates a manufacturing plant in the city. On January 17, 2011, the company chose Saguenay for the assembly plant of the aircraft Co50, an advanced, high-end propeller plane.[35]

## Arts and culture

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Cultural events in the Saguenay region include the Saguenay International Short Film Festival (French: Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay).[36]

## Sports

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The city has been home to the QMJHL's Chicoutimi Saguenéens since 1973. They play at the Centre Georges-Vézina in the borough of Chicoutimi.
In 2008, the LNAH professional team Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Summun-Chiefs moved to Saguenay and became the Saguenay 98.3. The team is now called Jonquière Marquis.

## Government

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### Municipal

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City boroughs The City Hall of Saguenay

Main article: Saguenay City Council

See also: 2021 Quebec municipal elections

Julie Dufour has been mayor of Saguenay since 2021. Josée Néron served as mayor from 2017 to 2021. Jean Tremblay had previously served as mayor of Saguenay from the municipal merger of 2002 until 2017. He was also mayor of the now defunct city of Chicoutimi from 1997 until 2001. The governing body of Saguenay is Saguenay City Council, which consists of the mayor and 15 city councillors. The councillors are elected from single-member districts.

The city's three boroughs are Jonquière, Chicoutimi, and La Baie. Each borough is subdivided into electoral districts, with each district being represented by a city councillor. Each borough has a borough president from among their city councilors.

### Federal and provincial

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Saguenay federal election results[37] Year  | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green

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| 2021 | 20%  | 14,824 | 35%  | 25,632 | 38% | 27,864 | 5%  | 3,872 | 1%  | 1,018
2019 | 17%  | 13,248 | 28%  | 22,288 | 35% | 27,629 | 16%  | 12,278 | 3%  | 2,044
| 2015 | 30% | 21,065 | 17%  | 13,653 | 22%  | 17,665 | 29%  | 23,697 | 2%  | 1,388
Saguenay provincial election results[38] Year  | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois

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| 2018 | 37% | 28,269 | 17%  | 12,788 | 10%  | 8,012 | 33%  | 25,793
| 2014 | 20%  | 16,107 | 31%  | 25,238 | 6%  | 4,531 | 37% | 29,791

Federally, Saguenay is part of two electoral districts. The riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, which includes the boroughs of Chicoutimi and La Baie as well as most of the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, and the riding of Jonquière, which includes the borough of Jonquière as well as the southern part and parts of the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM.

Provincially, Saguenay is represented in four electoral districts. The electoral district of Chicoutimi includes the former city of Chicoutimi, and is represented by Andrée Laforest of the Coalition Avenir Québec. The electoral district of Dubuc, which covers the part of Saguenay as well as the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, is represented by François Tremblay of the Coalition Avenir Québec. The electoral district of Jonquière, which covers most of the borough of Jonquière, is represented by Sylvain Gaudreault of the Parti Québécois.

## Infrastructure

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Thrice weekly passenger railway service is provided by Via Rail on the Montreal–Jonquière train, which runs from Montreal Central Station to Jonquière station.

The city is connected by highway to Quebec City by Quebec Route 175 to its south, and is also served by Quebec Route 172 and Quebec Route 170, which run east–west to the north and south of the Saguenay River, respectively.

The city is also served by the Bagotville Airport, which shares the Canadian Forces Base Bagotville aerodrome. It operates daily flights to Montreal-Trudeau International Airport as well as flights to Quebec City and Sept-Îles. It operates seasonal flights to Cancún, Mexico, and vacation destinations in Cuba. Another airfield, the former Chicoutimi/Saint-Honoré Aerodrome air force base, is located to the north of the city.

A pier in La Baie has been in operation since 2008 to accommodate cruise ships and tourists.[39][40] The project required investment of about $33.75 million for the construction of a 370-metre (1,210 ft) wharf, a visitor centre ($5 million) and a port village.[41]

Saguenay derives power from its water resources.[42] The city owns three hydroelectric power stations, one operating in the borough of Jonquière and two others, Pont-Arnaud and Chute-Garneau, in operation since spring 2011.[43]

Saguenay is one of several "megacities" where the pre-merger telephone rate centres have never been amalgamated. It is still split between four rate centres–Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie and Laterrière. As a result, North American telephone customers placing calls to Saguenay may not recognize the charge details on their bills.

## Education

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The Université du Québec à Chicoutimi main buildings

The francophone primary and secondary public schools of Saguenay are managed by two boards, the School Board of Jonquière, which has 11,015 students[44] and the school board of Rives-du-Saguenay, with 11,048 students.[45] These figures include 38 primary schools, seven secondary schools and five vocational training centres in the city, and institutions of neighboring municipalities of Upper and Lower Saguenay. The private elementary Apostolic School of Chicoutimi has 160 students. The Seminary of Chicoutimi has 1,100 high school students. Saguenay also has primary and secondary schools in English, with 200 students; Riverside Regional School is the responsibility of the Central Québec School Board.

At the college level, Saguenay has two colleges, located in Jonquière and in Chicoutimi, with a combined 5,500 students.[46] In addition to offering pre-university programs, and similar curricula, each of the schools has unique programs. For example, the Cégep de Jonquière offers technical training in Art and Media Technology, while that of Chicoutimi offers technical training in piloting aircraft.

The University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC) is located in Saguenay; this francophone campus of the province's network has 6,500 students.[47] It provides education at university level. As the only university in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, this campus attracts students from across Quebec and la Francophonie. Located near downtown, the Chicoutimi campus includes a sports pavilion and the pavilion of the Humanities. The university has a flagship research centre in Arctic ice and other conditions; departments of Forestry, Medicine, and Arts; and the centre of aluminium technology.

### Research

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Saguenay has several main components of the regional aluminum sector: the Quebec Centre for Research and Development of Aluminum (CQRDA), the Centre for Aluminum Technology of UQAC (CTA), the University Centre for Aluminium Research (CURAL), and college and government training programs.

In 2007, the Quebec government announced, in conjunction with Genome Quebec, Université de Montréal, the Centre for Health and Social Services and UQAC Chicoutimi, the creation of a biobank specializing in genomics research.[47] The CSSS de Chicoutimi also specializes in research in primary care medicine and chronic illness and the rehabilitation of neuromuscular disorders.

## Media

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Main article: Media in Saguenay, Quebec

## Sister cities

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* Camrose, Alberta

## See also

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* List of people from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
* Kingdom of Saguenay
* Société de transport du Saguenay

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 371249". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire — Répertoire des municipalités: Saguenay Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b "Census Profile — Saguenay, Ville". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
4. ^ a b "Census Profile — Chicoutimi-Jonquière (Population Centre); Port-Alfred-Bagotville (Population Centre)". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. November 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
5. ^ a b "Census Profile — Saguenay (Census Metropolitan Area)". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.. The census metropolitan area consists of Saguenay, Bégin, Ferland-et-Boilleau, Larouche, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Félix-d'Otis, Saint-Honoré, Sainte-Rose-du-Nord.
6. ^ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
7. ^ "Estimation de la population des régions métropolitaines de recensement (RMR), Québec, 1ᵉʳ juillet 2001 à 2024" (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
8. ^ Allen, H. D. (May 1968). "Le Saguenay: Region in Transition". The Teachers' Magazine. XLVIII (242). Montreal: Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of Quebec: 10.
9. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
10. ^ "La rivière et chemin du Royaume et terre du Saguenay". histoirequebec.qc.ca (in French). Archived from the original on October 25, 2007.
11. ^ "Histoire du Saguenay depuis les origines jusqu'à 1870". Our Roots / Nos Racines (in French). University of Calgary, Université Laval. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011.
12. ^ a b http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modfev02.pdf [permanent dead link]
13. ^ Iankova, Katia; Hassan, Azizul; l'Abbe, Rachel (March 22, 2016). Indigenous People and Economic Development: An International Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-11730-8.
14. ^ "Wal-Mart Closure Touches Off Union Debate", National Public Radio.
15. ^ 2001 Statistics Canada Community Profiles: Jonquière[permanent dead link]
16. ^ a b "Bagotville A". Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Environment Canada. January 30, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
17. ^ a b "Daily Data Report for August 1935". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
18. ^ a b "Daily Data Report for February 1916". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
19. ^ "Chicoutimi". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
20. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
21. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 8, 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saguenay, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
22. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
23. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
24. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
25. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
26. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (May 8, 2013). "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
27. ^ "Virage économique," Le Quotidien, 27 Août 2010, p. 10.
28. ^ Patricia Rainville, "Une ville méconnaissable dans quatre ans," Le Quotidien, 23 Octobre 2009, p. 15.
29. ^ François Hains, Nancy Bourgeois, « Saguenay, une ville en changement », Urbanité, automne 2011, pp. 36–38.
30. ^ Claude Côté, « Saguenay vogue vers le succès », Industrie & Commerce, Octobre-novembre 2011, pp. 3–5.
31. ^ "Queen Mary 2 Makes First Visit to Saguenay". Cruise Industry News. October 12, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
32. ^ "9 ports of call - St. Lawrence cruises in Quebec". Cruise the St. Lawrence. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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34. ^ Michel Munger, « Rio Tinto Alcan lance finalement so technologie AP60 », ARGENT, 14 décembre 2010 (Texte intégral (archive))
35. ^ "Le Cobalt Co50 sera assemblé à Saguenay," Le Quotidien 18 Janvier 2011, p. 2.
36. ^ Jean-Baptiste Hervé, "23e Festival Regard : Accueillir le monde". Voir, March 7, 2019.
37. ^ "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Saguenay)". Elections Canada. April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
38. ^ "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Saguenay)". Elections Québec. December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
39. ^ Yves Ouellet Alain Dumas, En croisière sur le St-Laurent et le Saguenay, Les Éditions de l'Homme, 2008.
40. ^ Saguenay, port d'escale [archive]
41. ^ [tp://www.toutlemondeabord.com/index.html] [archive]
42. ^ Marc St-Hilaire, « Une centrale sur la Shipshaw », Le Quotidien, Saguenay, 10 septembre 2010 [texte intégral [archive] (page consultée le September 10, 2010)]
43. ^ Louis Tremblay, "Les trois axes de Promotion Saguenay," Le Quotidien, 27 août 2010, p. 7.
44. ^ "Commission scolaire de la Jonquière - Statistiques". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
45. ^ http://www.csrsaguenay.qc.ca////web/document/U110//Portrait20082009.pdf [dead link]
46. ^ "Ville de Saguenay - Tourisme - Vacance - Hébergement - Restaurant - Spectacles- Fjord - Industrie et Commerce". www.ville.saguenay.qc.ca. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
47. ^ a b Katerine Belley-Murray, « Projet structurant à portée internationale, L'horizon infini de la biobanque », Le Quotidien, 25 octobre 2011, p. 21.

1. ^ Extreme high and low temperatures were recorded at nearby Chicoutimi beginning in November 1880 and at CFB Bagotville from September 1942 to present.
2. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
6. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saguenay, Quebec.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chicoutimi-Jonquière.

* (in French) Official website

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Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM |

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Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM |

Saguenay TE

| Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM
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| Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM |

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Saint-Charles-de-Bourget | Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Honoré, Saint-Fulgence | Sainte-Rose-du-Nord

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Larouche |

Saguenay

| Saint-Félix-d'Otis
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Hébertville | Lac-Ministuk | Ferland-et-Boilleau

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Administrative divisions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (Region 02)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* Le Domaine-du-Roy
* Maria-Chapdelaine
* Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
* Saguenay
* Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

Municipalities|

* Albanel
* Alma
* L'Anse-Saint-Jean
* L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
* Bégin
* Chambord
* Desbiens
* Dolbeau-Mistassini
* Ferland-et-Boilleau
* Girardville
* Hébertville
* Hébertville-Station
* La Doré
* Labrecque
* Lac-Bouchette
* Lamarche
* Larouche
* Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix
* Normandin
* Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
* Péribonka
* Petit-Saguenay
* Rivière-Éternité
* Roberval
* Saguenay
* Saint-Ambroise
* Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
* Saint-Augustin
* Saint-Bruno
* Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
* Saint-David-de-Falardeau
* Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines
* Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay
* Saint-Félicien
* Saint-François-de-Sales
* Saint-Fulgence
* Saint-Félix-d'Otis
* Saint-Gédéon
* Saint-Henri-de-Taillon
* Saint-Honoré
* Saint-Ludger-de-Milot
* Saint-Nazaire
* Saint-Prime
* Saint-Stanislas
* Saint-Thomas-Didyme
* Sainte-Hedwidge
* Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
* Sainte-Monique
* Sainte-Rose-du-Nord

Administrative divisions of Quebec

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Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada by size

* Toronto, ON
* Montreal, QC
* Vancouver, BC
* Ottawa-Gatineau, ON/QC
* Calgary, AB
* Edmonton, AB
* Quebec City, QC
* Winnipeg, MB
* Hamilton, ON
* Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, ON
* London, ON
* Halifax, NS
* St. Catharines-Niagara, ON
* Windsor, ON
* Oshawa, ON
* Victoria, BC
* Saskatoon, SK
* Regina, SK
* Sherbrooke, QC
* Kelowna, BC
* Barrie, ON
* St. John's, NL
* Abbotsford, BC
* Kingston, ON
* Greater Sudbury, ON
* Guelph, ON
* Saguenay, QC
* Trois-Rivières, QC
* Moncton, NB
* Brantford, ON
* Saint John, NB
* Peterborough, ON
* Lethbridge, AB
* Thunder Bay, ON
* Nanaimo, BC
* Kamloops, BC
* Chilliwack, BC
* Belleville–Quinte West, ON
* Fredericton, NB
* Drummondville, QC
* Red Deer, AB

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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