Saguenay (city)

Administration

The Municipal council of the east city made up of the Mayor, elected by the universal direct suffrage, and of 19 city council men, elected each one in their respective electoral district.

There are three districts, including two, those of Chicoutimi (which integrates the sector of Canton-Tremblay and the sector of Laterrière) and Jonquière (which integrates the sector of Shipshaw and Lake Kénogami), count 8 districts. The third, the Bay, account three districts. Each city council man thus sits at the Municipal council and one of the 3 councils of district.

The role of the council of district is in particular to cover subjects in bond with town planning, circulation, the snow clearance, the roadway system, the prevention in fire protection, economic development local, Community, social and cultural as well as the culture, the leisures and the parks.

History

For the history of the various cities composing the current Town of Saguenay, to see:

Chicoutimi (Including the old towns of Chicoutimi-North and River-of-Mill
the Bay (former fusion of Bagotville, Port-Alfred and of Large-Bay)
Jonquière (including/understanding the old towns of Kénogami and Arvida)
Laterrière
Lake-Kénogami
Shipshaw
Canton-Tremblay

Current Ville of Saguenay is the result of fusions of the various cities mentioned above in 2002.

The current name of the municipality was preferred in the name of Chicoutimi at the end of a Référendum.

Demography

District Chicoutimi - 67.800 inhabitants, Jonquière - 58.900 inhabitants and the Bay - 19.300 inhabitants for a total of 146.000 inhabitants (2005, Statistical institute of Quebec)

98% of the inhabitants has the French like native tongue;
0,7% of the inhabitants has the English like native tongue;
0,3% of the inhabitants has the French and the English like native tongue;
0,6% of the inhabitants has a native tongue other than the French and the English.

Demographic trends

Evolution of the population of Saguenay city between 1996 and 2005 (data of the Statistical institute of Quebec).

Municipal chronology

Saguenay was made up on February 18th, 2002 following fusion of the towns of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, the Bay, of the municipalities of Laterrière, Lake-Kénogami, Shipshaw and of part of the municipality of canton of Tremblay (half of the old territory only). A referendum was held in order to choose the denomination of the new city. Following a tight vote (Saguenay: 35.810, Chicoutimi: 32.399, the name of Saguenay was preferred with that of Chicoutimi.

Districts

Saguenay is divided into three districts:

Chicoutimi

Saguenéens notable

William Price (Father), business man. 1789-1867
Elzéar Delamarre, cleaned. 1854-1925
Joseph-Dominique Guay, business man and policy, initiator of the project of Pulperie. 1866-1925
Julien-Edouard-Alfred Dubuc, business man and policy. 1871-1947
Joseph Perron, founder of Pulperie de Jonquière. 1864-1914
Rémy Girard, actor. 1950 -
Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet and scenario writer
Arthur Villeneuve, barber, artist, painter. 1910-1990
Elisabeth Vonarburg, auteure of Science fiction. 1947 -

Economy

The saving in Saguenay is mainly turned towards the tertiary sector (services, communication, research, teaching). Currently, the saving in Saguenay is of transition like that from the area from the Saguenay-Lake-St-Jean. That wants to say that it is relatively badly. It has also several hydroelectric stations, of which that of Shipshaw of a power of more than 800 MW. Despite everything, the area has been in demographic decrease for several years.

Alcan lately announced investments of almost 2,1 billion $ US during the ten next years with its complex the Jonquière district.

Education

Saguenay, has two CEGEP, that of Jonquière and Chicoutimi. The University of Quebec with Chicoutimi (UQAC) (http://uqac.ca) ensures the formation of university level. The University is in full effervescence.

Two new houses (sciences of health and aluminum) there were recently inaugurated. The city has also a research center on aluminum, the CTA, (http://imi.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca/CTA/default_f.html) located on the campus of the UQAC, which should double surface.

Shopping malls

Saguenay has five principal shopping malls, the voicis: Place Kingdom/Arr. Chicoutimi, Place of Saguenay/Arr. Chicoutimi, Mégacentre Talbot Barette/Arr. Chicoutimi, Place Jonquière/Arr downtown area. Jonquière and the Jonquière/Arr Galleries. Jonquière. Largest are: Place Kingdom and Places Jonquière downtown area.

Transport

Bus

The Ville of Saguenay has a service of public transport, it is the Shipping company of Saguenay (STS). In 2004, STS had 78 vehicles which were used for the urban transport and counted 157 drivers.

There is also a company in Saguenay which transports people towards the Lake-Saint-Jean, the Coast-North and towards the Gare of the Palate of Quebec and the Gare of Holy-Foy for the transfer of the Passagers and the Colis worms of other areas of the Province of Quebec. This company names Intercar.

Air

The air base of the Air force of Canada of Bagotville also comprises a civil section which serves the population for regional flights towards Quebec, Montreal, is province and the Nunavik. In 2006, the airport is recognized like international. Indeed, Sunwing Airlines offers, the winter, from the flights towards the Caribbean. The administration of the airport envisages to offer a customs authority in the next years. For the moment, the plane makes stopover in Quebec to unload passengers and to clear the passengers of Bagotville. It goes thereafter to Bagotville to leave Saguenéens there.

Culture

Saguenay is a very rich city culturally, several spectacles of scale are presented there of which Fabulous History of a Kingdom. It is with the Municipal Palate of the Bay that the play the Fabulous History of a kingdom occurs. This play is a major tourist attraction for the city and the area.

Municipalities bordering

See too

List of Saguenéens and Jeannois famous

External bonds

Town of Saguenay
industrial towns of Quebec: Saguenay

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