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{{Infobox settlement
|name                         = Baie-Comeau
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|pushpin_map_caption          = Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
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|subdivision_name             = Canada
|subdivision_type1            = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1            = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_type2            = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2            = [[Côte-Nord]]
|subdivision_type3            = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name3            = [[Manicouagan Regional County Municipality|Manicouagan]]
|established_title            = Founded
|established_date             = 1936
|established_title1           = Constituted
|established_date1            = June 23, 1982
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|leader_title                 = Mayor
|leader_name                  = Michel Desbiens
|leader_title1                = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1                 = [[Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan]]
|leader_title2                = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2                 = [[René-Lévesque]]
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|area_total_km2               = 434.54
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|area_metro_km2               = 682.89
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|population_total             = 20,687
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|population_urban             = 20,247
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|population_metro             = 26,643
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|postal_code                  = [[List of G postal codes of Canada|G4Z, G5C]]
|area_codes                   = [[Area codes 418 and 581|418 and 581]]
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}}

'''Baie-Comeau''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛ kɔmo}}) is a [[city (Quebec)|city]] in the [[Côte-Nord]] region of the province of [[Quebec]], Canada. It is located on the shores of the [[St. Lawrence River]], and is the seat of [[Manicouagan Regional County Municipality]]. It is near the mouth of the [[Manicouagan River]], named after the adjacent Comeau Bay.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=3026|title=Fiche descriptive - Baie-Comeau|publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec|language=fr|access-date=July 7, 2010}}</ref> It has a population of 20,687 in the [[2021 Canadian census]], and the [[census agglomeration]] population is 26,643.<ref name="census2021"/>

Baie-Comeau is the birthplace of [[Brian Mulroney]], former [[prime minister of Canada]].

Although the city is officially named in honour of [[Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau]], the origin of the name actually comes from his father Antoine-Alexandre Comeau, who was an employee of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] and had a camp there. Travelers would spontaneously think of “the bay of the Comeau camp”, perpetuated by word of mouth until the employees of the Geography Commission wrote ''Anse à Comeau'' (Comeau Cove) on plans. When Baie-Comeau was founded however, the authorities were unaware of the origin of this name, and specified that it honored Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau (1848-1923).<ref>{{toponymie |14624 |text=Baie Comeau |access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref>

==History==
The oldest part of Baie-Comeau is the area known as ''Vieux-Poste'' (Old Post) near the mouth of the [[Amédée River]] where in 1889, the Saint-Eugène-de-Manicouagan Mission was founded by [[Congregation of Jesus and Mary|Eudists]]. In 1898, the first sawmill in the Côte-Nord region was built there by the brothers Damase and Henri Jalbert, but it closed in 1907 after their timber stock was swept into the St. Lawrence. In 1916, [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] was extended to Saint-Eugène-de-Manicouagan and in 1929, its post office opened with the English name of {{em|Comeau Bay}} ([[Francization|francized]] in 1936).<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name=mdq>{{cite web |url=http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Baie-Comeau_(municipalit%C3%A9_de_ville) |title=Baie-Comeau (municipalité de ville) |publisher=Mémoire du Québec |access-date=2010-07-07 |language=fr}}</ref>

Baie-Comeau itself (the eastern part of the current town) was founded in 1936 when a paper mill was constructed by Colonel [[Robert R. McCormick]], publisher of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. [[Arthur A. Schmon]] oversaw the project, which included a power station and housing. Experiencing remarkable growth, the Town of Baie-Comeau was incorporated on May 20, 1937. Coinciding with the completion of the mill, the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] opened a store on September 15 of that same year. It was the first HBC small department store in Quebec.<ref name=keystone>{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Company: Baie Comeau |url=https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%20645?sessionsearch |website=pam.minisisinc.com |publisher=Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> The area continued to see economic development with the establishment of the hydro-electric power stations on the [[Manicouagan River|Manicouagan]] and [[Rivière aux Outardes (North Shore)|Outardes]] Rivers beginning with the Chutes-aux-Outardes Station in 1952, an aluminum smelter in 1958, and grain warehouses (the largest in Canada) in 1959.<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name=mdq/>

In 1950, the village of Saint-Eugène-de-Manicouagan was incorporated as the Municipality of Hauterive. In June 1982, Hauterive was merged into Baie-Comeau, taking effect on January 1, 1983.<ref name="toponymie"/><ref name=mdq/> The HBC closed its Baie-Comeau store in 1986.<ref name=keystone/>

Baie-Comeau is the seat of the judicial district of Baie-Comeau.<ref>[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM ''Territorial Division Act'']. ''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.</ref>

==Geography==
Baie-Comeau is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about {{Convert|400|km}} northeast of [[Quebec City]] and {{Convert|230|km}} southwest of [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]]. 

There are two [[urban area]] population centres within the city limits: Baie-Comeau proper, with a population of 9,100,<ref name="census2021"/> and Hauterive, with a population of 11,147, in an area of {{Cvt|8.67|km2}} and a density of {{Cvt|1285.5|/km2}}, as of the [[2021 Canadian census]]. <ref name="Hauterive2021">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census: Hauterive [Population centre], Quebec |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=hauterive&DGUIDlist=2021S05101284&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref>

Baie-Comeau is crossed by five rivers: the [[Manicouagan River]], the [[Amédée River]], the Petit-Bras River, the [[Rivière à la Chasse (Baie-Comeau)|Chasse River]], and the [[Rivière aux Anglais|English River]]. These rivers are fed by around thirty lakes.

===Climate===
Although at the same latitude as [[Vancouver]] or [[Paris]], Baie-Comeau has a borderline [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb''), just above the [[subarctic climate]]. The cold [[Labrador Current]] makes the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]] very cold and tends to cool the weather during summer much more than the marginal warming of the winters resulting from its maritime location. With the moist northeasterly winds coming in from the [[Icelandic Low]], snowfall is very heavy, averaging around {{cvt|342.9|cm|2}} per year with a greatest average depth of around {{cvt|56|cm}} in March. The extreme snow depth was {{cvt|226|cm}} on January 10, 1969.

{{Baie-Comeau weatherbox}}
==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Baie-Comeau had a population of {{val|20687|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|9554|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|10163|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:20687-21536}}|21536|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|21536|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|334.83|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|20687|334.83|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="census2021"/>
{{Canada census
 |location = Baie-Comeau
 |2021_population=20,687 | 2021_pop_delta=-3.9  | 2021_land_area=334.83 | 2021_pop_density=61.8
 |2021_median_age=48.4 | 2021_median_age_m=48.0 | 2021_median_age_f=49.2
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=10,163 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=9,554 |2021_mean_hh_income=75,500 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00052496020 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=21,536 | 2016_pop_delta=-2.6 | 2016_land_area=336.59 | 2016_pop_density=64.0
 |2016_median_age=46.5 | 2016_median_age_m=46.0 | 2016_median_age_f=46.9
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=10,190 | 2016_mean_hh_income=68,393 | 2016_access_date=2019-12-02
 |2011_population=22,113 | 2011_pop_delta=-2.0 | 2011_land_area=338.99 | 2011_pop_density=65.2
 |2011_median_age=45.2 | 2011_median_age_m=44.9 | 2011_median_age_f=45.6
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=10,222 | 2011_mean_hh_income=62,180 | 2011_access_date=2014-01-28
 |2006_population=22,554 | 2006_pop_delta=-2.3 | 2006_land_area=338.88 | 2006_pop_density=66.6
 |2006_median_age=42.1 | 2006_median_age_m=41.7 | 2006_median_age_f=42.5
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=9,931 | 2006_mean_hh_income=60,567 | 2006_access_date=2012-05-11
 |notes= Population in 1996: 25,554<ref name="sc1996">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/info/census96.cfm |title=Electronic Area Profiles |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 1996 Census]] |access-date=2014-01-28}}</ref> (-1.8% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 26,012<ref name="sc1996"/>
}}

{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Baie-Comeau
|align = none
|cols = 2
|footnote = Population amounts are not adjusted for boundary changes or merger.
|source = Statistics Canada<ref>1981, 1986, 1991, [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2021]] census</ref><ref>http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501670141_p. 141.pdf</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1957-58-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1957-58/195701590127_p. 127.pdf], Canada Year Book 1957-58</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.+189.pdf |title=Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection |access-date=2014-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-23 |date=2008-03-31 }}</ref><ref>[http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.pgm]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, E-STAT Table</ref><ref name="census2021"/> 
|1941|1548
|1951|3972
|1956|4332
|1961|7956
|1981|12866
|1986|26244
|1991|26012
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|25554
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|23079
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|22554
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|22113
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|21536
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|20687
}}

Knowledge of official languages from 2021 (multiple answers were possible):<ref name="census2021"/>
* French only: 16,045
* English only: 15
* French and English: 4,385
* Neither English nor French: 5

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Aboriginal population ([[Canada 2021 Census]])
|-
! colspan="2" | Population group!! Population !! % of total population
|-
| colspan="2" |  [[European Canadian|White]]  ||  18,660  ||  {{Percentage | 18660 | 19795 | 1 }} 
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group<br/><small>Source:<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052496020&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=baie-comeau], Community Profiles from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision</ref></small> || [[South Asia]]n || 15 || {{Percentage | 15 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] || 30 || {{Percentage | 30 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 205 || {{Percentage | 205 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] || 35 || {{Percentage | 35 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 20 || {{Percentage | 20 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Western Asia|West Asian]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadian|Korean]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Multiple]] visible minority || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" |  Total visible minority population ||  345  ||  {{Percentage | 345 | 19795 | 1 }} 
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group<br/><small>Source:<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052496020&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=baie-comeau], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision</ref></small> || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 385 || {{Percentage | 385 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 355 || {{Percentage | 355 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. || 30 || {{Percentage | 30 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 19795 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" |  Total Aboriginal population  ||  790  ||  {{Percentage | 790 | 19795 | 1 }} 
|-
| colspan="2" |  ''Total population '' ||  ''19,795 '' ||  ''100% ''
|}

==Economy==
The region is a major forestry centre for the [[pulp and paper industry]], owned by [[Abitibi Consolidated]] as of October 2006. Alongside hydro-electricity and the paper industry, an aluminum plant has fed employment for decades. Cargill has a large elevator there that is used to transfer grain from Great Lakes boats to ocean-going ships.

==Sports==
[[File:Para-Cyclists at the 2019 UCI Para-Cycling World Cup.jpg|thumb|Para-Cyclists at the 2019 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Baie-Comeau, Canada. Left to right: [[Carla Shibley]], [[Hassan Dia]], Meghan Brown.]]
The 1993 Quebec Winter Games were played in Baie-Comeau.

Many different [[sports]] are played in Baie-Comeau:

===Hockey===
Baie-Comeau is home to the [[Baie-Comeau Drakkar]], an [[ice hockey]] team playing in the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League]] since 1997. The team plays in the [[Centre Henry-Leonard]] located in the eastern sector of the town.

===Skiing===
The {{em|Centre de ski du Mont-Tibasse}} is an [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski]] centre located a few kilometers north of the town where it offers twelve slopes. [[Cross-country skiing]] is also popular. Students often frequent Mont-Tibasse as part of their school programs.

===Golf===
An 18-hole [[golf]] course is available in the western sector of the town. It is a semi-private golf club and is open for most of the summer.

===Swimming===
The two major high schools of the city each offer an indoor [[swimming pool]] and are open to the public year-round. Two outdoor swimming pools are also available to the public. These are open from the end of June until the middle of August each summer.

Some beaches are also available in the summer. There are other beaches are along the shore of the St. Lawrence river such as the {{em|Plage Champlain}} and the {{em|Plage Pointe-Lebel}}, among others.

===Tennis===
Several outdoor [[tennis]] courts are available to the public in the different parks across town. They are open for most of the summer.

===Football===
The Baie-Comeau Vikings represent the Polyvalente des Baies in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean League. The team won championships in the eastern Quebec circuit in 2003, 2004 and 2006, and were finalists in 2005.

==Government==
The Baie-Comeau city council consists of the mayor of Baie-Comeau and eight elected city councillors, four from each of the two sectors of town. One recent mayor of Baie-Comeau was [[Yves Montigny]], who was elected to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in the [[2022 Quebec general election]]; Michel Desbiens became mayor in 2023.

List of former mayors:
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}}
* Ivo Di Piazza (...–2009)
* Christine Brisson (2009–2013)
* Claude Martel (2013–2017)
* [[Yves Montigny]] {2017–2022)
* Serge Deschenes (interim, 2022)
* Carole Deschênes (deputy mayor, 2022)
* Michel Desbiens (2023–present)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:NM Georges-Alexandre-Lebel.jpg|thumb|right|[[MV Georges-Alexandre-Lebel]] rail ferry]]
The town is along [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] about {{cvt|100|km}} east of [[Forestville, Quebec|Forestville]] and about {{cvt|230|km}} west of [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]]. A [[ferry]] service of the [[Société des traversiers du Québec]] and [[Train ferry|rail ferry]] service<ref>[http://www.marinfo.gc.ca/en/dossiers/PerspectivesMaritimesF%C3%A9vrier2009-anglais.pdf Train ferry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051739/http://www.marinfo.gc.ca/en/dossiers/PerspectivesMaritimesF%C3%A9vrier2009-anglais.pdf |date=2012-04-26 }}</ref> of the [[Compagnie de gestion de Matane|COGEMA]]<ref>[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] February 2009 p9</ref> also links the town to [[Matane]] on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The town is the southern terminus of [[Quebec Route 389|Route 389]], which leads to the [[Daniel-Johnson Dam]], the town of [[Fermont, Quebec|Fermont]], and the [[Labrador]] region of the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].

The [[Baie-Comeau Airport]], located in neighbouring [[Pointe-Lebel, Quebec|Pointe-Lebel]], has scheduled flights from [[Air Liaison]] and [[Pascan Aviation]].

==Education==

Baie-Comeau is home to several [[French language|French-language]] [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[elementary school]]s, two French-language public [[high school]]s and one [[English language|English-language]] public school that includes both the elementary and high school levels of education.

The town is also home to one French-language [[CEGEP]] called the [[Cégep de Baie-Comeau]].

List of schools in Baie-Comeau:

{| class="wikitable"
! School name
! Level
! Sector
|-
|École Bois-Du-Nord
|Elementary
|Western
|-
|École Boisvert
|Elementary
|Eastern
|-
|École Leventoux
|Elementary
|Eastern
|-
|École Mgr-Bélanger
|Elementary
|Western
|-
|École Saint-Cœur-de-Marie
|Elementary
|Western
|-
|École Serge-Bouchard {{r|footnote2|group=decimal}}
|High School
|Western
|-
|École Trudel
|Elementary
|Western
|-
|Polyvalente des Baies
|High School
|Eastern
|-
|Baie-Comeau High School {{r|footnote3|group=decimal}}
|Elementary and high school
|Eastern
|}
{{Reflist |group=decimal |refs=
<!-- <ref name=footnote1>Only private school in Baie-Comeau</ref> -->
<ref name=footnote2>Formerly known as ''Polyvalente des Rives''</ref>
<ref name=footnote3>Only English language school in Baie-Comeau</ref>
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Yves Bélanger (ice hockey)|Yves Bélanger]], ice hockey player
* [[Jean-Claude Bergeron]], ice hockey goaltender
* [[Sylvie Drapeau]], actress
* [[Andrea Jourdan]], author
* [[Pierre-Cédric Labrie]], ice hockey player
* [[Brian Mulroney]], 18th prime minister of Canada
* [[Dave Morissette]], ice hockey player

== See also ==
* [[List of towns in Quebec]]
* [[Amédée Lake (Baie-Comeau)|Amédée Lake]]
* [[Castelnau Lake]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{Cite book|language=fr|author1=Lloyd Duhaime|title=De puissance comblée: Baie-Comeau : 50 ans d'histoire|editor=Les Éditions Nordiques|date=1986|pages=192|publisher=Éditions Nordiques |isbn=2-9800519-1-8}}
*{{Cite book|language=fr|first1=Marie-ève|last1=Chênevert|first2=Catherine|last2=Pellerin|first3=Pierre-Philippe|last3=Landry|title=Baie-Comeau au fil du temps, 1937-2012|location=Baie-Comeau|editor=Société Historique de la Côte-Nord|date=2012|pages=208|isbn=978-2-921931-08-3|id=BC2012}}
*{{Cite book|language=fr|author1=Paul-Émile Jean|title=Baie-Comeau: du Mont Sec à la rivière Amédée 1936-1982|location=Hauterive|editor=Éditions Jean|date=1998|pages=574|isbn=2-9800739-1-1|id=BC36-82}}
*{{Cite book|language=fr|author1=Pierre Frénette|author2=Daniel Chevrier|author3=Jean-Marie M. Dubois|author4=Pierre Dufour|author5=Jean-Charles Fortin|author6=André Lepage|author7=José Mailhot|author8=Françoise Niellon|author9=Normand Perron|title=Histoire de la Côte-Nord|editor=Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture|date=1996|pages=667|id=HistoireCN}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Baie-Comeau, Quebec}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Baie-Comeau}}
*[http://www.ville.baie-comeau.qc.ca/ City of Baie-Comeau]
*[http://www.csestuaire.qc.ca/ Commission scolaire de l'Estuaire]

{{Geographic location
 | title = Adjacent municipal subdivisions
 | Centre = Baie-Comeau
 | North = [[Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec|Rivière-aux-Outardes]]
 | Northeast = [[Franquelin, Quebec|Franquelin]]
 | East = ''[[St. Lawrence River]]''
 | Southeast =
 | South = [[Pointe-aux-Outardes, Quebec|Pointe-aux-Outardes]] / [[Pointe-Lebel, Quebec|Pointe-Lebel]]
 | Southwest = [[Ragueneau, Quebec|Ragueneau]]
 | West = [[Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec|Rivière-aux-Outardes]]
 | Northwest =
}}
{{Manicouagan RCM|state=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Quebec]]
[[Category:Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River]]
[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company trading posts]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1936]]
[[Category:1936 establishments in Quebec]]