Situated on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, the new City of Rimouski combines the old cities of Rimouski and Pointe-au-Père, the village of Rimouski-Est, the municipalitys of Bic, of Mont-Lebel, and the parishes of Sainte-Blandine and Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski.
Together, they form a major urban center in the Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region. The city is home to nearly fifty thousand permanent residents and five thousand three hundred (5,300) students who come here to pursue quality higher education..