Chicoutimi-Nord, Administrative sector in Saguenay, Canada.

Chicoutimi-Nord is an administrative sector in Saguenay located on the northern bank of the Saguenay River with established neighborhoods and local shops. The area displays a typical urban layout with functional public spaces and regularly distributed housing and street patterns.

Detached from Canton-Tremblay in 1893, the village of Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi took the name Chicoutimi-Nord in 1955 and was merged into Chicoutimi in 1976. Access to the south bank was first provided by ferries and winter ice bridges, then by the Pont de Sainte-Anne, and today by the Pont Dubuc.

Residents of Chicoutimi-Nord are still nicknamed "tireux de roches" (rock throwers), after young men who, before the Pont de Sainte-Anne was built, threw stones from the cliffs above the Saguenay at canoes carrying suitors from Chicoutimi coming to court local women. The story remains part of local culture.

Chicoutimi-Nord sits on the north bank of the Saguenay, opposite downtown Chicoutimi; the Pont Dubuc carries traffic across, replacing the Sainte-Anne ferry and winter ice bridges. The terrain rises from the river toward cliffs above the shore, so expect slopes rather than flat ground when walking between the waterfront and upper streets.

Residents of Chicoutimi-Nord are nicknamed "tireux de roches" (rock throwers), from a story set before the Pont de Sainte-Anne: young men from the north bank reportedly threw rocks from the cliffs above the Saguenay at canoes carrying suitors from Chicoutimi crossing to court local women.