CHICOUTIMI, industrial town and capital of Chicoutimi county, Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay river (q.v.), 227m. N. by E. from Quebec, on the Canadian National, and Roberval and Saguenay railways; it is also connected with Quebec by regular steamship lines. Pop. (1931) 11,877. It is the centre for one of the greatest hydro developments on the North American continent : some 13 hydro power plants are either completed or under construction, with a capacity of 1,500,000 horse power. New pulp and paper developments are being carried out throughout the district.