Rivière-du-Loup

[edit] In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rivière-du-Loup had a population of 20,118 living in 9,482 of its 10,045 total private dwellings, a change of 3.1% from its 2016 population of 19,507. With a land area of 83.74 km2 (32.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 240.2/km2 (622.2/sq mi) in 2021.

[edit] Notable events in the city include the annual Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival. It is also the birthplace of Raymond Goulet, author of the first Quebec novel showcasing trans themes.

[edit] Rue LaFontaine is an important commercial street in Rivière-du-Loup. Rivière-du-Loup is a traditional stopping point between Quebec City, the Maritimes and the Gaspé Peninsula. The Trans-Canada Highway turns south here, transferring from Autoroute 20 to Autoroute 85 and continuing southwards to Edmundston, New Brunswick. There is a ferry that crosses the river (fleuve St Laurent) to Saint-Siméon on the north shore. The city is also served by the Rivière-du-Loup Airport (IATA airport code YRI). The town can also be reached by Via Rail on the train named The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax.

[edit] Television[edit] Rivière-du-Loup is an unusual television market, as each of its stations has two transmitters in the city. The city's hilly terrain causes residents of the lower, western portions of the city to experience frequent signal dropout. That makes it all but impossible for a television station to serve the entire area with a single transmitter. Accordingly, each station in the city has both a primary transmitter and a "nested" low-power rebroadcaster to serve viewers in the western part of the city who cannot receive the primary signal. Until August 2021, the city was served by Canada's only triple-stick operation, in which all three of its licensed stations are owned by the same company, Télé Inter-Rives. This would be pared down to a twin-stick following the closedown of CKRT-DT in August 2021. OTA virtual channel (PSIP) OTA actual channel Vidéotron Cable Call sign Network Notes 9.1 9 (VHF) 4 CIMT-DT TVA Maintains low-power rebroadcaster on UHF channel 41 29.1 29 (UHF) 5 CFTF-DT Noovo Maintains low-power rebroadcaster on VHF channel 11 Defunct station: OTA virtual channel (PSIP) OTA actual channel Vidéotron Cable Call sign Network Notes 7.1 7 (VHF) 10 CKRT-DT Ici Radio-Canada Télé Maintained low-power rebroadcaster on VHF channel 13 Rivière-du-Loup is a mandatory market for digital television conversion; Télé Inter-Rives converted all of its transmitters to digital prior to the deadline of August 30, 2011. Unlike most larger cities in Quebec, Rivière-du-Loup has no local Télé-Québec outlet, though Rimouski's CIVB-DT is available on the Vidéotron system in Rivière-du-Loup. Following the closedown of CKRT-DT, Radio-Canada would be seen on Vidéotron from CJBR-DT Rimouski. Radio[edit] FM 89.5 - CJBR-FM-1, Ici Radio-Canada Première FM 90.7 - CBRX-FM-3, Ici Musique FM 103.7 - CIEL-FM, AC FM 107.1 - CIBM-FM, CHR FM 107.9 - CIBM-FM-1 (local CIBM rebroadcaster) Panorama of Rivière-du-Loup's skyline

[edit] Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, had a summer home in Rivière-du-Loup. People born there include: Danielle April, artist Joseph Jean Benoit, 31st Canadian Surgeon General Leila Beaudoin, professional boxer Raymond Goulet, dancer and writer Nicolas Dickner, writer Dr. John McLoughlin, known as "the father of Oregon" Louis-Philippe Picard, member of the House of Commons of Canada Maurice Arthur Pope, soldier and diplomat Alex Belzile, professional hockey player Allan Sirois, professional hockey player Alexandre-Antonin Taché, first Archbishop of Saint Boniface