Baie-Comeau (French pronunciation: [bɛ kɔmo]) is a city in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada.

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).

[7] 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 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, Route 138 was extended to Saint-Eugène-de-Manicouagan and in 1929, its post office opened with the English name of Comeau Bay (francized in 1936).

[2][8] 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.

Coinciding with the completion of the mill, the Hudson's Bay Company opened a store on September 15 of that same year.

[4] Knowledge of official languages from 2016 (multiple answers were possible):[4] 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.

The two major high schools of the city each offer an indoor swimming pool and are open to the public year-round.

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