It flows north-east on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, in the municipalities of: In addition to the villages crossed by the course of the river, the economic vocation of this hydrographic slope is mainly agricultural, and forestry for certain areas.

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the David River are: The David River takes its source from agricultural streams draining the territory of the municipality of Saint-Eugène.

This headland is located between the village of Saint-Eugène and that of Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, north of highway 20 and west of Drummondville.

The cartographer Joseph Bouchette, indicates this toponym on the map of Lower Canada, 1815.

[2][3][4] The toponym "Rivière David" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.