[6] Oujé-Bougoumou (referred to as "Oujé" by local residents) is accessible by a 25 km (16 mi) paved road (gravel before 2008), linking to Route 113 not far from Chapais.

Along with the neighbouring towns of Chibougamau and Chapais, Oujé-Bougoumou is served by the Chibougamau/Chapais airport located approximately 42 km (26 mi) away on Route 113.

It has won recognition and awards for its community development innovations, which attempted to take architectural expression, economic sustainability, and environmental conservation into account.

In addition to the local Petaapin Youth Centre,[10] there is the Albert Mianscum Memorial Sports Complex with a competition grade ice rink.

[12] The economy of Oujé-Bougoumou centres on operating and maintaining the village, mining exploration, trapping, tourism, construction, outfitting, and blueberry cultivation.

[13] On November 9, 2009, under the Canadian Economic Action Plan, it was announced that a total of $3.2 million would be invested in the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute.

[14] In designing their community, the Ouje-Bougoumou people decided to establish a community-wide district heating system fueled by wood waste from a nearby sawmill.

From the boiler house, the heat is piped via an underground hot water distribution network with supply and return pipelines in a closed circuit.