Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about 126 kilometres upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. Chicoutimi was founded by French colonists in 1676.
The city of Saguenay constitutes a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality; its geographical code is 941. Together with the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, it forms the census division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord. The mayor of Saguenay is Josée Néron. Prior to its use as the name of the city, the term "the Saguenay" or "Saguenay Valley" had already been used for the whole Saguenay River region. Saguenay is the seat of the judicial district of Chicoutimi.
The city is divided into three boroughs: Chicoutimi, Jonquière and La Baie.