Chibougamau is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,233 people. Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay. Its remoteness from Lac Saint-Jean and Abitibi-Témiscamingue areas causes Chibougamau to provide services for a few smaller communities surrounding it and for the regional resource-based industries.