It’s no secret. In Rouyn-Noranda, there is never a dull moment!
We have created this page to satisfy your curiosity and allow you to discover the locals’ favourite places and activities!
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Visiting Rouyn-Noranda? The Tourist Parking Permit allows you to park your vehicle free of charge for 3 days. Ask the team at the Tourist Information Office for details about this courtesy permit for visitors from outside Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
The City of Rouyn-Noranda uses both parking meters and pay-and-display units.
Click here to consult the interactive parking map
Click here to find out their location and operating hours
Parkedin mobile application for smart parking meters
Parkedin™ on the App Store (apple.com)
Parkedin – Applications Android sur Google Play
Want to spend the night in your RV in Rouyn-Noranda’s urban sector? There’s a space at Place Edmund-Horne, in the Vieux-Noranda district, where you can spend a maximum of 3 nights. It’s open from mid-May to early October, without service. * Parking may not be available during major events.
Registration No. 628205
Click here to learn more about the RV parking and the dump stations.
Under municipal bylaw, it is forbidden to park your vehicle on a public road between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 1st to March 31st, inclusively, in order to facilitate snow removal operations. During the winter period, the City of Rouyn-Noranda makes parking spaces available to visitors.
Fancy a shopping spree?? There are plenty of opportunities for window shopping.
The Quartier Centre is sure to charm you with its three streets comprised of 200 stores, service businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues. In summer, an entire section is converted into a pedestrian zone where a host of activities and services unlike any other in the region are offered.
Vieux-Noranda is a historic and cultural district, home to many specialty businesses and boutiques, as well as concert venues and public art installations. It’s the perfect place to discover a thousand and one things!
You prefer to avoid the risk of getting caught in bad weather? Rouyn-Noranda has two distinct shopping centres.
Inaugurated in 1972, Place Rouanda was not only the first shopping centre to open its doors in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, but it was also the first one built north of Montréal. Some fifteen stores and major retail chains have established themselves there.
With nearly forty stores, including major retail chains and local, independent stores, Les Promenades du Cuivre is the largest shopping centre in the region.
For those of you who prefer shopping in big-box stores, your needs will be met in the Senator Development located at the western limit of Rouyn-Noranda’s urban core. Here you will find giants like Walmart, Canadian Tire and Rona.
Exploring Rouyn-Noranda by electric car is easy! Our public charging stations are strategically located to enable you to discover the city centre on foot while your vehicle recharges.
To get around town in Rouyn-Noranda, you can opt for public transportation; the city buses can take you on a number of different routes free of charge!
Click here to consult the City Bus schedule
Taxi COOP
Flash Taxi
Numerous boat launches and docks are available all over the territory of Rouyn-Noranda for fishing or recreational boating. Here is a list of the municipal boat launches and docks:
Click here to consult the boat launches list
Click here to know about fishing in Quebec
Click here to know about fishing in zone 13
Click here to consult the outfitters list