8000 visitors per year. Sports The town is also enthusiastic about sporting events. The town hosted the Jeux du Québec in 2001 and was the host of the Memorial Cup Tournament in 2009. Since 1995, the town has been home to a QMJHL team, the Rimouski Océanic. Former Océanic players include Sidney Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier, Michel Ouellet, Brad Richards and Alexis Lafrenière. Climate Rimouski has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with cold, snowy winters and warm, rainy summers. Municipal council The city is divided into 11 districts. Six of those districts (Pointe-au-Père, Sainte-Blandine, Rimouski-Est, Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski and Le Bic) were small communities but were merged within Rimouski in 2002, except for Le Bic, which was merged in 2009. The municipal council is composed of the mayor and eleven councillors, each one representing a district. Source: Ville de Rimouski International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Rimouski is twinned with: Westmount, Quebec, Canada (since 1968) Notable residents Philomène Belliveau (1854–1940), artist, lived and died in Rimouski. Maude Charron, weightlifter, won the gold medal in 64 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Bernard Voyer, explorer, mountaineer. Patrick Côté, former UFC fighter and MMA competitor. See also Rimouski Seignory Rimouski River List of cities in Quebec Municipal reorganization in Quebec References Sources St. Lawrence Global Observatory Rimouski, Que - The Canadian Encyclopedia Further reading , a novel relating events of the night of May 6, 1950 External links City of Rimouski Cities and towns in Quebec Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River Populated places established in 1696