| Rivière-du-Loup | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Coordinates: | 47.9°N -89°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | Michel Lagacé |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,768.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1,277.15 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 33,958 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 17,019 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Rivière-du-Loup is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]