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  <p align="right">Registration No. 333- </p>
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  <p ALIGN="center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <br>
  </font><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </p>
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  <p ALIGN="center">FORM S-8 </p>
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  <p ALIGN="center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER <br>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
  <p ALIGN="center"><br>
  </font><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" size="5">CAMBIOR INC. <br>
  </font></b><font FACE="Times New Roman PSMT" SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant
  as specified in its charter) </p>
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        <b>Province of Qu&#233;bec</b></font></td>
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        <b>Not Applicable</b></font></td>
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        (State or other jurisdiction of organization)</font></td>
        <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2">(I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)</font></td>
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  <font FACE="Times New Roman PS" size="2"><b>
  <p ALIGN="center">1111, rue Saint-Charles ouest <br>
  Tour est, bureau 750 <br>
  Longueuil, Qu&#233;bec, Canada J4K 5G4 <br>
  </b>(Address of principal executive offices) </p>
  <b>
  <p align="center">STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR KEY EMPLOYEES <br>
  OF CAMBIOR INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES <br>
  </b></font><font FACE="Times New Roman PSMT" SIZE="2">(Full title of the Plan)
  </p>
  </font><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><b>
  <p ALIGN="center">RL&amp;F Service Corp. <br>
  One Rodney Square, 16<sup>th</sup> Floor <br>
  10<sup>th</sup> and King Streets, Wilmington, DE 19801 <br>
  (302) 651-7642 <br>
  Attention: Mark J. Gentile <br>
  </b>(Name and address of agent for service) </p>
  <b>
  <p align="center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </p>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Title of</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Amount</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Proposed Maximum</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Proposed Maximum</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Amount of</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Securities to be</b></font></td>
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      <font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><b>
      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">to be</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Offering Price Per</b></font></td>
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      <font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><b>
      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Aggregate</b></font></td>
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      <font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><b>
      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Registration</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Registered</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Registered</b><sup>(1)</sup></font></td>
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      <font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><b>
      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Share</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Offering Price</b><sup>(2)</sup></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Fee</b></font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">Common Shares</font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">3,000,000 Common Shares</font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">U.S. $2.36</font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">U.S. $7,080,000</font></td>
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      <p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5">U.S. $757.56</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: -18">(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule
    416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;),
    this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
    shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from
    stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plan
    described herein. </p>
    <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: -18">(2) Estimated pursuant to
    paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
    amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based
    upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common Shares quoted on
    the American Stock Exchange on December 2, 2005. </p>
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  </font><hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><b><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2">
  <p align="center">PART I </p>
  <p align="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </p>
  <p>ITEM 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plan Information.</font></b><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><sup>*</sup></font><b><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" size="2">
  </p>
  <p>ITEM 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font></b><font FACE="Times New Roman PS" SIZE="2"><sup>*</sup><b>
  </p>
  </b></font>
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      <p align="left"><font size="2">*&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</font></td>
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  <sup><font FACE="Times New Roman PSMT" SIZE="2">
  <sup></font></sup></sup></font></sup><font size="2">Information required
      by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
      this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities
      Act of 1933 and the &quot;Note&quot; to Part I of Form S-8. </font></td>
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  <p align="center"><font size="2">2</font></p>
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  <p align="center"><b><font size="2">PART II </font></b> </p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="2">INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
  </font></b> </p>
  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference. </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents previously
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;) by Cambior Inc.
  (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  </font>
  </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on March 31,
  2005. </font> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Registrant's Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on: November 8, 2005;
  September 9, 2005; August 3, 2005; July 7, 2005; June 6, 2005; and May 6, 2005.
  </font>
  </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on March 31,
  2005, containing a description of the class of securities. </font> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All documents
  subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
  sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
  thereof from the date of filing such documents. In addition, reports on Form 6-K
  furnished by the Registrant to the SEC shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date
  such documents are furnished to the SEC. </font> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font> </p>
  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of
  Securities. </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.
  </font> </p>
  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel. </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.
  </font> </p>
  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers. </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant is incorporated
  under the laws of the Province of Qu&#233;bec. Under the <i>Companies Act</i>
  (Qu&#233;bec), the Registrant shall assume the defense of a director or officer
  prosecuted by a third party for an act done in the exercise of his duties and
  shall pay damages, if any, resulting from that act, unless the director or
  officer has committed a grievous offence or a personal offence separable from
  the exercise of his duties. However, in penal or criminal proceeding, the
  Registrant shall assume only the payment of the expenses of the director or
  officer if he had reasonable grounds to believe that his conduct was in
  conformity with the law, or the payment of the expenses of the director or
  officer if he has been freed or acquitted. The Registrant shall assume the
  expenses of the director or officer, if, having prosecuted him for an act done
  in the exercise of his duties, it loses its case and the court so decides. If
  the Registrant wins its case only in part, the court may determine the amount of
  the expenses it shall assume. </font> </p>
  <p align="center"><font size="2">3</font></p>
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  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></sup></font><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's
  General By-law (By-law No. 17) provides,
  subject to the provisions of the <i>Companies Act</i> (Qu&#233;bec), that the
  Registrant shall indemnify its directors, its officers or their predecessors,
  the persons who upon its request, act as such for a legal person of which it is
  a shareholder or creditor (or all the persons who assume a responsibility on
  behalf of the Registrant or of such a legal person), as well as their heirs and
  agents, for any reasonable expenses, including amounts paid to settle a suit or
  execute a judgment, incurred during civil, criminal or administrative
  proceedings to which they were parties in such capacity (including, without
  limiting the generality of the foregoing, losses, liabilities, expenses and
  charges (including the amounts paid to settle a suit or execute a judgment)
  suffered in connection with proceedings for recovery of claims by employees or
  former employees of the Registrant or of such a legal person (including, without
  restriction, claims for wages, salaries and other remunerations or benefits) or
  in connection with claims based on the omission by the Registrant to deduct at
  source, to withhold, to remit or to pay amounts as taxes, assessments or other
  expenses of any nature whatsoever in accordance with the requirements of the
  <i>Companies Act</i> (Qu&#233;bec)), (a) if they acted with integrity and in good faith
  in the best interests of the Registrant; and (b) in the case of criminal or
  administrative proceedings resulting in the payment of a fine, if they had
  sufficient grounds to believe that their conduct was in compliance with the <i>Companies Act</i> (Qu&#233;bec). </font> </p>
  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from
  Registration Claimed. </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.
  </font> </p>
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  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.
  </font></b> </p>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><b><font size="2">Exhibit</font></b></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><u><b><font size="2">Number</font></b></u></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Restated Articles
      of Amalgamation of Cambior Inc.</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.2</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">General By-law of
      Cambior Inc. (By-law No. 17).</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.3</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Stock Option Plan
      For Key Employees of Cambior Inc. and its Subsidiaries.</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Opinion of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc.</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Consent of
      Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Consent of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc. (included in Exhibit 5).</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Powers of
      Attorney (contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).</font></td>
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  <p align="center"><font size="2">5</font></p>
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  <p><b><font size="2">ITEM 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.
  </font></b> </p>
  <blockquote>
    <p><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned
    Registrant hereby undertakes: </font> </p>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any
      period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this registration statement: </font> </p>
      <blockquote>
        <p><font size="2">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any
        prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act; </font> </p>
        <p><font size="2">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
        reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
        date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
        fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
        statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
        volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
        the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
        reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
        represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
        offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in
        the effective registration statement; </font> </p>
        <p><font size="2">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  
        To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
        material change to such information in the registration statement; </font> </p>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
    <p><font size="2">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply
    if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
    those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
    the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement. </font> </p>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such
      post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof. </font> </p>
      <p><font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from
      registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
      being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
      </font> </p>
    </blockquote>
    <p><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
    undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
    liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
    annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
    Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
    securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
    shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof. </font> </p>
    <p><font size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar
    as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
    may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
    Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
    has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
    therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
    against such liabilities (other than payment by the Registrant of expenses
    incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
    defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
    officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
    registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
    matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
    appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
    against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
    final adjudication of such issue. </font></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p align="center"><font size="2">6</font></p>
  <font FACE="Times New Roman PSMT" SIZE="2">
  <sup>
  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'></sup></font>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="2">SIGNATURES </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Longueuil,
  Qu&#233;bec, Country of Canada, on this 9th day of December, 2005. </font> </p>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111">
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4"><font size="2">CAMBIOR INC.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="1"><font size="2">By:</font></td>
      <td width="392" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Lucie Desjardins</font></i></td>
      <td width="299">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td width="72" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="155" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Name: Lucie Desjardins</font></td>
      <td width="155">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td width="72" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="155"><font size="2">Title: Corporate Secretary</font></td>
      <td width="155">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <sup>
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  <sup>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
  </sup>
  </font>
  </sup></sup></sup></sup></sup>
  <p align="center"><font size="2">7</font></p>
  <font FACE="Times New Roman PSMT" SIZE="2">
  <sup>
  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'></sup></font>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="2">POWERS OF ATTORNEY </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each person whose
  signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Marc Dagenais and Lucie
  Desjardins his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
  with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all Amendments
  (including post-effective Amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do
  and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </font> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated: </font> </p>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111">
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top"><font size="2">Signature</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Title</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Date</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Louis P. Gignac</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Louis P. Gignac</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">President and Chief Executive Officer and
      Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Bryan A. Coates</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Bryan A. Coates</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial
      Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Guy G. Dufresne</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Guy G. Dufresne</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Chairman of the Board</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Alexander G. Balogh</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Alexander G. Balogh</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Jean-Andr&#233; &#201;lie</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Jean-Andr&#233; &#201;lie</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Graham Farquharson</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Graham Farquharson</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Michel H. Gaucher</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Michel H. Gaucher</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Hubert T. Lacroix</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Hubert T. Lacroix</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" valign="top" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Robert Normand</font></i></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="22%" valign="top">
      <p style="margin-left: 10">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="24%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Robert Normand</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="54%">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="22%">
      <p style="margin-left: 10"><font size="2">December 7, 2005</font></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
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  <p align="center"><b><font size="2">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
  </font></b> </p>
  <p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the
  requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has
  signed this Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly
  authorized representative of Cambior Inc. in the United States on this 7th day
  of December, 2005. </font> </p>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111">
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4"><font size="2">CAMBIOR
      PURCHASING SERVICES INC. </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4"><font size="2">(Authorized
      U.S. Representative) </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="382" colspan="4">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="859">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="1"><font size="2">By:</font></td>
      <td width="392" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <i><font size="2">/s/ Marc Dagenais</font></i></td>
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    </tr>
    </sup></sup></font></sup>
    <tr>
      <td width="859"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td width="72" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="155" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font size="2">Name: Marc Dagenais</font></td>
  <sup>
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  <sup>
  <sup>
      <td width="155">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    </sup></sup></sup></font></sup></sup>
    <tr>
      <td width="859"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td width="72" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="155"><font size="2">Title: Director</font></td>
  <sup>
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      <td width="155">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
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  </font></sup>
  <p align="left"><b><font size="2">Exhibit Index</font></b></p>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111">
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><b><font size="2">Exhibit</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><b><font size="2">Number</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></td>
    </tr>
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    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    </sup></font></sup>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Restated Articles
      of Amalgamation of Cambior Inc.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.2</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">General By-law of
      Cambior Inc. (By-law No. 17).</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">4.3</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Stock Option Plan
      For Key Employees of Cambior Inc. and its Subsidiaries.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Opinion of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Consent of
      Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Consent of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc. (included in Exhibit 5).</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="91%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" align="center"><font size="2">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%"><font size="2">Powers of
      Attorney (contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).</font></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
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text: Cambior Inc.: Form S-8 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.
  Registration No. 333-
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CAMBIOR INC.
  (Exact name of registrant
  as specified in its charter)
  Province of Québec
  Not Applicable
  (State or other jurisdiction of organization)
  (I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)
  1111, rue Saint-Charles ouest
  Tour est, bureau 750
  Longueuil, Québec, Canada J4K 5G4
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR KEY EMPLOYEES
  OF CAMBIOR INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
  (Full title of the Plan)
  RL&F Service Corp.
  One Rodney Square, 16
  th
  Floor
  10
  th
  and King Streets, Wilmington, DE 19801
  (302) 651-7642
  Attention: Mark J. Gentile
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of
  Amount
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  Securities to be
  to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate
  Registration
  Registered
  Registered
  (1)
  Share
  Offering Price
  (2)
  Fee
  Common Shares
  3,000,000 Common Shares
  U.S. $2.36
  U.S. $7,080,000
  U.S. $757.56
  (1) In addition, pursuant to Rule
    416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
    this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
    shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from
    stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plan
    described herein.
  (2) Estimated pursuant to
    paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
    amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based
    upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common Shares quoted on
    the American Stock Exchange on December 2, 2005.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  ITEM 1.         Plan Information.
  *
  ITEM 2.         Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  *
  *
  Information required
      by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
      this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities
      Act of 1933 and the "Note" to Part I of Form S-8.
  2
  PART II
  INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
  ITEM 3.         Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.
  The following documents previously
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by Cambior Inc.
  (the "Registrant") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a)        
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on March 31,
  2005.
  (b)        
  Registrant's Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on: November 8, 2005;
  September 9, 2005; August 3, 2005; July 7, 2005; June 6, 2005; and May 6, 2005.
  (c)        
  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on March 31,
  2005, containing a description of the class of securities.
  All documents
  subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
  sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
  thereof from the date of filing such documents. In addition, reports on Form 6-K
  furnished by the Registrant to the SEC shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date
  such documents are furnished to the SEC.
  Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  ITEM 4.         Description of
  Securities.
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 5.         Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 6.         Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers.
  The Registrant is incorporated
  under the laws of the Province of Québec. Under the
  Companies Act
  (Québec), the Registrant shall assume the defense of a director or officer
  prosecuted by a third party for an act done in the exercise of his duties and
  shall pay damages, if any, resulting from that act, unless the director or
  officer has committed a grievous offence or a personal offence separable from
  the exercise of his duties. However, in penal or criminal proceeding, the
  Registrant shall assume only the payment of the expenses of the director or
  officer if he had reasonable grounds to believe that his conduct was in
  conformity with the law, or the payment of the expenses of the director or
  officer if he has been freed or acquitted. The Registrant shall assume the
  expenses of the director or officer, if, having prosecuted him for an act done
  in the exercise of his duties, it loses its case and the court so decides. If
  the Registrant wins its case only in part, the court may determine the amount of
  the expenses it shall assume.
  3
  The Registrant's
  General By-law (By-law No. 17) provides,
  subject to the provisions of the
  Companies Act
  (Québec), that the
  Registrant shall indemnify its directors, its officers or their predecessors,
  the persons who upon its request, act as such for a legal person of which it is
  a shareholder or creditor (or all the persons who assume a responsibility on
  behalf of the Registrant or of such a legal person), as well as their heirs and
  agents, for any reasonable expenses, including amounts paid to settle a suit or
  execute a judgment, incurred during civil, criminal or administrative
  proceedings to which they were parties in such capacity (including, without
  limiting the generality of the foregoing, losses, liabilities, expenses and
  charges (including the amounts paid to settle a suit or execute a judgment)
  suffered in connection with proceedings for recovery of claims by employees or
  former employees of the Registrant or of such a legal person (including, without
  restriction, claims for wages, salaries and other remunerations or benefits) or
  in connection with claims based on the omission by the Registrant to deduct at
  source, to withhold, to remit or to pay amounts as taxes, assessments or other
  expenses of any nature whatsoever in accordance with the requirements of the
  Companies Act
  (Québec)), (a) if they acted with integrity and in good faith
  in the best interests of the Registrant; and (b) in the case of criminal or
  administrative proceedings resulting in the payment of a fine, if they had
  sufficient grounds to believe that their conduct was in compliance with the
  Companies Act
  (Québec).
  ITEM 7.         Exemption from
  Registration Claimed.
  Not Applicable.
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  ITEM 8.         Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Articles
      of Amalgamation of Cambior Inc.
  4.2
  General By-law of
      Cambior Inc. (By-law No. 17).
  4.3
  Stock Option Plan
      For Key Employees of Cambior Inc. and its Subsidiaries.
  5
  Opinion of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc.
  23.1
  Consent of
      Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc. (included in Exhibit 5).
  24
  Powers of
      Attorney (contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).
  5
  ITEM 9.         Undertakings.
  (a)         The undersigned
    Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)         To file, during any
      period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this registration statement:
  (i)         To include any
        prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
  (ii)         To
        reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
        date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
        fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
        statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
        volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
        the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
        reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
        represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
        offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
        the effective registration statement;
  (iii)        
  
        To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
        material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply
    if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
    those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
    the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement.
  (2)         That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such
      post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
  (3)         To remove from
      registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
      being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)         The
    undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
    liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
    annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
    Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
    securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
    shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c)         Insofar
    as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
    may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
    Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
    has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
    therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
    against such liabilities (other than payment by the Registrant of expenses
    incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
    defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
    officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
    registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
    matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
    appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
    against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
    final adjudication of such issue.
  6
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Longueuil,
  Québec, Country of Canada, on this 9th day of December, 2005.
  CAMBIOR INC.
  By:
  /s/ Lucie Desjardins
  Name: Lucie Desjardins
  Title: Corporate Secretary
  7
  POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose
  signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Marc Dagenais and Lucie
  Desjardins his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
  with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all Amendments
  (including post-effective Amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do
  and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated:
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Louis P. Gignac
  Louis P. Gignac
  President and Chief Executive Officer and
      Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Bryan A. Coates
  Bryan A. Coates
  Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial
      Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Guy G. Dufresne
  Guy G. Dufresne
  Chairman of the Board
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Alexander G. Balogh
  Alexander G. Balogh
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Jean-André Élie
  Jean-André Élie
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Graham Farquharson
  Graham Farquharson
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Michel H. Gaucher
  Michel H. Gaucher
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Hubert T. Lacroix
  Hubert T. Lacroix
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  /s/ Robert Normand
  Robert Normand
  Director
  December 7, 2005
  8
  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has
  signed this Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly
  authorized representative of Cambior Inc. in the United States on this 7th day
  of December, 2005.
  CAMBIOR
      PURCHASING SERVICES INC.
  (Authorized
      U.S. Representative)
  By:
  /s/ Marc Dagenais
  Name: Marc Dagenais
  Title: Director
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  Exhibit Index
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Articles
      of Amalgamation of Cambior Inc.
  4.2
  General By-law of
      Cambior Inc. (By-law No. 17).
  4.3
  Stock Option Plan
      For Key Employees of Cambior Inc. and its Subsidiaries.
  5
  Opinion of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc.
  23.1
  Consent of
      Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Lucie
      Desjardins, Senior Legal Counsel of Cambior Inc. (included in Exhibit 5).
  24
  Powers of
      Attorney (contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).
  10