The highway acts mainly as a shortcut between Matane and the southern section of Route 132 which leads to the Matapédia River Valley and the southern part of the Gaspé Peninsula.
Route 195 is an 87 km two-lane north/south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Matane at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui.