Inukjuak
ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ, Inukjuaq, Inujjuaq | |
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Coordinates: 58°27′N 78°06′W / 58.450°N 78.100°W[1][2] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Nord-du-Québec |
TE | Kativik |
Constituted | 7 June 1980 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Simeonie Nalukturuk |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
• Prov. riding | Ungava |
Area | |
• Northern village municipality | 64.40 km2 (24.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 54.92 km2 (21.20 sq mi) |
• Urban | 3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Northern village municipality | 1,821 |
• Density | 33.2/km2 (86/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,671 |
• Urban density | 845.6/km2 (2,190/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 588 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | www |
Inukjuak (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ, Inujjuaq or Inukjuaq in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,821 as of the 2021 Canadian Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac;[5] its former name was Port Harrison.
It is not accessible by road, but by boat in summer and year-round by air through Inukjuak Airport.
The police services for Inukjuak are provided by the Nunavik Police Service, which has one police station in the village.[6]
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