Puvirnituq

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Puvirnituq
ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ
Northern village municipality
Puvirnituq is located in Quebec
Puvirnituq
Puvirnituq
Coordinates: 60°02′N 077°17′W / 60.033°N 77.283°W / 60.033; -77.283[1][2]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
Nunavik
Equivalent territory (TE)Kativik
ConstitutedSeptember 2, 1989
Government
[3]
 • MayorLevi Amarualik
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Provincial ridingUngava
Area
[3][4]
 • Total111.44 km2 (43.03 sq mi)
 • Land81.61 km2 (31.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total2,129
 • Density26.1/km2 (68/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Increase19.7%
 • Dwellings
697
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1P0
Area code819
Websitewww.nvpuvirnituq.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Puvirnituq (Inuktitut: ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,129 as of the 2021 Canadian census.[4]

Of all other northern villages in Nunavik (VN), only Puvirnituq has no Inuit reserved land (TI) of the same name associated with it.

The name means "putrifed" and is said to have arisen after an epidemic killed off most of the area's residents to the point that there were not enough people to bury the dead, which allowed the exposed bodies to decompose and gave off a putrid smell.[5]

Puvirnituq is the aviation hub of the Hudson Bay coast. Puvirnituq Airport handles scheduled flights to and from all other Hudson Bay coastal communities in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. It is not accessible by road.

The police services in Puvirnituq are provided by the Nunavik Police Service.[6]

  1. ^ "Puvirnituq". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mamrot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c "Puvirnituq, Village nordique (VN) Quebec [Census subdivision] Census Profile". 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ "putrefied". Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  6. ^ KRPF. "General Information". Home. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-07-03.