Salluit

For the Inuit reserved land of the same name, see Salluit (Inuit reserved land).
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Salluit
ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ
Northern village municipality
Looking east, October 2008
Looking east, October 2008
Salluit is located in Quebec
Salluit
Salluit
Coordinates (64, rue Aqqutituqaq[1]): 62°12′N 75°39′W / 62.200°N 75.650°W / 62.200; -75.650[2]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
TEKativik
ConstitutedDecember 29, 1979
Government
[1]
 • MayorPaulusie Papigatuk Senior
 • MPSylvie Bérubé
 • Provincial MNADenis Lamothe
Area
[1][3][4]
 • Total14.70 km2 (5.68 sq mi)
 • Land14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
 • Population Centre0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Elevation
 (at airport)[5]
227 m (745 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3][4]
 • Total1,483
 • Density101.1/km2 (262/sq mi)
 • Change (2011–16)
Increase10.1%
 • Population Centre
1,075
 • Population Centre density2,694.9/km2 (6,980/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1S0
Area code819
Websitenvsalluit.ca

Salluit (Inuktitut: ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ, "the thin ones")[6] is the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec, Canada, located on Sugluk Inlet close to the Hudson Strait and was formerly known as Sugluk. Its population was 1,483 in the Canada 2016 Census and the population centre had 1,075 people.[3][4] It is not accessible by road, but by air through Salluit Airport.

Salluit means "The Thin Ones" in Inuktitut, referring to a time when local inhabitants were facing starvation as a result of a lack of wildlife.

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  4. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Salluit [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  5. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Salluit community of Nunavik arctic region". Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2018-04-03.