Kuujjuarapik

For the Inuit reserved land of the same name, see Kuujjuarapik (Inuit reserved land).

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Kuujjuarapik
ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱᒃ
Northern village municipality
Partial view of the village, as seen from the hills to the east
Partial view of the village, as seen from the hills to the east
Kuujjuarapik is located in Quebec
Kuujjuarapik
Kuujjuarapik
Coordinates (412, avenue Saint-Edmund[2]): 55°17′N 077°45′W / 55.283°N 77.750°W / 55.283; -77.750[1][3]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
TEKativik
Settled1821 (HBC post)
Constituted7 June 1980
Government
[2]
 • MayorAnthony Ittoshat
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. ridingUngava
Area
[2][4]
 • Total7.00 km2 (2.70 sq mi)
 • Land7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
 There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total792
 • Density106.3/km2 (275/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Increase21.1%
 • Dwellings
267
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1G0
Area code819

Kuujjuarapik (also spelled Kuujjuaraapik; Inuktitut: ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱᒃ little great river[5]) is the southernmost northern village (Inuit community) at the mouth of the Great Whale River (French: Grande Rivière de la Baleine) on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. Almost 1,000 people, mostly Cree, live in the adjacent village of Whapmagoostui. The community is only accessible by air, Kuujjuarapik Airport and, in late summer, by boat. The nearest Inuit village is Umiujaq, about 160 km (99 mi) north-northeast of Kuujjuarapik. The police services in Kuujjuaraapik are provided by the Nunavik Police Service, formerly the Kativik Regional Police Force.[6] Like most other northern villages in Quebec, there is an Inuit reserved land of the same name, Kuujjuarapik. However, unlike most other Inuit reserved lands, the Inuit reserved land of Kuujjuarapik is not adjacent to its eponymous northern village; rather, it is located considerably farther north and in fact borders on the Inuit reserved land of Umiujaq.[7]

Although the permanent cohabitation of Inuit and Cree at the mouth of the Great Whale River only goes back to the year 1950, the two Indigenous peoples were rubbing shoulders in this area for a very long time: Inuit close to the coast and the Cree more in the interior lands.

  1. ^ "Kuujjuarapik". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference mamrot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Kuujjuarapik, Village nordique (VN) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NTA-Ku was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ KRPF. "General Information". Home. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Census Profile: Map: Umiujaq, Terre inuite (Census Subdivision), Quebec". 2011 census. Statistics Canada.