Quaqtaq

For the Inuit reserved land of the same name, see Quaqtaq (Inuit reserved land).
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Quaqtaq
ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ
Northern village municipality
Quaqtaq is located in Quebec
Quaqtaq
Quaqtaq
Coordinates: 61°02′N 69°37′W / 61.033°N 69.617°W / 61.033; -69.617[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
TEKativik
ConstitutedNovember 1, 1980
Government
[2]
 • MayorJusipi Kulula
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. ridingUngava
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
26.60 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
 • Land25.82 km2 (9.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
453
 • Density17.5/km2 (45/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11)
Increase12.4%
 • Dwellings
173
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1J0
Area code819
Websitewww.nvquaqtaq.ca

Quaqtaq (Inuktitut: ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 453 in the Canada 2021 Census.

The village is one of the northernmost inhabited places in Quebec, located on the eastern shore of Diana Bay (Tuvaaluk in the Inuktitut language), on a peninsula which protrudes into the Hudson Strait where it meets Ungava Bay.[5]

The name Quaqtaq signifies tapeworm. According to local folklore, this name derives from a man who once came to the area to hunt beluga and found live parasites in his feces. His hunting companions began to call the place Quaqtaq.

Inaccessible by road, Quaqtaq is served by the small Quaqtaq Airport.

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  4. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Quaqtaq, Village nordique [Census subdivision], Quebec and Nord-du-Québec, Census division [Census division], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
  5. ^ Dorais, Louis-Jacques (1997). Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-8020-7952-0.