Ulukhaktok

Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaqtuuq
Uluqsaqtuuq
Hamlet
Looking at Ulukhaktok from the bluffs that give the community its name.
Looking at Ulukhaktok from the bluffs that give the community its name.
Ulukhaktok is located in Northwest Territories
Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaktok is located in Canada
Ulukhaktok
Ulukhaktok
Coordinates: 70°44′12″N 117°46′19″W / 70.73667°N 117.77194°W / 70.73667; -117.77194[2]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNorthwest Territories
Government regionInuvik Region[1]
ConstituencyNunakput
Census divisionRegion 1
Land claimInuvialuit Settlement Region
Settled1937
Incorporated (hamlet)1 April 1984[3]
Government
 • MayorJoshua Oliktoak[1]
 • Acting Senior Administrative OfficerMary Banksland[1]
 • MLAJackie Jacobson
Area
[4]
 • Land120.71 km2 (46.61 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Highest elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
408
 • Density3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Canadian Postal code
X0E 0S0
Area code867
Telephone exchange396
– Living cost (2018)192.5A
– Food price index (2019)179.9B
Sources:
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[1]
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[5]
Canada Flight Supplement[6]
^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100[7]
^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[7]

Ulukhaktok (Kangiryuarmiutun (Inuit language) spelling Ulukhaqtuuq ([ulukhɑqtuːq̚]) and known until 1 April 2006 as Holman or Holman Island) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Like other small traditional communities in the territories, hunting, trapping, and fishing are major sources of income, but printmaking has taken over as the primary source of income in recent years. The two principal languages in Ulukhaktok are the Kangiryuarmiutun dialect of Inuinnaqtun, which is part of the Inuvialuktun group,[8] and English.

The village has the world's most northerly golf course.

The community was covered in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement as part of their land claims and is in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

  1. ^ a b c d "NWT Communities - Ulukhaktok". Government of the Northwest Territories: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ulukhaktok". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan" (PDF) (PDF). The Community of Ulukhaktok, The Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT), and the Joint Secretariat. July 2008. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide". Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Yellowknife: Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b Ulukhaktok – Statistical Profile at the GNWT
  8. ^ Languages