Umiujaq

For the Inuit reserved land of the same name, see Umiujaq (Inuit reserved land).
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Umiujaq
ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ
Northern village municipality
Umiujaq is located in Quebec
Umiujaq
Umiujaq
Coordinates: 56°32′N 76°33′W / 56.533°N 76.550°W / 56.533; -76.550[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
TEKativik
ConstitutedDecember 20, 1986
Government
[2]
 • MayorJobie Crow
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. ridingUngava
Area
[2][3]
 • Total28.59 km2 (11.04 sq mi)
 • Land28.38 km2 (10.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total541
 • Density19.1/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Increase22.4%
 • Dwellings
178
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0M 1Y0
Area code819
Websitewww.nvumiujaq.ca

Umiujaq (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) near the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Nunavik in northern Quebec, Canada. The village was established in 1986 by Inuit from Kuujjuarapik, 160 km to the south, who decided to relocate away from the area affected by the James Bay Hydro-electric Project. The population in the Canada 2021 Census was 541.

Umiujaq is the closest community to Tursujuq National Park, which was officially opened on July 18, 2013, and covers 26,106.7 km2 (10,079.9 sq mi).[4] The park headquarters is located in the village, from which the park is accessible by an unpaved road.

Umiujaq, meaning "which resembles a boat" in the Inuttitut language, is located at the foot of a hill resembling an overturned umiaq, a traditional Inuit walrus-skin boat. The village is located 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Richmond Gulf (French: Lac Guillaume-Delisle; Inuttitut: Tasiujaq (which resembles a lake)), an immense inland bay which is joined with Hudson Bay by a rocky gulch.

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

As other villages in the Kativik region, the police services in Umiujaq are provided by the Kativik Regional Police Force.[5]

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  4. ^ Parc national Tursujuq
  5. ^ KRPF. "General Information". Home. Retrieved 2017-07-03.