Inukjuak
Sign in to saveInukjuak (, Inujjuaq or Inukjuaq in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the in Nunavik, in the region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,821 as of the 2021 Canadian Census. An older spelling is ; its former name was Port Harrison.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Inukjuak
- Settlement.native_name
- ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ, Inukjuaq, Inujjuaq
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ike
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Northern village municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Inukjuak2014.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Quebec#Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nord-du-Québec
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- TE
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kativik
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
- Settlement.established_date1
- 7 June 1980
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Simeonie Nalukturuk
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Inukjuak (, Inujjuaq or Inukjuaq in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the in Nunavik, in the region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,821 as of the 2021 Canadian Census. An older spelling is ; its former name was Port Harrison.
It is not accessible by road, but by boat in summer and year-round by air through Inukjuak Airport.