Nunavik
Sign in to saveNunavik (; ; ) is an area in Canada which comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, part of the Nord-du-Québec region and nearly coterminous with Kativik. Covering a land area of north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec and part of the wider Inuit Nunangat. Almost all of the 14,045 inhabitants (2021 census) of the region, of whom 90% are Inuit, live in fourteen northern villages on the coast of Nunavik and in the Cree reserved land (TC) of Whapmagoostui, near the northern village of Kuujjuarapik.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nunavik
- Settlement.type
- Proposed autonomous area
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Quebec Nunavik location map.svg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nunavik's location in Quebec, Canada
- Settlement.image_map
- Nunavik-Québec.PNG
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nord-du-Québec
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative capital
- Settlement.seat
- Kuujjuaq
- Settlement.leader_title1
- MNA
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Denis Lamothe (CAQ) (since 2018)
- Settlement.leader_title2
- MP
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal) (since 2025)
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Federal riding
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Climate change and environment
- Demographics
- Villages by population
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Economy
- Arts and culture
- Government
- Regional Government of Nunavik
- Symbols
- Education
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nunavik (; ; ) is an area in Canada which comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, part of the Nord-du-Québec region and nearly coterminous with Kativik. Covering a land area of north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec and part of the wider Inuit Nunangat. Almost all of the 14,045 inhabitants (2021 census) of the region, of whom 90% are Inuit, live in fourteen northern villages on the coast of Nunavik and in the Cree reserved land (TC) of Whapmagoostui, near the northern village of Kuujjuarapik.
means "great land" in the local dialect of Inuktitut and the Inuit inhabitants of the region call themselves . Until 1912, the region was part of the District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories.