Tasiujaq

Tasiujaq (, meaning: Which resembles a lake) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 420.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tasiujaq
Settlement.native_name: ᑕᓯᐅᔭᖅ
Settlement.native_name_lang: ike
Settlement.settlement_type: Northern village municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 197
Settlement.image_skyline: Rue principale de Tasiujaq.jpg
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: February 2, 1980
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Tasiujaq (, meaning: Which resembles a lake) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 420.

==Geography== thumb|left|700px|A view of Tasiujaq from the south. Tasiujaq was built on the shores of Leaf Lake at the head of Deep Harbour and lies a few kilometres north of the tree line, where the shrub tundra finally gives way to the arctic tundra. Tasiujaq actually refers to the whole of Leaf Basin: Leaf Lake, Leaf Passage and Leaf Bay. Leaf Basin is renowned for its high tides, which regularly exceed 15 metres. thumb|left|Iqaluppik Hotel on southern edge of Tasiujaq The bedrock under Tasiujaq consists of sedimentary and metamorphic formations, chiefly sandstone, slate, greywacke and argillite. Iron ore, dolomite, and mafic rocks are nearby.

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