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Note that most (all but two) northern villages have a counterpart Inuit reserved land of the same name (code=TI, terre de catégorie 1 pour les Inuits or Terre de la catégorie I pour les Inuits or Terre réservée inuite). These are separate territories that are located near the northern village of the same name, and are for the exclusive use ...
Nunavik has fourteen villages, the vast majority of whose residents are Inuit. [14] The principal village and administrative centre in Nunavik is Kuujjuaq, on the southern shore of Ungava Bay; the other villages are Inukjuak (where the film Nanook of the North was shot), Salluit, Puvirnituq, Ivujivik, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangirsuk ...
The Inuit Circumpolar Council is a United Nations-recognized non-governmental organization (NGO), which defines its constituency as Canada's Inuit and Inuvialuit, Greenland's Kalaallit Inuit, Alaska's Inupiat and Yup'ik, and Russia's Siberian Yupik, [178] despite the last two neither speaking an Inuit dialect [69] or considering themselves "Inuit".
Kuujjuaq (; Inuktitut: ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ or ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ, 'Great River'), [5] formerly known as Suoivauqaj (ᓲᐃᕙᐅᖃᔾ) and by other names, is a former Hudson's Bay Company outpost at the mouth of the Koksoak River on Ungava Bay that has become the largest northern village (Inuit community) in the Nunavik region of Quebec, Canada.
A village is a type of incorporated municipality within the majority of the provinces and territories of Canada. As of January 1, 2012, there were 550 villages among the provinces of Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , New Brunswick , the Northwest Territories , Ontario , Quebec , Saskatchewan and Yukon .
This is a list of communities in Nunavut, Canada. Many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun, while others are primarily known by their Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun names. As of the 2016 census the population of Nunavut was 35,944, an increase of 12.66% from the 2011 census. [1]
This category is for communities in Quebec that have the legal status of northern villages (village nordique, code=VN) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. These are Inuit communities north of the 55th parallel.
politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada: Johnny Ned Adams [5] [6] 1960: Fort Chimo: QC: pilot, a businessman and a former mayor of the village of Kuujjuaq: Susan Aglukark [7] [8] 27 January 1967: Churchill: MB: musician Leona Aglukkaq [9] 28 June 1967: Inuvik: NT: politician, Minister of Health and Minister of Environment: Olayuk ...