11 Facts About Nunavik

Nunavik is a vast territory, larger than the U S state of California, located in the northernmost part of Quebec.

Nunavik is separated from the territory of Nunavut by Hudson Bay to the west and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the north.

Parts of the interior of southern Nunavik can be reached using several trails which head north from Schefferville.

Nunavik has fourteen villages, the vast majority of whose residents are Inuit.

The principal village and administrative centre in Nunavik is Kuujjuaq, on the southern shore of Ungava Bay; the other villages are Inukjuak, Salluit, Puvirnituq, Ivujivik, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangirsuk, Tasiujaq, Aupaluk, Akulivik, Quaqtaq, Kuujjuarapik and Umiujaq.

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Climate of Nunavik is dominated by the long and cold winters as the seas to the west, east and north freeze over, eliminating maritime moderation.

In 2019, a scientific study by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of the McGill University found that the Nunavik Inuit are genetically distinct from any other known population.

Nunavik is rich in mineral deposits where Raglan Mine, situated near Salluit, is one of the largest mines in the region.

The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, of the Cote-Nord region to the south of Nunavik, owns an exclusive hunting and trapping area in southern Nunavik and is represented in the Kativik Regional Government.

Governments of Quebec and Canada and Nunavik had negotiated a proposal to establish a Regional Government of Nunavik.

Currently, Nunavik is part of the riding of Ungava, its residents making up just under half of the riding's population.