Nunavik
Nunavik
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Proposed autonomous area | |
Nunavik's location in Quebec, Canada | |
| Coordinates: 58°26′N 71°29′W / 58.433°N 71.483°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Nord-du-Québec |
| Administrative capital | Kuujjuaq |
| Government | |
| • MNA | Denis Lamothe (CAQ) (since 2018) |
| • MP | Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal) (since 2025) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 14,045 |
| Demonym | Nunavimmiut |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Inuit | 88.7% (2006) |
| Language | |
| • Inuktitut | 75% (2006), 90% (2016) |
| Time zone | UTC−05 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04 (EDT) |
| Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
| Provincial riding | Ungava (electoral district) |
Nunavik (/ˈnuːnəvɪk/; French: [nynavik]; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) 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 443,684.71 km2 (171,307.62 sq mi) 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.
Nunavik means "great land" in the local dialect of Inuktitut and the Inuit inhabitants of the region call themselves Nunavimmiut. Until 1912, the region was part of the District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories.
Negotiations for regional autonomy and resolution of outstanding land claims took place in the 2000s. The seat of government would be Kuujjuaq. Negotiations on better empowering Inuit political rights in their land are still ongoing.