Puvirnituq
Puvirnituq
ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 60°02′N 077°17′W / 60.033°N 77.283°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Nord-du-Québec Nunavik |
| Equivalent territory (TE) | Kativik |
| Constituted | September 2, 1989 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Levi Amarualik |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Provincial riding | Ungava |
| Area | |
• Total | 111.44 km2 (43.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 81.61 km2 (31.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,129 |
| • Density | 26.1/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016–21) | 19.7% |
| • Dwellings | 697 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
Puvirnituq (Inuktitut: ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,129 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Of all other northern villages in Nunavik (VN), only Puvirnituq has no Inuit reserved land (TI) of the same name associated with it.
The name means "putrefied" and is said to have arisen after an epidemic killed off most of the area's residents to the point that there were not enough people to bury the dead, which allowed the exposed bodies to decompose and gave off a putrid smell.
Puvirnituq is the aviation hub of the Hudson Bay coast. Puvirnituq Airport handles scheduled flights to and from all other Hudson Bay coastal communities in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. It is not accessible by road.
The police services in Puvirnituq are provided by the Nunavik Police Service.