This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of northern village (village nordique, code=VN) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and the Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government legislation.

A "northern village" is an Inuit community; these are all located north of the 55th parallel in the territory administered by the Kativik Regional Government. These have a separate legal status from Cree villages (code=VC), Naskapi villages (code=VK), or ordinary villages (code=VL).

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 of Inuit for various hunting, fishing, and other economic activities. The 2021 and the 2016 census before it show that all of these Inuit reserved lands have no resident population.

Northern villages and Inuit reserved lands The total area of Kativik covers and, , a population of 13,963, a change of from 2021 population of 12,949.

Censuscode Name Type Population2021 Population2016 % change Totaldwellings Dwellingsusual Land area km2 sqmi 2499883 Akulivik TI 0 0 0 0 2499125 Akulivik VN 642 633 204 181 2499891 Aupaluk TI 0 0 0 0 2499105 Aupaluk VN 233 209 77 70 2499879 Inukjuak TI 0 0 0 0 2499085 Inukjuak VN 1,821 1,757 588 481 2499885 Ivujivik TI 0 0 0 0 2499140 Ivujivik VN 412 414 136 123 2499894 Kangiqsualujjuaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499090 Kangiqsualujjuaq VN 874 735 191 185 2499888 Kangiqsujuaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499130 Kangiqsujuaq VN 837 750 321 297 2499890 Kangirsuk TI 0 0 0 0 2499110 Kangirsuk VN 561 567 197 170 2499893 Kuujjuaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499095 Kuujjuaq VN 2,668 2,754 1,253 973 2499877 Kuujjuarapik TI 0 0 0 0 2499075 Kuujjuarapik VN 792 654 267 249 2499120 Puvirnituq VN 2,129 1,779 697 547 2499889 Quaqtaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499115 Quaqtaq VN 453 403 173 144 2499887 Salluit TI 0 0 0 0 2499135 Salluit VN 1,580 1,483 473 426 2499892 Tasiujaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499100 Tasiujaq VN 420 369 120 106 2499878 Umiujaq TI 0 0 0 0 2499080 Umiujaq VN 541 442 178 168

Other

Some apparently outdated sources show the following as Inuit reserved lands: Kiggaluk, with geographic code 99875, adjacent to the Cree village of Chisasibi (this is below the 55th parallel and therefore outside the territory of the Kativik Regional Government) Killiniq, with geographic code 99896 (not to be confused with the abandoned town of Killiniq, Nunavut on Killiniq Island, about further north)

Neither of these is currently listed in the Répertoire des municipalités of the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire, nor have they appeared in the Canadian censuses at least as far back as the 2001 census.

See also 21st-century municipal history of Quebec

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References

External links Nunivaat.org Census profile 2021 MAMROT Répertoire des municipalités An Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government (also in French)