'The Giant' is the literal translation of the word Inukjuak, but originally it was Inurjuat, which means "many people". In the past there was an Inuk (singular for the word Inuit) who went down to the river of Inukjuak to … See more

The many archeological sites near Inukjuak indicate that the area has long been inhabited by the Inuit.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Révillon Frères company set up a fur trading post in Inuk… See more

Despite its bitterly cold climate, Inukjuak is actually not very far north – especially for an area above the tree line. It is by North American standards located far south of warm-summer inland areas like Yellowknife and … See more

Inukjuak has a polar climate (Köppen: ET) with a July average of 9.4 °C (48.9 °F) and February average of −25.8 °C (−14.4 °F). The climate is influenced by the freezing of the shallow Hudson Bay combined with extremely … See more

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inukjuak had a population of 1,821 living in 481 of its 588 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 1,757. With a land area o… See more