Aupaluk | |
Native Name: | ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃ |
Native Name Lang: | ike |
Settlement Type: | Northern village municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 197 |
Coordinates: | 59.3°N -105°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Nord-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type3: | TE |
Subdivision Name3: | Kativik |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | February 2, 1980 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Johnny Akpahatak |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Ungava |
Area Total Km2: | 32.60 |
Area Land Km2: | 28.68 |
Population Total: | 233 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 8.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
Population Blank1: | 11.5% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 77 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0M 1X0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Aupaluk (iu|ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃ) (2021 Population: 233) is a northern village in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. It is the least-populous Inuit community in Nunavik.
The name means "where the earth is red", referring to its iron-bearing (ferruginous) soil.
Its population has been increasing: it was 195 in 2011, up from 159 in 2001.
Aupaluk is located on the western shore of Ungava Bay, north of Tasiujaq and 80 km south of Kangirsuk. It is about 150 km northwest of Kuujjuaq.
It is served by nearby Aupaluk Airport.
Since 1996, the Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) provides police services for the village.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aupaluk had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 28.68km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
The Kativik School Board operates the Tarsakallak School.[3] Its building was destroyed in a fire on March 15, 2014. The school at the time served a total of 54 students.