Ivujivik ( Inuktitut : ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃ Inuktitut pronunciation: [ivujivik] , meaning "Place where ice accumulates because of strong currents", or "Sea-ice crash Area") is a northern village ( Inuit community) in Nunavik , Quebec, and the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province, although there are settlements further north in the territories . Its population in the 2021 Canadian census was 412.
17-814: Policing for Ivujivik is provided by the Kativik Regional Police Force . Ivujivik is located in the Nunavik region of the province, some 2,000 km (1,200 mi) north of Montreal . It is only 28 km (17 mi) south-west from Cape Wolstenholme , the northernmost tip of the Ungava Peninsula , which is in turn the northernmost part of the Labrador Peninsula . It is near Digges Sound , where Hudson Strait meets Hudson Bay . The municipal boundaries include an area of 35.21 km (13.59 sq mi). The area
34-399: A change of -0.5% from its 2016 population of 414 . With a land area of 35.15 km (13.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 11.7/km (30.4/sq mi) in 2021. In 2001, 285 of the 298 (about 96%) persons were considered aboriginal . As with many Inuit villages, there is a large youth contingent. In 2006, 42.9% of the population was below the age of fifteen. The median age
51-697: Is a school district with territory in Nunavik in northern Quebec; it has an office in the Saint-Laurent area of Montreal and one in Kuujjuaq . While most Quebec school boards are categorized by language, this district is categorized as a "special-status school board". It was created as part of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), and in 1975 the school district came into existence. The district headquarters were placed in Dorval so
68-485: Is ice-free for 20 working days a year in the summer. There are no road links to the North American road system, nor is this (or any other) Nunavik community linked by road to any of the other villages in the region. The village is served by Ivujivik Airport . The village itself is located on a small sandy cove between imposing cliffs that drop steeply into Digges Sound. Here the strong currents from Hudson Bay and
85-552: Is thought that she may have benefited from a phenomenon known as hysterical strength in fighting with the bear. The presence of a polar bear in a populated area is an unusual occurrence. Angiyou was awarded the Medal of Bravery by the Governor General for her actions. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Ivujivik had a population of 412 living in 123 of its 136 total private dwellings,
102-1082: The Act Respecting Northern Villages and the Kativik Regional Government . The KRPF began delivering services on April 1, 1996. Operational Support & Administration : Shaun Longstreet Hudson Division: Melanie Panneton Operational Support: Mathieu Savage Tony Paquet The official mascot of the NPS is named Nanuk, the word for polar bear in Inuktitut . His place of residence has not been identified, but he has been seen in various communities around Nunavik . He especially likes events related to prevention and awareness, and there have also been several reported sightings of him in community parties. Kativik School Board The Kativik School Board ( KSB ; French : Commission scolaire Kativik , Inuktitut : ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᖅ Kativik Ilisarniliriniq )
119-554: The Kativik Regional Government , and it officially joined the agreement in 2015. In February 2006, the Ivujivik resident Lydia Angiyou saved her seven-year-old son and two of his friends from a polar bear attack outside the local youth centre by placing herself between the bear and the children. A local hunter, Sirqualuk Ainalik, heard the noise, ran over, and saved her by shooting the bear as it attacked. It
136-550: The 14 remote northern villages of the Kativik Region . The headquarters of the NPS are in Kuujjuaq , and detachments operate in each community. The service was formerly called the Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) until renamed on February 25, 2021. In accordance with the First Nations Policing Program, the governments of Canada and Quebec, respectively, provide 52% and 48% of funding for
153-528: The Hudson Strait clash, sometimes even crushing trapped animals between the ice floes . Directly north across the sound are West and East Digges Islands . Farther north in the Hudson Strait are Nottingham and Salisbury Islands . Archaeological dating estimates nearly 3000 years since the arrival in the area of Thule People , ancestors of today's Inuit , from Baffin Island. This place would have been
170-576: The NPS under a tripartite agreement with the Kativik Regional Government . Pursuant to the Police Act , the mission of the NPS is to maintain peace, order and public security, to prevent and repress crime and offences under the law and municipal by-laws of the Kativik Region, and to apprehend offenders. In pursuing its mission, the NPS ensures the safety of persons and property, safeguards rights and freedoms, respects and remains attentive to
187-547: The administration would be in proximity to the Quebec government. The headquarters were later placed in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG), Montreal . In 1998 Quebec Minister of Education Pauline Marois stated she would support the headquarters moving to Nunavik. The provincial education ministry requested that KSB adopt certain reforms in its mathematics and science programs by 2012; when this did not happen, in 2014
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#1732775304460204-503: The community to better structure its local economy and develop new activities such as sculpture, crafts, and tourism focusing on hunting and fishing. Ivujivik, along with Puvirnituq , was one of two Inuit villages that refused to sign the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement . In protest, it formed the Inuuqatigiit Tunngavingat Nunamini (ITN) movement. Nonetheless, it was gradually represented by
221-543: The ministry stopped KSB's ability to issue regular high school diplomas effective June 2015; instead "attestation of equivalence of secondary studies" became available. KSB did not inform the students and community of the change until 2017. President of the KSB board Alicie Nalukturuk accused the ministry of ignoring requests for help on issues in the community. The board formerly operated the Ulluriaq School, previously
238-537: The needs of victims, and cooperates with the northern villages of the Kativik Region in a manner consistent with cultural pluralism. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) delivered policing services to the inhabitants of Northern Quebec until 1961, when these services were assumed by the Sûreté du Québec . The KRPF was established in 1995 in accordance with the spirit of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement signed in 1975 and pursuant to sections 369 and 370 of
255-469: The starting point of Inuit migration into Quebec, explaining the presence of the Inuit along the coast of Hudson Bay. On nearby Digges Island was the spot of the first encounter between Europeans and the Inuit of Nunavik. This occurred in 1610 on Henry Hudson 's last mission. The Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post on Erik Cove near Cape Wolstenholme in 1909. A Catholic mission was established on
272-534: The village's current site in 1938. But both locations only remained seasonal camps. In 1947, the HBC post at Erik Cove closed and a new outpost was set up in Ivujivik. This marked the beginning of the modern village as nomadic Inuit finally began to settle permanently. Not until the 1960s did the Government of Canada begin to deliver health and social services. In 1962, the Inuit established a cooperative that has allowed
289-552: Was 19.1. In 2001, unemployment was at 18.2 percent. The median income for the same census was $ 14,624 (in Canadian dollars.) 72 percent of the workforce walked or biked to work. The Kativik School Board operates the Nuvviti School. Kativik Regional Police Force The Nunavik Police Service (NPS; French : Service de police du Nunavik , Inuktitut : ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐳᓖᓰᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᔨᖏᑦ ) delivers regular policing services in
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