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16-675: In accordance with the First Nations Policing Program, the governments of Canada and Quebec, respectively, provide 52% and 48% of funding for 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

32-481: A few minor differences from that of ville . However it is moot since there are no longer any cities in existence. Dorval and Côte Saint-Luc had the status of city when they were amalgamated into Montreal on January 1, 2002 as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec ; however, when re-constituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006, it was with the status of town ( French : ville ) (although

48-903: Is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec , Canada, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec , which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec . All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference

64-462: Is also called Kawawachikamach , south of the 55th parallel in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The Kativik Regional Government covers a territory of about 500,000 km (190,000 sq mi) and includes a population of just over 10,000 persons, of which about 90% are Inuit. The Cree village Whapmagoostui , near the northern village of Kuujjuarapik , on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay ,

80-950: Is an enclave in the Nunavik region and its inhabitants do not participate in the Kativik Regional Government. Whapmagoostui (village and reserved lands: 316 km , 122 sq mi) is part of the Cree Regional Authority and the Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee) . The Inuit of Nunavik are also represented by the Makivik Corporation in their relations with the governments of Quebec and Canada on issues specifically pertaining to their indigenous rights (hunting and land use). The Makivik Corporation supports greater autonomy for

96-631: Is financed by the Government of Quebec (50%) and the Government of Canada (25%). The KRG has mandates to provide the following services: The police service is provided by the Kativik Regional Police Force , which also has its headquarters in Kuujjuaq . 58°36′10″N 70°57′55.7″W  /  58.60278°N 70.965472°W  / 58.60278; -70.965472 Northern village (Quebec) The following

112-453: Is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring ones. Many such cases have had their names changed, or merged with the identically named nearby municipality since the 1950s, such as the former Township of Granby and City of Granby merging and becoming the Town of Granby in 2007. Municipalities are governed primarily by

128-668: Is the representative regional authority for most of the Nunavik region of Quebec . Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of the 55th parallel . The administrative capital is Kuujjuaq , on the Koksoak River , about 50 kilometres inland from the southern end of the Ungava Bay . In accordance with the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ,

144-572: The Code municipal du Québec (Municipal Code of Québec, R.S.Q. c. C-27.1), whereas cities and towns are governed by the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q. c. C-19) as well as (in the case of the older ones) various individual charters. The very largest communities in Quebec are colloquially called cities; however there are currently no municipalities under the province's current legal system classified as cities. Quebec's government uses

160-557: The English term town as the translation for the French term ville , and township for canton . The least-populated towns in Quebec ( Barkmere , with a population of about 60, or L'Île-Dorval , with less than 10) are much smaller than the most populous municipalities of other types ( Saint-Charles-Borromée and Sainte-Sophie , each with populations of over 13,300). The title city ( French : cité code=C) still legally exists, with

176-530: The KRG was established by the 1978 Act respecting Northern Villages and the Kativik Regional Government ( Kativik Act ). The Kativik Regional Government includes 14 northern villages, 14 Inuit reserved lands and one Naskapi village municipality. Each Inuit reserved land is near a northern village; the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (north of the 55th parallel) is near the Naskapi reserved land that

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192-466: 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 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

208-504: 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 Regional Government The Kativik Regional Government ( French : Administration régionale Kativik , ARK)

224-517: The Nunavik region and is headquartered in Kuujjuaq. Each of the 14 municipal councils of the northern villages designates one of its elected members to serve as a regional councillor on the Kativik Regional Government. As such, all these councillors have been elected locally by municipal residents, whether Inuit and non-Inuit. An additional regional councillor is designated as a representative from Kawawachikamach, Quebec . The Regional Government

240-783: 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 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

256-456: The municipal government of Dorval still uses the name Cité de Dorval). Prior to January 1, 1995, the code for municipalité was not M but rather SD ( sans désignation ; that is, unqualified municipality). Prior to 2004, there was a single code, TR, to cover the modern-day TC and TK. When the distinction between TC and TK was introduced, it was made retroactive to 1984, date of the federal Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act (S.C. 1984, c. 18). There

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