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Nunavik is a vast territory located in the northernmost part of Quebec. It lies in both the Arctic and subarctic climate zones. All together, about 12,000 people live in Nunavik's communities, and this number has been growing in line with the tendency for high population growth in indigenous communities.
Le Nunavik [1] (en inuktitut : ᓄᓇᕕᒃ), autrefois nommé le Nouveau-Québec, est le nom donné au territoire québécois situé au-delà du 55 e parallèle nord. Faisant partie de la région du Nord-du-Québec , le Nunavik couvre un territoire d'une superficie d'environ 507 000 km 2 et est composé de lacs sculptés par les glaciers , de ...
- Kuujjuaq,Inukjuak,Puvirnituq
- Québec
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Mar 30, 2020 · Nunavik, the portion of land within the province of Quebec located north of the 55th parallel, covers approximately 500,000 km 2 (representing more than one-third of Quebec’s territory). For approximately 4,000 years, Indigenous people have inhabited Nunavik, including Inuit who have made the region their homeland.
Nunavik is an area in Canada which comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, part of the Nord-du-Québec region and nearly coterminous with Kativik. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km2 (171,307.62 sq mi) north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec and part of the wider Inuit Nunangat.
Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland ).
- April 1, 1999 (13th)
- Canada
Nunavik (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) is the northernmost part of Northern Quebec. It is the homeland of the Inuit people of Quebec. For thousands of years, the Inuit have lived in this vast Arctic territory. North of the 55th parallel, Nunavik covers some 500,000 km 2 (190,000 sq mi), larger than the U.S. state of California.
