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Puvirnituq

Inuit Northern village in Nunavik, Quebec

Puvirnituq
Summary

Inuit Northern village in Nunavik, Quebec

FieldValue
namePuvirnituq
native_nameᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ
native_name_langike
settlement_typeNorthern village municipality
image_skylinePuvirnituq - Mai 2012.JPG
pushpin_mapCanada Quebec
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Quebec
subdivision_type3Region
subdivision_name3Nord-du-Québec
Nunavik
subdivision_type4Equivalent territory (TE)
subdivision_name4Kativik
established_title1Constituted
established_date1September 2, 1989
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameLevi Amarualik
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
leader_title2Provincial riding
leader_name2Ungava
area_footnotes
area_total_km2111.44
area_land_km281.61
population_footnotes
population_total2129
population_as_of2021
population_density_km226.1
population_blank1_titleChange (2016–21)
population_blank119.7%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2697
timezoneEST
utc_offset−05:00
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−04:00
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeJ0M 1P0
area_code819
website

Nunavik Puvirnituq (), also known by its previously official name of Povungnituk, is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,129 as of the 2021 Canadian census.

Of all other northern villages in Nunavik (VN), only Puvirnituq has no Inuit reserved land (TI) of the same name associated with it.

The name means "putrefied" and is said to have arisen after an epidemic killed off most of the area's residents to the point that there were not enough people to bury the dead, which allowed the exposed bodies to decompose and gave off a putrid smell.

Puvirnituq is the aviation hub of the Hudson Bay coast. Puvirnituq Airport handles scheduled flights to and from all other Hudson Bay coastal communities in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. It is not accessible by road.

The police services in Puvirnituq are provided by the Nunavik Police Service.

History

Iguarsivik School in Puvirnituq

In 1921, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) established a trading post in the village, known as Povungnituk and often shortened to Pov. This attracted the settlement of Inuit living in the region. In 1951, the HBC opened a general store. The closure of HBC stores in other nearby villages led to an influx of Inuit to Puvirnituq.

A Catholic mission was founded in 1956, which encouraged the residents to form the Carvers Association of Povungnituk two years later. It later became the Co-operative Association of Povungnituk and was instrumental in assisting, developing, and marketing Inuit art. Its success inspired other Inuit communities to form similar cooperatives, most of which now make up the Federation of Co-operatives of Northern Quebec. Leah Nuvalinga Qumaluk was among the artists who worked at the cooperative.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Puvirnituq had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 81.61 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1986 |868 | 1991 |1091 | 1996 |1169 | 2001 |1287 | 2006 |1457 | 2011 |1692 | 2016 |1779 | 2021 |2129 | graph-pos=

Education

The Kativik Ilisarniliriniq operates three schools in Puvirnituq. Ikaarvik Primary School for K-3, Iguarsivik Primary-Secondary School for grades 4 through Secondary 5, and the Adult Education Centre.

In 1980 there was a community boycott against the Kativik School Board as people in the community disliked the James Bay Agreement and therefore shunned the school district as they perceived it as close to the people who accepted the agreement. That year, the government of Quebec planned to open its own school there.

Notable people

Inuk throat singer and activist Shina Novalinga (born 1998), a social media personality gained fame for posting videos throat singing with her mother on TikTok and Instagram. As of August 2022, she has over 4 million TikTok followers and over 2 million Instagram followers. Other people from Puvirnituq include Mary Pudlat (1923–2001), a visual artist.

References

References

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  3. (9 February 2022). "Puvirnituq, Village nordique (VN) Quebec [Census subdivision] Census Profile". Statistics Canada.
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  6. (19 December 2013). "North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary". Routledge.
  7. "[http://www.kativik.qc.ca/our-schools/ Our Schools] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-09-15 ." [[Kativik School Board]]. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.)
  8. "Puvirnituq – Adult Education".
  9. (1980-09-26). "'Wait and see': Inuit schools re-open". [[The Times-Transcript]].
  10. (1995). "North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary". [[Garland Science.
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