Quaqtaq
{{For|the Inuit reserved land of the same name|Quaqtaq (Inuit reserved land)}}
{{Contains special characters|Canadian}}{{Infobox settlement
| name = Quaqtaq
| image_skyline = Quaqtaq001.JPG
| imagesize =
| image_caption =
| native_name = ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ
| native_name_lang = ike
| settlement_type = Northern village municipality
| pushpin_map = Canada Quebec
| pushpin_mapsize = 197
| coordinates = {{coord|61|02|N|69|37|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Nord-du-Québec
| subdivision_type3 = TE
| subdivision_name3 = Kativik
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = November 1, 1980
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jusipi Kulula
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Ungava
| area_total_km2 = 26.60
| area_land_km2 = 25.82
| population_total = 453
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 17.5
| population_blank1_title= Pop (2006–11)
| population_blank1 = {{increase}}12.4%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 173
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = J0M 1J0
| area_code = 819
| website = {{URL|http://www.nvquaqtaq.ca/}}
}}
Quaqtaq ({{langx|iu|ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ}}) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 453 in the Canada 2021 Census.
The village is one of the northernmost inhabited places in Quebec, located on the eastern shore of Diana Bay (Tuvaaluk in the Inuktitut language), on a peninsula which protrudes into the Hudson Strait where it meets Ungava Bay.{{cite book|last=Dorais|first=Louis-Jacques |title=Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|year=1997|pages=132|isbn=0-8020-7952-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y8W3yHiKCQC}}
The name Quaqtaq signifies tapeworm. According to local folklore, this name derives from a man who once came to the area to hunt beluga and found live parasites in his feces. His hunting companions began to call the place Quaqtaq.
Inaccessible by road, Quaqtaq is served by the small Quaqtaq Airport.
History
Archaeological evidence indicates that people have occupied the area around Quaqtaq for about 3500 years. Thule people, the ancestors of today's Inuit, arrived around 1400 or 1500 AD.
In 1947, a Roman Catholic mission opened in Quaqtaq. The present-day settlement was established after a trading post first established in 1927 at Iggiajaaq, a few kilometres south-west, was finally closed in 1950. After a measles epidemic killed 11 adults in 1952, the Canadian government began delivering basic services to the community. A nursing station was built in 1963. In the 1960s, the Quebec government opened a store and a post office equipped with a radio-telephone. In 1974, the store became a co-operative and, in 1978, Quaqtaq was legally established as a Northern village.
Since 1996, policing is provided by the Kativik Regional Police Force.{{Cite web|url=http://www.krpf.ca/en/about/general-information|title=General Information|last=KRPF|website=Home|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-03|archive-date=2017-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827000621/http://www.krpf.ca/en/about/general-information|url-status=dead}}
Climate
Quaqtaq is located on the coast of Ungava Bay. Due to its location at 61 degrees north latitude and the influence of cold currents, the temperature in this area is much lower than other areas at the same latitude. The climate type of Quaqtaq is a typical tundra climate (Köppen: ETf), because the average temperature in the warmest July and August is only {{Convert|6.3|C}}, while the hottest month in areas with similar latitudes is much higher than it, such as Anchorage is {{Convert|15.3|C}}, and Bergen is {{Convert|15.6|C}}, while inland Yakutsk can reach {{Convert|19.9|C}}.
{{Weather box
|location = Quaqtaq (1951−1980 normals, extremes 1971-1987)
|width= auto
|single line = Y
|metric first = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high C = 1.9
|Feb record high C = 1.5
|Mar record high C = 1.0
|Apr record high C = 2.7
|May record high C = 8.1
|Jun record high C = 22.8
|Jul record high C = 26.1
|Aug record high C = 24.5
|Sep record high C = 15.1
|Oct record high C = 9.2
|Nov record high C = 5.0
|Dec record high C = 1.7
|Jan high C = -18.2
|Feb high C = -18.6
|Mar high C = -14.8
|Apr high C = -7.0
|May high C = -0.4
|Jun high C = 4.6
|Jul high C = 10.1
|Aug high C = 9.3
|Sep high C = 5.6
|Oct high C = 0.3
|Nov high C = -4.6
|Dec high C = -13.1
|year high C = -3.9
|Jan mean C = -22.2
|Feb mean C = -22.6
|Mar mean C = -19.0
|Apr mean C = -11.8
|May mean C = -3.4
|Jun mean C = 1.9
|Jul mean C = 6.2
|Aug mean C = 6.3
|Sep mean C = 3.3
|Oct mean C = -1.6
|Nov mean C = -7.1
|Dec mean C = -16.7
|year mean C = -7.2
|Jan low C = -26.1
|Feb low C = -26.5
|Mar low C = -23.3
|Apr low C = -16.5
|May low C = -6.4
|Jun low C = -0.8
|Jul low C = 2.3
|Aug low C = 3.2
|Sep low C = 1.1
|Oct low C = -3.5
|Nov low C = -9.6
|Dec low C = -20.3
|year low C = -10.5
|Jan record low C = -39.4
|Feb record low C = -42.8
|Mar record low C = -39.7
|Apr record low C = -34.0
|May record low C = -23.9
|Jun record low C = -7.8
|Jul record low C = -2.6
|Aug record low C = -3.4
|Sep record low C = -6.5
|Oct record low C = -17.0
|Nov record low C = -29.6
|Dec record low C = -43.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 15.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 7.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 8.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 19.4
|May precipitation mm = 22.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 36.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 58.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 41.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 46.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 38.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 22.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 17.2
|year precipitation mm = 334.4
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0.2
|Feb rain mm = 0.1
|Mar rain mm = 0.0
|Apr rain mm = 1.1
|May rain mm = 3.7
|Jun rain mm = 30.0
|Jul rain mm = 57.6
|Aug rain mm = 41.9
|Sep rain mm = 49.7
|Oct rain mm = 11.3
|Nov rain mm = 0.9
|Dec rain mm = 0.5
|year rain mm = 197.0
|Jan snow cm = 19.1
|Feb snow cm = 8.9
|Mar snow cm = 10.7
|Apr snow cm = 21.1
|May snow cm = 22.1
|Jun snow cm = 8.3
|Jul snow cm = 0.4
|Aug snow cm = 0.1
|Sep snow cm = 3.0
|Oct snow cm = 27.7
|Nov snow cm = 29.4
|Dec snow cm = 20.0
|year snow cm = 170.8
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6
|Feb precipitation days = 5
|Mar precipitation days = 5
|Apr precipitation days = 7
|May precipitation days = 7
|Jun precipitation days = 10
|Jul precipitation days = 12
|Aug precipitation days = 12
|Sep precipitation days = 14
|Oct precipitation days = 12
|Nov precipitation days = 13
|Dec precipitation days = 9
|year precipitation days = 112
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 0
|Feb rain days = 0
|Mar rain days = 0
|Apr rain days = 0
|May rain days = 1
|Jun rain days = 7
|Jul rain days = 12
|Aug rain days = 12
|Sep rain days = 11
|Oct rain days = 2
|Nov rain days = 1
|Dec rain days = 0
|year rain days = 46
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 6
|Feb snow days = 5
|Mar snow days = 5
|Apr snow days = 7
|May snow days = 8
|Jun snow days = 4
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 3
|Oct snow days = 10
|Nov snow days = 13
|Dec snow days = 9
|year snow days = 70
{{cite web
|publisher = Environment Canada
|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/doc/En56-60-2-1982.pdf
|title = Canadian Climate Normals 1951–1980 Volume 2: Temperature
|access-date = August 9, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230809040355/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/doc/En56-60-2-1982.pdf
{{cite web
|publisher = Environment Canada
|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/doc/En56-60-3-1982.pdf
|title = Canadian Climate Normals 1951–1980 Volume 3: Precipitation
|access-date = August 9, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230809040402/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/doc/En56-60-3-1982.pdf
|archive-date = 2023-08-09}}{{cite web
|title = Monthly Data (1971-1987)
|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/monthly_data_e.html?hlyRange=1971-11-27%7C1989-03-28&dlyRange=1971-11-01%7C1988-05-31&mlyRange=1971-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=6097&Prov=QC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProv&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1980&selRowPerPage=25&Line=556&lstProvince=QC&timeframe=3&Month=1&Day=1&Year=1971#
|publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
|access-date=August 9, 2023}}
}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Quaqtaq had a population of {{val|453|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|144|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|173|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:453-403}}|403|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|403|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|25.82|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|453|25.82|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 28, 2022}}
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- Population in 2021: 453 (2016 to 2021 population change: 12.4%)
- Population in 2016: 403
- Population in 2011: 376
- Population in 2006: 315
- Population in 2001: 305
- Population in 1996: 257
- Population in 1981: 150
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 144 (total dwellings: 173)
Education
People
Notable people from the community include musicians Beatrice Deer and Jaaji Uppik.
References
External links
- [http://www.nvquaqtaq.ca/ Website of the village of Quaqtaq] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131624/http://www.nvquaqtaq.ca/ |date=2007-09-28 }}
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