Sanirajak

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Sanirajak

| native_name = ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ

| settlement_type = Hamlet

| image_skyline = Hall Beach, Nunavut (13431611974).jpg

| image_caption = North Warning site 1997

| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Territory

| subdivision_name1 = Nunavut

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Qikiqtaaluk

| subdivision_type3 = Electoral district

| subdivision_name3 = Amittuq

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/municipal_council_election_results_2019_en.pdf |title=Municipal Election Results 2019-2020|access-date=21 January 2023|publisher=Elections Nunavut}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2021%20GE%20Results_0.pdf |title=2021 General Election|access-date=21 January 2023|publisher=Elections Nunavut}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Philip Anguratsiaq

| leader_title1 = MLA Amittuq

| leader_name1 = Joelie Kaernerk

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1953

| area_footnotes =  (2021)

| area_total_km2 = 16.36

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 891

| population_density_km2 = 54.5

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −05:00

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −04:00

| coordinates = {{coord|68|47|25|N|081|14|15|W|region:CA-NU_type:city_scale:20000|notes={{Cite cgndb|OAURC|Sanirajak}}|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes = Elevation at airport. {{CFS}}

| elevation_m = 8

| postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code

| postal_code = X0A 0K0

| area_code = 867

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Sanirajak (Inuktitut meaning the shoreline{{cite web|url=https://canadiannorth.com/destination/sanirajak/ |title= Sanirajak (Hall Beach)|access-date= 21 January 2023}}), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), formerly known as Hall Beach until 27 February 2020,{{cite news |last1=Tranter |first1=Emma |title=Nunavut minister signs off on name changes for two communities |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavut-minister-signs-off-on-name-changes-for-two-communities/ |access-date=6 October 2020 |work=Nunatsiaq News |agency=Nunatsiaq News |publisher=Nortext Publishing Corporation |date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817124927/https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavut-minister-signs-off-on-name-changes-for-two-communities/ |archive-date=17 August 2020}} is an Inuit settlement within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, approximately {{cvt|69|km}} south of Igloolik.

History

It was established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning (DEW) site. Currently the settlement is home to a North Warning System ({{Coord|68|45|44|N|081|13|44|W|scale:20000_region:CA-NU|display=inline|name=Hall Beach North Warning System (FOX MAIN)}}) radar facility and the Sanirajak Airport.

In 1971, seven sounding rockets of the Tomahawk Sandia type were launched from Sanirajak, some reaching altitudes of {{cvt|270|km}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/halbeach.htm |title=Hall Beach|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202184154/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/halbeach.htm |archive-date=2 December 2008}}

Demographics

{{Historical populations

| title = Federal census population history of Sanirajak

| type = Canada

| align = left

| width =

| state =

| shading =

| percentages =

|1976|287

|1981|349

|1986|451

|1991|526

|1996|543

|2001|609

|2006|654

|2011|736

|2016|848

|2021|891

| footnote =

| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf | title=1976 Census of Canada: Population - Geographic Distributions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=June 1977 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf | title=1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=May 1992 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf | title=1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=September 1987 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf | title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1992 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf | title=96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1997 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=62 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Nunavut) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=15 August 2012 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Nunavut) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=20 August 2021 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nunavut) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=25 July 2021 | access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=62 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nunavut) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=8 February 2017 | access-date=1 February 2022}}

}}

In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Sanirajak had a population of 891 living in 197 of its 205 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:891-848}}|848|1}} from its 2016 population of 848. With a land area of {{cvt|16.36|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|891|16.36|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=9 February 2022 | access-date=19 February 2022}}

Geography

= Climate =

Sanirajak has a tundra climate (Köppen: ETf), a polar climate sub-type under the Köppen climate classification, without the presence of trees, and iced over for most of the year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=18047&cityname=Hall+Beach,+Nunavut,+Canada |title=Hall Beach, Nunavut Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=24 March 2020}} Summers are very short and cool, with chilly nights. Winters are long and extremely cold, lasting most of the year with little chance of a thaw.

{{Weather box

|location = Sanirajak (Sanirajak Airport)
WMO ID: 71081; coordinates {{coordinates|68|46|33|N|81|14|33|W|type:airport_region:CA-NU|name=Sanirajak Airport}}; elevation: {{cvt|9.1|m}}; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957−present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|width=100%

|Jan maximum humidex = 0.0

|Feb maximum humidex = 0.4

|Mar maximum humidex = -0.6

|Apr maximum humidex = 2.2

|May maximum humidex = 4.0

|Jun maximum humidex = 21.1

|Jul maximum humidex = 27.9

|Aug maximum humidex = 28.0

|Sep maximum humidex = 14.0

|Oct maximum humidex = 4.3

|Nov maximum humidex = 0.3

|Dec maximum humidex = -0.9

|year maximum humidex = 28.0

|Jan record high C = 1.3

|Feb record high C = 0.4

|Mar record high C = -0.5

|Apr record high C = 3.3

|May record high C = 4.4

|Jun record high C = 21.1

|Jul record high C = 23.3

|Aug record high C = 24.8

|Sep record high C = 14.6

|Oct record high C = 4.2

|Nov record high C = 0.6

|Dec record high C = 0.4

|year record high C = 24.8

|Jan high C = -26.7

|Feb high C = -27.9

|Mar high C = -23.5

|Apr high C = -14.2

|May high C = -4.5

|Jun high C = 3.3

|Jul high C = 10.2

|Aug high C = 8.2

|Sep high C = 2.3

|Oct high C = -4.3

|Nov high C = -14.2

|Dec high C = -21.0

|year high C = -9.4

|Jan mean C= -30.7

|Feb mean C= -31.8

|Mar mean C= -28.1

|Apr mean C= -19.0

|May mean C= -8.1

|Jun mean C= 1.2

|Jul mean C= 6.9

|Aug mean C= 5.6

|Sep mean C= 0.6

|Oct mean C= -7.1

|Nov mean C= -18.3

|Dec mean C= -25.1

|year mean C= -12.8

|Jan low C = -34.6

|Feb low C = -35.7

|Mar low C = -32.6

|Apr low C = -23.8

|May low C = -11.6

|Jun low C = -0.9

|Jul low C = 3.5

|Aug low C = 2.8

|Sep low C = -1.2

|Oct low C = -9.8

|Nov low C = -22.4

|Dec low C = -29.1

|year low C = -16.3

|Jan record low C = -50.0

|Feb record low C = -54.1

|Mar record low C = -52.5

|Apr record low C = -44.1

|May record low C = -31.1

|Jun record low C = -20.6

|Jul record low C = -3.3

|Aug record low C = -5.1

|Sep record low C = -16.7

|Oct record low C = -33.6

|Nov record low C = -42.2

|Dec record low C = -53.9

|year record low C = -54.1

|Jan chill = -72.8

|Feb chill = -71.7

|Mar chill = -66.6

|Apr chill = -58.0

|May chill = -44.7

|Jun chill = -32.7

|Jul chill = -7.8

|Aug chill = -11.7

|Sep chill = -25.1

|Oct chill = -49.6

|Nov chill = -61.4

|Dec chill = -64.6

|year chill = -72.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 6.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 5.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 8.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 11.6

|May precipitation mm = 15.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 18.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 21.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 38.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 30.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 27.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 16.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 9.6

|year precipitation mm = 209.3

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 0.0

|Feb rain mm = 0.0

|Mar rain mm = 0.0

|Apr rain mm = 0.0

|May rain mm = 2.6

|Jun rain mm = 14.5

|Jul rain mm = 22.2

|Aug rain mm = 40.5

|Sep rain mm = 17.9

|Oct rain mm = 2.3

|Nov rain mm = 0.0

|Dec rain mm = 0.1

|year rain mm = 100.2

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 10.4

|Feb snow cm = 8.9

|Mar snow cm = 12.2

|Apr snow cm = 18.2

|May snow cm = 16.5

|Jun snow cm = 10.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 1.9

|Sep snow cm = 12.4

|Oct snow cm = 33.3

|Nov snow cm = 25.4

|Dec snow cm = 14.3

|year snow cm = 163.3

|humidity colour = green

|time day = 3pm

|Jan afthumidity = 68.7

|Feb afthumidity = 68.3

|Mar afthumidity = 70.6

|Apr afthumidity = 76.4

|May afthumidity = 84.1

|Jun afthumidity = 87.7

|Jul afthumidity = 80.0

|Aug afthumidity = 81.9

|Sep afthumidity = 84.5

|Oct afthumidity = 87.8

|Nov afthumidity = 80.0

|Dec afthumidity = 73.3

|year afthumidity = 78.6

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.4

|Feb precipitation days = 6.9

|Mar precipitation days = 8.5

|Apr precipitation days = 10.6

|May precipitation days = 10.5

|Jun precipitation days = 9.3

|Jul precipitation days = 10.9

|Aug precipitation days = 12.3

|Sep precipitation days = 12.0

|Oct precipitation days = 15.8

|Nov precipitation days = 12.4

|Dec precipitation days = 10.0

|year precipitation days = 127.4

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 0.05

|Feb rain days = 0.0

|Mar rain days = 0.0

|Apr rain days = 0.14

|May rain days = 1.1

|Jun rain days = 7.3

|Jul rain days = 10.6

|Aug rain days = 12.8

|Sep rain days = 6.8

|Oct rain days = 1.4

|Nov rain days = 0.17

|Dec rain days = 0.35

|year rain days = 40.6

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 9.7

|Feb snow days = 7.2

|Mar snow days = 8.5

|Apr snow days = 10.7

|May snow days = 9.6

|Jun snow days = 5.2

|Jul snow days = 0.05

|Aug snow days = 0.95

|Sep snow days = 6.6

|Oct snow days = 15.2

|Nov snow days = 13.7

|Dec snow days = 11.0

|year snow days = 98.3

|source 1 = Environment and Climate Change Canada{{cite web

|publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada

|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=380000000&dispBack=0

|id = Climate ID: 2402350

|title = Sanirajak / Hall Beach

|work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020

|access-date = 13 April 2024

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240413004145/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=380000000&dispBack=0

|archive-date = 13 April 2024}}

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See also

References

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Further reading

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  • McAlpine PJ, and NE Simpson. 1976. "Fertility and Other Demographic Aspects of the Canadian Eskimo Communities of Igloolik and Hall Beach". Human Biology; an International Record of Research. 48, no. 1: 114–38.
  • Wenzel, George W. 1997. "Using Harvest Research in Nunavut: An Example from Hall Beach". Arctic Anthropology. 34, no. 1: 18.

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