Kangiqsujuaq

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Kangiqsujuaq (Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕐᓱᔪᐊᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 837 in the Canada 2021 Census. The community has also been known as Wakeham Bay. The name "Kangiqsujuaq" means "the large bay" in Inuktitut.^[5]

Kangiqsujuaq ᑲᖏᕐᓱᔪᐊᖅ
Northern village municipality
Kangiqsujuaq
Coordinates (901, chemin Sinaitia[1]): 61°36′N 71°58′W / 61.600°N 71.967°W / 61.600; -71.967[2]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Nord-du-Québec
TE	Kativik
Constituted	September 20, 1980
Government [1]
• Mayor	Charlie Arngak
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Ungava
Area [1][3]
• Total	12.60 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
• Land	12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	837
• Density	67.5/km2 (175/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	11.6%
• Dwellings	321
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0M 1K0
Area code	819
Highways	No major highways
Website	www.nvkangiqsujuaq.ca

It is located on the Ungava Peninsula, on the Cap du Prince-de-Galles on the Hudson Strait. It is served by the small Kangiqsujuaq Airport.

During winter, when the tides are extremely low, local Inuit sometimes climb beneath the shifting sea ice to gather blue mussels. They break holes in the ice and then can walk for a short time on the exposed sea bed and collect this food. This risky way of gathering the mussels goes back for generations.^[6]

As the other villages of the Kativik region, the Kativik Regional Police Force provides police services in Kangiqsujuaq.^[7]

Kangiqsujuaq is the closest community to the Qajartalik archaeological site, a site featuring petroglyphs created by the Dorset culture.^[8] In 2017, it was announced that the Qajartalik would be added to Canada's tentative list for nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.^[9]