• Source: Salluit

Salluit (Inuktitut: ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ, "the thin ones") is the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec, Canada, located on Sugluk Inlet close to the Hudson Strait and was formerly known as Sugluk. Its population was 1,483 in the Canada 2016 Census and the population centre had 1,075 people. It is not accessible by road, but by air through Salluit Airport.
Salluit means "The Thin Ones" in Inuktitut, referring to a time when local inhabitants were facing starvation as a result of a lack of wildlife.




History


In 1925, an independent trader opened a trading post on the site of present-day Salluit. Not to be outdone, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) quickly established its own post on the far shore of Sugluk Inlet but relocated it soon after to Deception Bay, about 53.5 km (33+1⁄4 mi) to the east.
In 1930, the HBC built a store at present-day Salluit and closed its post at Deception Bay in 1932. The golden years of fur trading came to an end around 1936 when the price of pelts collapsed.
In 1930 a Catholic mission was established, closing some twenty years later, but followed by an Anglican mission in 1955. The Government of Canada opened a day school in 1957. As more public services were being delivered, Inuit settled around the small village.
The first residential houses were built in 1959 and ten years later a co-operative store was established by its residents. Salluit legally became a municipality in 1979.
Since 1996, the police services in Salluit are provided by the Nunavik Police Service.




Demographics


In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Salluit had a population of 1,580 living in 426 of its 473 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 1,483. With a land area of 15.08 km2 (5.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 104.8/km2 (271.4/sq mi) in 2021.




Education


The Kativik School Board operates two schools in Salluit.
The first is Pigiurvik School, which is the primary school.
The second is Ikusik School, which is the secondary school.
Students attend Pigiurvik from Grade 1 to Grade 4, before attending Ikusik for Grade 5 to Secondary V.




Notable residents


Elisapie Isaac, pop singer
Annie Ittoshat, Anglican bishop and pastor
Lucy Qinnuayuak, artist, born in Salluit
Lissie Saggiak, artist
Sugluk (band), rock group
Maggie MacDonnell, teacher, awarded the "Global Teacher Prize" of the Varkey Foundation 2017.




See also


Ivujivik, the northernmost settlement in Quebec




References






External links



Official website
Nunavik Tourism, Salluit website
Northern light in Salluit
Project: Municipal case studies: The planning process and climate change

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• Air Inuit
• Quebec Utara
• Daftar bandar udara di Quebec
• Bandar Udara Internasional Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau
• Salluit
• Salluit Airport
• Elisapie
• Salluit (Inuit reserved land)
• Sugluk
• Raglan Agreement
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Nunavik
• Nord-du-Québec
• Sugluk (band)