This is the list of communities in
Quebec
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that have the legal status of
northern village (''village nordique'', code=VN) as defined by the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and the ''Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government'' legislation.
A "northern village" is an
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
community; these are all located north of the
55th parallel in the territory administered by the
Kativik Regional Government
The Kativik Regional Government (french: Administration régionale Kativik, KGR) encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec. Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of ...
. These have a separate legal status from
Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
villages (code=VC),
Naskapi
The Naskapi (Nascapi, Naskapee, Nascapee) are an Indigenous people of the Subarctic native to the historical country St'aschinuw (ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ, meaning 'our nclusiveland'), which is located in northern Quebec and Labrador, neighb ...
villages (code=VK), or ordinary villages (code=VL).
Note that most (all but two) northern villages have a counterpart Inuit reserved land of the same name (code=TI, ''terre de catégorie 1 pour les Inuits'' or ''Terre de la catégorie I pour les Inuits'' or ''Terre réservée inuite''). These are separate territories that are located near the northern village of the same name, and are for the exclusive use of Inuit for various hunting, fishing, and other economic activities. The
Canada 2011 Census and the
2006 census
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In mathematics
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before it show that all of these Inuit reserved lands have no resident population.
Northern villages and Inuit reserved lands
Other
Some apparently outdated sources show the following as Inuit reserved lands:
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Kiggaluk, with geographic code 99875, adjacent to the Cree village of
Chisasibi
Chisasibi ( cr, ᒋᓵᓰᐲ, translit=Cisâsîpî; meaning Great River) is a village on the eastern shore of James Bay, in the Eeyou Istchee equivalent territory (ET) in northern Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande R ...
(this is below the
55th parallel and therefore outside the territory of the Kativik Regional Government)
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Killiniq, with geographic code 99896 (not to be confused with the abandoned town of
Killiniq, Nunavut
Killiniq (meaning: ''ice floes'', iu, ᑭᓪᓕᓂᖅ) (previous spelling: Killinek; local variants: Killipaartalik or Kikkertaujak (''peninsula''); previously: Bishop Jones' Village; sometimes referred to as: Port Burwell) is a former Inuit se ...
on
Killiniq Island
Killiniq Island (English: ''ice floes'') is a remote island in southeastern Nunavut and northern Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located at the extreme northern tip of Labrador between Ungava Bay and the Labrador Sea, it is notable in that it ...
, about further north)
Neither of these is currently listed in the ''Répertoire des municipalités'' of the ''Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire'', nor have they appeared in the Canadian censuses at least as far back as the
2001 census.
See also
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Municipal history of Quebec
The municipal history of Quebec started in 1796 with the creation of administrations for Montréal and Quebec City, but it really developed immediately prior to the creation of the Province of Canada in 1841 with the formation of municipal distr ...
External links
Nunivaat.org Census profile 2021MAMROT Répertoire des municipalités(also in
ttp://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/V_6_1/V6_1.htm French
References
{{Subdivisions of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
Village municipalities
North villages and Inuit