Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
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Sanikiluaq (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) is a small Inuit hamlet located in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut.
It is the southernmost community in the territory, and is served by the Sanikiluaq Airport. Flights are 3 times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) by Air Inuit, the only airline that services Sanikiluaq. Nuiyak School, with 23 staff, teaches Grades K-12, with 300 students enrolled.
The M.L.A. for the community is Peter Kattuk and the current mayor is Annie Amitook
Population is 684 according to the 2001 Census.
The community was developed in the early 1970s to replace Belcher Island, located further south in the island group.
In current affairs, residents of Sanikiluaq are concerned about how the Rupert River diversion in Quebec will affect them; fresh water ice, of which there will be more, is less flexible for hunters out on the bay.
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