Nunavik Statistics Program

A new report from the research program to evaluate the cost-of-living reduction measures in Nunavik is now available. Entitled “Price Dynamics and the Impact of the Food and Other Essentials Program”, this report analyzes recent trends in grocery prices in Nunavik and explores factors that may affect the effectiveness of the Food and Other Essentials program. The french version can be consulted here, and the english version here.

Recently, Statistics Canada released the results of the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey. This edition, the sixth one, focuses on families and children including child care, access to services, family stability, intergenerational trauma and discrimination, sense of belonging, and Indigenous languages and culture. The available data for Inuit people in the province of Québec has been added to Nunivaat. Some of it is available in the children section, and some other in the Indigenous People one.  

The 2023 fire statistics are now available in Nunivaat. They provide information such as the material losses due to fires, the number of fire by village, the main use of buildings involved in a fire, the most common sources of ignition and the most common causes of fire. These statistics can be consulted in the data section under the Public Security/Fires. The annual update of this data is possible thanks to the collaboration of Departement of Civil Security.

2023 Nunavik crime data is now available. It covers different aspects of criminality including crimes against the person, crimes against property, arrests and detentions, seizures, contraband, and police interventions by category and village. The data can be found in the data page under Public Security/Criminality.  The annual update of this data is possible thanks to the collaboration of the Nunavik Police Service (NPS).