General Information

Meaning: Where the earth is red
Population: 177

Aupaluk, the smallest Nunavik community, is located on the southern shore of Hopes Advance Bay. Aupaluk was a traditional camp and in 1975, for the first time in the Canadian Arctic, Inuit themselves planned and conceived the site of their village.

Aupaluk was incorporated as a Northern Village in 1981 and life remains essentially centred on traditional activities.