| Official Name: | Skidegate Haida: Hlg̱aagilda |
| Settlement Type: | Indigenous reserve |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Skidegate in Haida Gwaii |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Haida: [[Haida Gwaii]] |
| Subdivision Type3: | Regional district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
| Leader Name: | Skidegate Band Council |
| Leader Title1: | Chief Councillor |
| Leader Name1: | Willard Wilson |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1850 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.65 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 837 |
| Population Density Km2: | 138.3 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | −8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −7 |
| Coordinates: | 53.2672°N -131.9906°W |
| Elevation M: | 28 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Hecate Strait |
Skidegate (Haida: '''Hlg̱aagilda''')[2] is a Haida community in Haida: i=unset|[[Haida Gwaii]] in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island,[3] the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately 50km (30miles) west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait.
Skidegate, which is on Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1 and was formerly home to the Skidegate Mission[4] [5] is also the northern terminal for the BC Ferries service between Graham Island and Alliford Bay on Moresby Island.
According to tradition, the village was named after an earlier village chief, Sg̱iida-gidg̱a Iihllngas = "Son of the Chiton”[6] whose name late 18th-century traders in sea otter pelts recorded as Skidegate.[7] Between 1790 and 1820, the community was a hub for the exploitation of sea otter furs.[7] [8]
Skidegate is home to a number of totem poles:[9]
The Haida Heritage Centre is in Skidegate along the town's eastern boundary.