| Kangiqsujuaq | |
| Native Name: | ᑲᖏᕐᓱᔪᐊᖅ |
| Native Name Lang: | ike |
| Settlement Type: | Northern village municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 197 |
| Coordinates: | 61.6°N -129°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | 901, chemin Sinaitia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nord-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type3: | TE |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kativik |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | September 20, 1980 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Charlie Arngak |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Ungava |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.31 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 837 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 67.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 11.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 321 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0M 1K0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | No major highways |
Kangiqsujuaq (Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕐᓱᔪᐊᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 837 in the Canada 2021 Census. The community has also been known as Wakeham Bay. The name "Kangiqsujuaq" means "the large bay" in Inuktitut.[2]
It is located on the Ungava Peninsula, on the Cap du Prince-de-Galles on the Hudson Strait. It is served by the small Kangiqsujuaq Airport.
During winter, when the tides are extremely low, local Inuit sometimes climb beneath the shifting sea ice to gather blue mussels. They break holes in the ice and then can walk for a short time on the exposed sea bed and collect this food. This risky way of gathering the mussels goes back for generations.[3]
As the other villages of the Kativik region, the Kativik Regional Police Force provides police services in Kangiqsujuaq.[4]
Kangiqsujuaq is the closest community to the Qajartalik archaeological site, a site featuring petroglyphs created by the Dorset culture.[5] In 2017, it was announced that the Qajartalik would be added to Canada's tentative list for nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kangiqsujuaq had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 12.41km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
The Kativik School Board operates the Arsaniq School.[8]