Kawawachikamach (Naskapi village municipality)

For the Naskapi reserved land of the same name, see Kawawachikamach, Quebec.

Kawawachikamach ᑲᐛᐛᒋᑲᒪᒡ
Naskapi village municipality
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Coordinates: 54°51′20″N 66°45′50″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Nord-du-Québec
Territory	Kativik
Constituted	September 10, 1981
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pillip Einish
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area [2][3]
• Total	281.10 km^2 (108.53 sq mi)
• Land	242.09 km^2 (93.47 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	N/A
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0G 2Z0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.naskapi.ca

Kawawachikamach (Naskapi: ᑲᐛᐛᒋᑲᒪᒡ) is a Naskapi village municipality in the territory of the Kativik Regional Government in northern Quebec. It is the only Naskapi village municipality, but nevertheless has a distinct legal status and classification from other kinds of village municipalities in Quebec: Cree village municipalities, northern villages (Inuit communities), and ordinary villages.

There is a counterpart Naskapi reserved land of the same name: Kawawachikamach, located some distance to the south. Because the village municipality is north of the 55th parallel and the reserved land is south of it, they are actually in different administrative regions of Quebec: Nord-du-Québec (within Kativik) and Côte-Nord, respectively.

Despite the title of "village municipality" and the formalities that go along with it (for instance, having a mayor), this is actually an uninhabited area with no resident population: the Naskapi population all live on the reserved land, and the village municipality is for the exclusive use of Naskapis for hunting or other economic activities.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kawawachikamach had a population of 0 living in 0 of its 0 total private dwellings, no change from its 2016 population of 0. With a land area of 234.8 km² (90.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km² (0.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 329845". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 99065". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Kawawachikamach (Naskapi village municipality) (Code 2499065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.