Grise Fiord

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Grise Fiord is one of Canada’s northernmost and most remote Inuit communities, located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut within the Arctic Archipelago.

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Label Occurrences
Grise Fiord canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit community
hamlet
human settlement
climate polar climate
climateClassification ET (tundra/polar)
country Canada
demographicsTrend very small and stable population
economicActivity limited tourism
subsistence hunting
traditional fishing
ethnicComposition predominantly Inuit
governingCountry Canada
governingTerritory Nunavut
hasAirport Grise Fiord Airport
hasHealthFacility nursing station
hasMunicipalStatus hamlet
hasSchool local community school
IATAAirportCode YGZ
indigenousPeople Inuit
isCoastal true
isOneOf most remote communities in Canada
northernmost communities in Canada
latitudeApprox 76.4°N
locatedBy Jones Sound
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Canadian High Arctic
surface form: Canadian Arctic

Canadian High Arctic
surface form: High Arctic

Nunavut
Qikiqtaaluk Region
locatedOn Ellesmere Island
longitudeApprox 82.9°W
namedAfter Grise Fiord (Norwegian for “pig fjord”)
officialLanguage English
Inuktitut
partOf Canada
population approximately 100
postalCodePrefix X0A
primaryAccess air transport
annual sealift
regionType High Arctic community
settlementType hamlet
timeZone UTC−05:00
timeZoneDST UTC−04:00
transportMode no road connection to rest of Canada

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Ellesmere Island contains Grise Fiord
Ellesmere Island notableSettlement Grise Fiord
Qikiqtaaluk Region contains Grise Fiord