Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktuyaaqtuuq (Inuvialuktun) Port Brabant (formerly) | |
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Hamlet | |
North Warning System radar station at Tuktoyaktuk | |
| Nickname: Tuk | |
| Coordinates: 69°27′03″N 133°02′09″W / 69.45083°N 133.03583°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Inuvik Region |
| Electoral district | Nunakput |
| Census division | Region 1 |
| Settled | 1928 |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1970 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Erwin Elias |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Holly Campbell |
| • MLA | Lucy Kuptana |
| • Member of Parliament | Michael McLeod |
| • Senator | Margaret Dawn Anderson |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (15 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 937 |
| • Density | 74.0/km2 (192/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 977 |
| – Living cost (2018) | 162.5A |
| – Food price index (2019) | 157.8B |
| Website | http://www.tuktoyaktuk.ca |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement Northwestel Natural Resources Canada ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 | |
Tuktoyaktuk (/ˌtʌktəˈjæktʌk/ TUK-tə-YAK-tuk; Inuvialuktun: Tuktuyaaqtuuq [təktujaːqtuːq], lit. 'it looks like a caribou') is an Inuvialuit hamlet near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway. One of six Inuvialuit communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, it is commonly known by its first syllable, Tuk (/tʌk/). It lies north of the Arctic Circle on the Arctic Ocean, and is the only place on the Arctic Ocean connected to the rest of Canada by road. Known as Port Brabant after British colonization, in 1950 it became Canada's first Indigenous settlement to reclaim its traditional name.