The Nunivaat Research Program

As a public administration, The Kativik Regional Government (KRG) has a need for accurate statistical information, which is a requisite tool of public-decision makers. The Kativik Regional Government administers several complex economic, social and cultural programs for which valid statistical support is necessary.

In the early 2000, the Kativik Regional Government has expressed the desire to establish a Nunavik statistics program. Given its experience in this particular field, the Kativik Regional Government has requested the assistance of the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Aboriginal Condition (2002-2023), at the Université Laval, to assist in the development of a response to this need.

The Kativik Regional Government wished the Nunavik Statistics Program to include a socioeconomic databank easily accessible on internet, and a research program devoted to the socioeconomic situation of the Nunavik region. This research program would include the design and the execution of special statistical surveys, and the preparation of statistical reports.

The Nunivaat Research Program started in 2005 and has continued since then. It is devoted to the development of knowledge through statistical tools and researches, in order to support public decision in Nunavik.

Since 2023, the Nunivaat Research Program has been linked to the activities of the Louis-Edmond-Hamelin Chair in Northern Social Sciences affiliated with the University of the Arctic.

Publications from the Nunivaat Research Program

(2024) Nunivaat Analytics. Housing needs in Nunavik: Portrait and Trends
R. Édouard, S. Lévesque and G. Duhaime, Louis-Edmond-Hamelin Chair, Collection: Nunivaat Analytics, Université Laval, Québec, 5 p. 

(2023) Grocery Price Trends in Nunavik 2016-2023

Lévesque S. (under the direction of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Conditions, Collection: Nunivaat Analytics, Université Laval, Québec, 4 p.

(2022) Construction of Nunavik Price Indices — Methodology and Preliminary Results
Lévesque, S. (under the dir. of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 12 p. +appendices

(2022) Nunivaat Analytics. Nunavik Employment Profile and Trends at a Glance
S. Lévesque and G. Duhaime, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Conditions, Collection: Nunivaat Analytics, Université Laval, Québec, 5 p.

(2021) Employment in Nunavik. Profile and Trends
Lévesque, S. (under the dir. of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 77 p.

(2021) Nunavik in Figures 2020 - Sources
Duhaime. G., A. Caron and K. Everett, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, English and Inuktitut, 2020, 13 p.

(2021) Nunavik in Figures 2020
Duhaime. G., A. Caron and K. Everett, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, English and Inuktitut, 2020, 64 p.

(2021) Nunivaat Analytics. Price Trends in Nunavik 2011-2016 - Consolidating Sets of Comparative Price Data
Lévesque, S., and G. Duhaime, Nunivaat Analytics Series, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 2021-2, 5 p

(2021) Nunivaat Analytics. COVID-19 - Price Trends In Nunavik During The Public Health Crisis In The Spring Of 2020 
Lévesque, S., and G. Duhaime, Nunivaat Analytics Series, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 2021-1, 4 p

(2020) Nunivaat Analytics. The Elders of Nunavik - A Snapshot of the Socio-Economic Situation
Lévesque, S., and G. Duhaime, Nunivaat Analytics Series, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 2020-1, 4 p

(2019) Nunivaat Analytics. Demographic Changes in Nunavik 2006-2016
Lévesque, S., and G. Duhaime, Nunivaat Analytics Series, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 2019-1, 3 p

(2018) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - How Has the Population Changed in Ten Years?
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 10E-September 2018

(2018) The Cost of Living in Nunavik in 2016. Research Report – Revised and Expanded Version
Robitaille, J., E., Guénard and G. Duhaime, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 23 p. + appendices

(2016) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - Significant Economic Growth in Nunavik
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 8E-November 2016

(2015) Economic Portrait of Nunavik in 2012. Final Report on the Construction on a Social Accounting Matrix in Nunavik
Robichaud V. and G. Duhaime, Report presented to the Kativik Regional Government, March 2015, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 18 p

(2015) Nunavik in Figures 2015 – Full Version
Duhaime, G., S. Lévesque and A. Caron, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 133 p

(2015) Nunavik in Figures 2015 – Pocket Edition
Duhaime, G., A. Caron and S. Lévesque, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 40 p

(2014) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - Fresh Perishable Product Prices Decrease in Nunavik
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 7E-February 2014

(2013) Consumer Prices Monitoring in Nunavik 2011-2013
Duhaime G. and A. Caron, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 17 p. + appendices

(2012) Low Income Measures and Rates in Inuit Nunangat
Duhaime G. et R. Edouard, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 21 p

(2011) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - Everyday Consumer Products Still More Expensive in Nunavik
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 6E-April 2012

(2011) Nunavik Comparative Prices Index 2011
Duhaime G. and A. Caron, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 56 p

(2009) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - More Poverty in Nunavik
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 5E-July 2009

(2009) Poverty in Nunavik. State of Knowledge
Duhaime, G., Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 41 p

(2008) Socio-Economic Profile of Nunavik. Edition 2008
Duhaime, G., Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 128 p

(2007) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - A Day, a Month, a Year in Nunavik
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 3E-August 2007

(2007) Economic Portrait of Nunavik 2003
Duhaime G. and V. Robichaud, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 46 p. + appendices

(2007) Socio-Economic Profile of Nunavik 2006
Duhaime, G., Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 60 p. + appendices

(2006) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - Low Income for Nunavik Elders
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 1E-December 2006

(2006) Nunavik Comparative Price Index 2006
Bernard, N. (under the dir. of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 18 p. + appendices

(2006) Nunavik Comparative Price Index 2006. Complementary Study, Magdalen Islands, Northern Québec, Lower North Shore (Abridged Version)
Bernard, N. (under the dir. of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 3 p. + appendices

(2006) Nunavik Statistical Bulletin - Nunavimmiut Pay More for Staple Consumer Goods
Duhaime, G. (under the dir.), Nunivaat, Nunavik Statistical Bulletin, no 2E-December 2006

(2005) Socio-Economic Profile of Elders in Nunavik
Bernard, N. (under the dir. of G. Duhaime), Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 15 p. + appendices

(2005) An Inventory Of Abandond Mining Exploration Sites In Nunavik, Canada
Duhaime G., N. Bernard and R. Comtois, An Inventory of Abandond Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik, Canada, in: The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 49, no 3 (2005) 260–271

(2003) An Inventory Of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites In Nunavik (Condensed Version)
Duhaime G., R. Comtois and N. Bernard, An Inventory of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik (condensed version), GÉTIC, Collection Recherche, Numéro 39, Université Laval, Québec, 32 p.

(2003) Abandoned Mining Exploration Equipment In Nunavik. Methods To Identify And Locate Potential Sites
Duhaime G. and R. Comtois, in: R. O. Rasmussen and N. E. Koroleva (eds), Social and Environmental Impacts in the North, Kluwer Academics Publishers, Printed in the Netherlands, pp 353-367

(2002) Inventaire des sites abandonnés d'exploration minière au Nunavik
Duhaime G. et R. Comtois, GÉTIC, Inventaire des sites abandonnés d'exploration minière au Nunavik, Collection Recherche, Université Laval, Québec, 230 p.

(2002) Inventory Of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites In Nunavik
Duhaime G. and R. Comtois, Inventory of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik, GÉTIC, Collection Recherche, Université Laval, Québec, 230 p.

(2000) Inventory And Characterisation Of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites In Nunavik: Pilot Project (Appendix)
Duhaime G. and R. Comtois, Inventory and Characterisation of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik: Pilot Project (Appendix), GÉTIC, Collection Recherche, Université Laval, Québec, 330 p.

(2000) Inventory And Characterisation Of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites In Nunavik: Pilot Project
Duhaime G. and R. Comtois, Inventory and Characterisation of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik: Pilot Project, GÉTIC, Collection Recherche, Université Laval, Québec, 74 p.

(2000) Nunavik Comparative Price Index
Duhaime, G., P. Fréchette, J.F. Langlais and T.L. Strong, Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval, Québec, 19 p. + appendices