Sanirajak ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ | |
|---|---|
) Hall Beach 1997 | |
)  Sanirajak ) Sanirajak | |
| Coordinates: 68°46′38″N 081°13′27″W / 68.77722°N 81.22417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Electoral district | Amittuq |
| Settled | 1953 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaypeetee Audlakiak |
| • MLA Amittuq | Joelie Kaernerk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.82 km2 (6.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 848 |
| • Density | 50.4/km2 (131/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
Sanirajak (Inuktitut meaning the shoreline[5]), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), formerly known as Hall Beach until 27 February 2020,[6] is an Inuit settlement within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, approximately 69 km (43 mi) south of Igloolik.
History
It was established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning (DEW) site. Currently the settlement is home to a North Warning System (68°45′44″N 081°13′44″W / 68.76222°N 81.22889°W) radar facility and the Hall Beach Airport.
In 1971, seven sounding rockets of the Tomahawk Sandia type were launched from Sanirajak, some reaching altitudes of 270 km (170 mi).[7]
Demographics
In the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Sanirajak had a population of 848 living in 174 of its 189 total dwellings, a 15.2% increase from its 2011 population of 736.[3]
Geography
Climate
The climate is tundra (Köppen: ET), without the presence of trees and ice for most of the year.[8]
| Climate data for Hall Beach Airport | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high humidex | 0.0 | 0.4 | −0.6 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 21.1 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | −0.9 | 28.0 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 0.4 (32.7) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.3 (37.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | −0.1 (31.8) | 0.4 (32.7) | 24.8 (76.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −27.9 (−18.2) | −28.4 (−19.1) | −24.2 (−11.6) | −15.0 (5.0) | −4.9 (23.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.1 (35.8) | −5.2 (22.6) | −14.9 (5.2) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −10.0 (14.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −32.5 (−26.5) | −28.7 (−19.7) | −19.9 (−3.8) | −8.8 (16.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 0.3 (32.5) | −8.0 (17.6) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −26.6 (−15.9) | −13.6 (7.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −35.8 (−32.4) | −36.6 (−33.9) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −24.8 (−12.6) | −12.7 (9.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | −10.9 (12.4) | −23.1 (−9.6) | −30.7 (−23.3) | −17.1 (1.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −50.0 (−58.0) | −54.1 (−65.4) | −52.5 (−62.5) | −44.1 (−47.4) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −3.3 (26.1) | −5.1 (22.8) | −16.7 (1.9) | −33.6 (−28.5) | −42.2 (−44.0) | −53.9 (−65.0) | −54.1 (−65.4) |
| Record low wind chill | −72.8 | −71.7 | −66.6 | −58.0 | −44.7 | −32.7 | −7.8 | −11.7 | −25.1 | −49.6 | −61.4 | −64.6 | −72.8 |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.1 (0.24) | 4.8 (0.19) | 7.1 (0.28) | 12.0 (0.47) | 15.7 (0.62) | 18.2 (0.72) | 25.7 (1.01) | 44.0 (1.73) | 28.9 (1.14) | 24.4 (0.96) | 19.2 (0.76) | 9.3 (0.37) | 215.4 (8.48) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.01) | 2.2 (0.09) | 11.2 (0.44) | 25.6 (1.01) | 41.3 (1.63) | 17.2 (0.68) | 1.5 (0.06) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.0 (0.0) | 99.3 (3.91) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 7.3 (2.9) | 6.0 (2.4) | 9.2 (3.6) | 14.4 (5.7) | 15.4 (6.1) | 7.2 (2.8) | 0.1 (0.0) | 3.1 (1.2) | 12.0 (4.7) | 27.6 (10.9) | 24.0 (9.4) | 10.6 (4.2) | 136.8 (53.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 6.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 116.4 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 7.2 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 14.5 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 88.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.6 | 67.0 | 69.5 | 75.7 | 83.4 | 86.9 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 83.7 | 86.1 | 78.2 | 71.3 | 77.3 |
| Source: Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010[9][10] | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of municipalities in Nunavut
- Charles Francis Hall
References
- ^ Nunavummiut elect new municipal leaders
- ^ Results for the constituency of Amittuq Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Hall Beach Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ Tranter, Emma (February 28, 2020). "Nunavut minister signs off on name changes for two communities". Nunatsiaq News. Nortext Publishing Corporation. Nunatsiaq News. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ Hall Beach Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hall Beach, Nunavut Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ "Hall Beach A" (CSV (4222 KB)). Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Climate ID: 2402350. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ "Almanac Averages and Extremes for July 26". climate.weather.gc.ca. Environment and Climate Change Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
Further reading
- McAlpine PJ, and NE Simpson. 1976. "Fertility and Other Demographic Aspects of the Canadian Eskimo Communities of Igloolik and Hall Beach". Human Biology; an International Record of Research. 48, no. 1: 114-38.
- Wenzel, George W. 1997. "Using Harvest Research in Nunavut: An Example from Hall Beach". Arctic Anthropology. 34, no. 1: 18.