Our Community

Rankin Inlet's Inuktitut name is Kangiqtiniq which means: Inlet. Our elders are a very important part of our community, they bring us together and guide us. We know most everyone within the community which brings everyone together to support each other. If we could change one thing within our community, we would have a mall with very cheap prices. People in Rankin Inlet work at a variety of jobs. Some jobs that young people can get are working as cashier at the Northern or Co-op, (Grocery stores) a waitress/waiter at the Siniktarvik or at the Nanook Inn (Hotel and Restaurants), one of the biggest jobs you can get is Babysitting (mostly for girls) and others. A large part of the population is employed by the government but there are some people in the private sector. For fun we play a lot of sports like soccer and hockey, go on skidoo rides, go out on the land, play video and computer games and hang out with friends. We eat foods like pizza and chicken but we also enjoy foods found here in the north like caribou, fish, birds, frozen raw meat, seal and rabbit. We have listed some of the animals you can find in our community and we have little vegetation. We are located on the Canadian Shield so we mostly see rocks. We do not have trees only small shrubs. We do not have grass only moss which is food for the caribou. Our population is approximately 2200 people.

The Future

We do not see that many changes in the next ten years. We hope the community will continue to grow and expand with new buildings and people.