Kuujjuaq | Services

Services

There are municipal services that are provided by the Northern Village of Kuujjuaq. The services range from water delivery, sewage collection and garbage collection. In the winter the roads are cleared regularly with a snow plow. In the summer the paved roads are constantly maintained. Heavy Equipment services are also available.

The Kuujjuamiut Society operates recreation facilities at the Kuujjuaq Forum where there is an arena, gymnasium, fitness center, and a bowling alley. Built in 1992 the Kuujjuaq Forum provides different activities everyday. The different levels of hockey teams practice in the arena every evening. Every year around February the Peewee hockey players from Nunavik travel to Quebec City to compete in the International Peewee Tournament. In addition, every hockey season the different leagues compete in the regional tournaments that are hosted in different communities. The different leagues' organization is managed by the Kuujjuaq Minor Hockey League Kuujjuaq Forum Arena

For individuals who do not like play sports but want to stay fit, membership is available for the fitness center. It is complete with free weights and cardio machines. The municipal swimming pool is open during the summer months between June and September.

Tulattavik Ungava Hospital

Emergency services available in Kuujjuaq include the Tulattavik Ungava Hospital (964-9090), which provides health and dental services to all the residents of the Ungava Coast, Kativik Regional Police Force (964-9111) which serves to protect all the citizens in the Nunavik Region, and the Kuujjuaq Fire Brigade (964-9000) which serves the municipality of Kuujjuaq.

The Tulattavik Ungava Hospital has a staff of dentists, an orthodontist, doctors, nurses, nurses' aids, and patient services. Patients who arrive from other nearby villages stay at the transit that's connected to the hospital.

A majority of the patients are expecting mothers who must come to Kuujjuaq to deliver their babies. Patients with medical procedures that require surgery are usually sent to Montreal.

CIBC Instant Teller Banking services are available at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce which provides an Automated Banking Machine which is open 24 hours. The hours of operation at the teller are from 10 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday except on Thursday the teller stays open until 5 pm.

The Halutik Fuel Inc., a subsidiary of Makivik provides diesel and regular fuel to the public in addition to snow clearing and plowing services. Canada Post Corporation

The Canada Post Corporation sorts mail into Postal Boxes for the community where they will be picked up. The hours of operation are Monday to Friday 9 am to 5:30 pm. They supply everything from stamps to postcards to special coin collections.