Kuujjuaq | Shopping

Shopping

There are several stores in Kuujjuaq. Stores ranging from novelty to specialty to general retail.

The Northern Store, formerly the Hudson's Bay Company, is the oldest company that has been serving the community. It is the general retail and grocery store where the community receive fresh meat and produce along with frozen and dried goods. It also provides fashionable clothes for all age groups. It's where you can find furniture, electronics, kitchenware, and hardware among others.

Newviq'vi Inc., a fairly new store opened in 1990 for the people living far from Northern in mind. It began as a tiny general food store and grew to become the next biggest store in Kuujjuaq. It is located on the other side of town known as "Across the Creek". Like Northern, Inside Newviq'vi Newviq'vi has a broad spectrum of retail items as well as groceries. You can buy your fresh produce and get your hardware at the same time. Another feature in the store is the "in-house" bakery and kitchen. They provide fresh baked goods as well as delicious meals in single serving sizes.

The Fort Chimo Co-operatives began their membership with the Federation of Co-operatives of Northern Quebec (FCNQ) in the 1960's and opened a general retail store.

As with the other two, The Fort Chimo Co-op the Co-op as it is well known, held retail items as well as groceries. The store is currently under renovations and will open in the near future. The FCNQ opened hotels in each of the villages in Nunavik to accommodate the foreign visitors. The Kuujjuaq Co-op Hotel is among the newest in Nunavik and can accommodate up to 29 guests.

Novelty stores, arts and crafts stores and specialty shops are not sparse in Kuujjuaq. Right across from the Kuujjuaq Inn you can find Tivi Galleries a souvenir shop that holds precious soapstone carvings, prints, and ivory jewellery, all made by artisans from Nunavik. Inside Nunavik Creations A competitive store just established in the new millennium is Nunavik Creations. A subsidiary of Makivik, this is a specialty store that has items such as seal skin jackets designed by a local designer from Nunavik. It also carries different fashions hand crafted by local Nunavimmiut. Here you can find hand sewn leather mittens with fur trimmings, seal skin kamiks, slippers, jewellery and more.

You won't find many novelty stores in Nunavik but you will find two in Kuujjuaq. The M&M Novelty Store and the Atjiapik Photo each have unique items that neither of the other stores carry.

For a complete list of all the stores that are available in Kuujjuaq please browse through our directory.