US EditionNunavik’s Inuit residents show resilience in the face of persistent water shortages
Nunavik Inuit face water shortages due to infrastructure gaps and tundra conditions, with 40% of residents frustrated and ongoing reliance on adaptive water management strategies.
- On Nov. 24, 2025, The Canadian Press reported that in Nunavik, Quebec, residents commonly run out of drinking water at home or face full wastewater tanks.
- Remote tundra conditions and limited infrastructure require more resources, while Nunavik infrastructure planners' long-term plans will not solve shortages overnight, prompting calls for federal government and provincial authorities to improve logistics and prioritize water access.
- Household coping routines include unplugging washing-machine hoses and reusing bathwater, while households in Puvirnituq and other Nunavik communities fetch and boil river water or bore holes in ice to extend supply.
- Daily life is disrupted, forcing work and childcare adjustments as parents and workers in Nunavik communities face shortages, while local health and municipal observers call residents resilient amid varied attitudes.
- As the fourth report in a series, Katrine Desautels, reporter , highlights Marilyn Simpson, 79-year-old resident of Puvirnituq, saying `We adapt better than some people in town`.
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Aboriginal communities in Nunavik demonstrate impressive resilience in the face of difficulties in accessing water. It is not uncommon for them to no longer have potable water at home or to have their wastewater tank full. Many adapt to the situation without sunk and live their full lives in this remote region of Quebec, dominated by the unique tundra landscape.
Nunavik's Inuit residents are resilient in the face of persistent water shortages
In Quebec's Nunavik region, it's not unusual to run out of drinking water at home, or to have a full wastewater tank. But the Inuit residents demonstrate an impressive resilience to water shortages, with many adapting to the situation without complaint as they go about their lives in a remote region of Quebec dominated by the unique tundra landscape.
Nunavik's Inuit residents show resilience in the face of persistent water shortages
PUVURNITUQ — In Quebec’s Nunavik region, it’s not unusual to run out of drinking water at home, or to have a full wastewater tank. But the Inuit residents demonstrate an impressive resilience to water shortages, with many adapting to the situation without complaint as they go about their lives in a remote region of Quebec […]
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