Baker Lake, Nunavut

Baker Lake

ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
Qamani'tuaq
Baker Lake ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ; Qamani'tuaq;
Hamlet
	Baker Lake, 1995
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	Coordinates: 64°19′10″N 096°01′15″W / 64.31944°N 96.02083°W
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Electoral district	Baker Lake
Government
• Type	Hamlet Council
• Mayor	Kevin Iksiktaaryuk
• MLAs	Craig Simailak
Area
• Total	179.54 km2 (69.32 sq mi)
• Urban	1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	2,061
• Density	11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Urban	1,653
• Urban density	1,060.0/km2 (2,745/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC– 06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC– 05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0C 0A0
Area code	867
Website	bakerlake.ca/en/home/

Baker Lake (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ 'big lake joined by a river at both ends', Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq 'where the river widens') is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located on the shore of the namesake Baker Lake, it is notable for being Nunavut's sole inland community. The community was given its English name in 1761 from Captain William Christopher who named it after Sir William Baker, the 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ "Baker Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019–2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Baker Lake, Nunavut [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ "Sandy Lunan, Hudson's Bay Co. Factor, baking his own bread, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, 1946". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
^ "Hbc Heritage – Heritage Home". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^ "History of Baker Lake". www.bakerlake.ca. Hamlet of Baker Lake. 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[1] "Baker Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.

[2] "Municipal Election Results 2019–2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[3] "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[2021census-4] Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[popcen-5] "Baker Lake, Nunavut [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[6] Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[collection-7] "Sandy Lunan, Hudson's Bay Co. Factor, baking his own bread, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, 1946". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2008.

[8] "Hbc Heritage – Heritage Home". Retrieved 26 October 2016.

[history-9] "History of Baker Lake". www.bakerlake.ca. Hamlet of Baker Lake. 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

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Baker Lake, Nunavut

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