Taloyoak, Nunavut

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Taloyoak or Talurjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ, formerly known as Spence Bay until 1 July 1992) is located on the Boothia Peninsula in Canada's Nunavut Territory. The community is served only by air and by annual supply sealift. Taloyoak may mean "large blind", referring to a stone caribou blind or a screen used for caribou hunting.

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1981 population countings said 431. 1985: 452, 1986: 540, 1988 estimated: 540, 1991: 580. As of the 2006 census the population was 809 an increase of 12.4% from the 2001 census.[1]

Languages spoken are English and Inuktitut.

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  1. ^ 2006 census


Coordinates: 69°32′13″N, 093°31′36″W


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