Is Rankin Inlet, Nunavut worth visiting? (Exploring the hub city of Canada's Central Arctic) 🇨🇦
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- On the frozen shores of Hudson Bay, some 1500 km north of Winnipeg, lies the community of Rankin Inlet. Disconnected from the rest of the country (no roads connect Nunavut to the rest of Canada), the community is about as remote as you can get in Canada, with flights north running upwards of $2,000 to this isolated part of Canada. Though this hamlet of 2,800 people is small by 'southern' standards, it is veritable boomtown by Nunavut standards, and is the second largest community in Canada's 13th and newest territory.
Rankin Inlet is the perfect introduction to Nunavut territory, having many of the creature comforts of developed communities in southern Canada, yet not forsaking its Inuit heritage and unique cultural context. As the most important urban centre of the central Kivalliq region, Rankin Inlet is a hub of commerce and airs a more cosmopolitan and busy vibe than its neighbouring hamlets.
In this vlog, I take you around Rankin Inlet on a frigid day in December. Though there is not a ton to do in this small community, especially in the dead of winter, it's definitely "off the grid" and presents an appealing introduction to northern life in the Canadian Arctic.
00:00 Intro
00:32 Flying to Rankin Inlet
01:30 Arriving in Rankin Inlet
02:11 Kivalliq Regional Visitor Centre
04:33 Northern Store
06:39 Tim Horton's
07:17 The Inukshuk
10:30 Captain's Galley Restaurant
13:39 Afternoon Walk
16:51 Flying to Arviat
19:00 Outro
Vlog Number 137 | #Canada #Nunavut | #RankinInlet | Filmed December 2021
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Excellent video Dave!!!!! Truly fascinating!!!!
Thank you! Stay tuned for more Arctic content in the weeks to come 😎
I was randomly scrolling on the world map and was wondering how would such place look in person.
Quite well managed as it turns out.
It’s a very interesting town! Thanks for checking out my video 👍
Lol I found this video the same way
Really good report Dave, that shows exactly what is Rankin in winter, always windy 😀 I take pleasure to call it Rankin '' Windlet '' Thank's for sharing, a lot of good memories for me.
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad I was able to bring back some memories for you!
I'm from south of Nashville, Tennessee, and Jordan Tootoo is a legend around here for his career with the Predators.
I knew he was from somewhere up north, but it's really neat to see how he put his hometown on the map!
The lands of the Inuit Nunangat are places that I think a lot of people who enjoy geography have stared at on a map and wondered about.
It's so cool that you get to go to these places, and live in Arviat, and share it with us!
Thanks for the kind words! It's a fascinating part of the world & I highly recommend a visit if you're ever able. And in my opinion Rankin offers the right balance of traditional culture and modern amenities to actually make a stay pretty enjoyable! Glad to share the experience with you.
Another nice adventure Dave.😁 It is so cold there...🥶Thank you for taking me there Dave, because I think I will not go there. The prices of the flight and the groceries alone... Insane.😱
There are ways to visit cheap! But you have to be in the know & have connections. Stay tuned for more Arctic content in the weeks to come 🙏🐻❄️
Awesome video Dave, the best about the town. I have always been interested to learn more about Rankin Inlet, i hope one day to find a short team teaching job there just to experience the city.
I hope you get to experience it too! Jobs in Rankin can be quite competitive - I'd suggest starting the Nunavut experience in a small, remote community. Rankin will seem like New York City by comparison!
. really enjoyed the video and always wanted to go there . my son was teaching in Rankin for four years . that is more than ten years ago .
Thank you for the kind words! I taught in Nunavut for three years and enjoyed the experience 🙏
Excellent vid as always!
Thank you!!
Dammit I've not been further north than Fort McKay! I would love to go to Baffin Island-have seen it from the air on a flight to Hamburg. The problem with getting there is that it costs exponentially more to fly to Iqaluit than anywhere in Europe. The mountains of Baffin Island looked so amazing, the seas were ice free, there was very little snow, it was the end of Nov 1987-it looked so inviting!
Use Aeroplan points if you have access to them. It's 15,000 points roundtrip to Nunavut, which is about the same as Toronto-Montreal round trip. I've never paid for a ticket to Nunavut in my life. Always completely free of charge. Definitely worth visiting if you can find a ticket up there, but do your research about the local culture as the norms are much different than in the rest of Canada, and it's VERY easy to offend the locals if you aren't accustomed to the Inuit culture and worldview.
Awesome video! I’m planning some trips to northern Canada starting with Iqaluit in March 2025. This was a hugely helpful video, now I need to go to Rankin Inlet. Are there flights from Iqaluit to Rankin Inlet?
You're brave to visit Iqaluit (or anywhere in Nunavut) in March! 😂 I'm glad the video was helpful! There are flights on Canadian North three times a week from Iqaluit to Rankin Inlet and onward to Edmonton. Prices are very high - you're better off buying Air Canada Aeroplan miles and redeeming for a partner award ticket. Cash prices can easily exceed $2000 USD+ up there.
$2,000?! Ouch! Definitely getting the Air Canada card asap, thank you for the advice!
Definitely! Calm Air is also available for award tickets (for the Winnipeg - Rankin Inlet route) but you have to call for availability / to book. Canadian North is integrated into the Air Canada Aeroplan website.
Living up there’s probably depressing. I couldn’t imagine paying 20$ for a jar of jam. And being cold and living in the dark for 8 months out of the year. If I were to move to the territories it would be the Yukon. Anyway thanks for showing us what Nunavut is like.
It can definitely be depressing (especially above the Arctic Circle, where I lived for two years 2013-15). In Rankin, the sun is guaranteed to at least come above the horizon at least some portion of the day. Where I used to live, the sun doesn’t rise between early December and late January.
The key to living comfortably in the Arctic (and saving the most money) is to bring huge Rubbermaid bins full of food every time you fly. This has saved me thousands of dollars, as most flights (even free reward flights) usually include 3 bags/bins @ 50 lb each. That’s a ton of food.
Honestly, it’s not all bad, especially if you consider that the wages are DOUBLE that of the south and at least 25-50% higher than the Yukon.
Check out my videos of Baker Lake if you’re interested in comparing Rankin to an even more remote Nunavut community 👍
I’m here right now 🎉
Enjoy it!
Do these northern hamlets have cell signal?
Yes! When I first moved up to Nunavut back in 2013, there wasn’t much to speak of - and certainly no data. Nowadays, the major providers in Canada allow roaming on the local satellite cell network, so you can use your plan from the south without cost. I actually didn’t notice much of a difference in terms of speed, but I know it can vary by community. As long as they can get a satellite feed, you’re set 👍
Great video Dave,
I'm curious, what drives the economy in this hamlet? What is the main industry? The cost of food is expensive and I saw all of the large pickup trucks. I'm just curious as to what these folks do for a living. How do they earn money to pay for these things?
Mostly government jobs & jobs in the service, transportation and construction industries. Many locals are also employed by gold and diamond mines in the surrounding area. There is a lot of money in Rankin Inlet, and the average salary would easily push or exceed six figures in CAD.
@@DrifterDave Thank you, I had no idea.
I just wanted to correct you. The average income for Nunavutmiut is not six figures; only southern hires are paid an average of six figures.
A land of mooching, welfare, and dipair....that's all there is up there, other than the native Inuit, but if we relocated them south to civilization, it would save tax payers, hundreds of millions and make a better life for the Inuit. Not sure why we need to support communities so far away just because.....
Not in Education. There's a huge push for Inuit educators, and all of those educators are paid on the same grid as southerners, unless they did not complete the NTEP. There is growing opportunity for Nunavummiut to be high earners with each passing year.
Jordin tootoo is my second cousin 😺
Wow! Small world! 🏒🥅
What the freak??? -30 degrees?? That’s the temperature of my Dippin dots freezer.
It can plunge to even -50C on the coldest days of winter. Incredibly cold place 🥶
I’m from rankin inlet lol
Nice! Do you enjoy living there? 🥶
Ouch everything cost 4 or 5X more. Junk food should cost more-pop is just empty calories. It looks like you even save money by eating in that diner. Yeah it's cold up there but Quebec City doesn't have balmy winters either-below zero-anything below zero sucks!
The only difference? Rankin has those temperatures from October through April. And the wind is nothing like you've ever experienced, anywhere else on Earth. It's what I'd imagine the North or South pole to be like, at its very worst.
Oh I've expereinced weeks of -53 in AB for a decade-it sucks when I was raised on Van Isle!@@DrifterDave
Did you experience any racism in Nunavut?
Sure you encounter racism from time to time. A lot of that boils down to anger about the treatment of the Inuit by Europeans over the course of history. But you also encounter extreme kindness. As with most attitudes, it’s entirely up to the individual person if they want to be a jerk or not. Racism is no different. But, I’ve also seen horrible racism in the opposite direction, towards the Inuit. It all depends on the person - no matter what race they are - and if they choose to be unkind towards another human being.
Arviat WTF is that? I'm looking it up.
It's a town about 50 km from the Manitoba border. I lived there for a year before returning to Alberta.
Northern is not the largest
Really? Is Co-op larger? Northern seemed to be the most popular, in any case.