Grise Fiord Inuit Co-operative

Community owned Co-operatives in the Arctic are multi-purpose businesses that provide a wide range of services to their members and their communities. Services provided by local Co-ops include retail stores, hotel and tourism operations, cable television, arts and craft marketing, fuel distribution, construction & heavy equipment services, property rental and a variety of agency type services. Grise Fiord Co-op provides the following services: a retail store, Inns North hotel, cable television services, municipal contracts, and property rentals. Grise Fiord (Alternate name: Aujuittuq . Population: 130) has the distinction of being “at the top of the world”. It’s Canada’s most northern Inuit community. Located on the south coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut Territory, visitors will truly experience a 24-hour day from April to August, and 24 hours of darkness from mid-November until the beginning of February. Though the community’s name means, “pig fiord” in Norwegian, some visitors to Grise Fiord rate its spectacular mountain scenery as one of the most beautiful places in the world. Most Inuit residing in Grise Fiord are of the Thule culture. Throughout the year, visitors can purchase arts and crafts from the Grise Fiord Inuit Co-op.