Tasiujaq, QC, Canada

Tasiujaq, QC, Canada: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Tasiujaq is a northern village in Nunavik, the northern portion of Quebec, Canada. Situated in a remote Arctic context, the community is served by one submarine cable that connects it to other points within Canada. As a landing point, Tasiujaq is part of a regional intra-Canadian cable corridor, with the EAUFON 3 cable linking it to other communities along a domestic submarine network.

With one submarine cable scheduled to land here, Tasiujaq joins a growing number of northern Quebec communities gaining direct submarine cable access. The EAUFON 3 cable, currently in draft status with a planned ready-for-service date of 2027, represents the sole submarine cable infrastructure at this landing point. The corridor it enables is entirely domestic, connecting Canadian communities rather than bridging international boundaries.

Cables Landing at Tasiujaq

EAUFON 3 is a submarine cable with a total length of 900 km, scheduled for service in 2027 and currently in draft status. The cable connects communities entirely within Canada, making it a domestic intra-national system. Tasiujaq is one of its Canadian endpoints, and all other landing points on this cable are also located within Canada. EAUFON 3 is planned to form part of a submarine link serving remote northern Canadian communities in the region.

Regional Context

Within Canada's broader submarine cable network of 44 landing points and 18 cables, Tasiujaq hosts a single cable, placing it among a number of single-cable Canadian landing points such as Akulivik, QC, Aupaluk, QC, and Aylesford, NS. Nearby northern Quebec peers including Kangiqsujuaq and Puvirnituq each host two cables, giving them slightly greater connectivity within the same regional corridor. Tasiujaq's single-cable status ranks it within the top 93 percent of Canadian landing points by cable count, reflecting the relatively modest but expanding submarine cable presence across the country's northern communities.

Network Role

Tasiujaq functions as a single-cable terminus within a domestic Canadian submarine cable corridor. The EAUFON 3 system, once operational in 2027, will extend submarine cable connectivity to this northern Nunavik village, complementing similar infrastructure being developed at other remote Quebec landing points in the same region. The landing point does not serve as a multi-cable hub but rather as a terminus that brings direct submarine cable access to a community with a population of approximately 420 residents.

In the broader Canadian submarine cable graph, Tasiujaq represents the continued expansion of domestic intra-national submarine routes into Arctic and sub-Arctic communities, a pattern visible across several northern Quebec landing points currently being integrated into the regional cable network.