Umiujaq, QC, Canada

Umiujaq, QC, Canada is a submarine cable landing point in Canada (coordinates 56.5516°, -76.5471°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Canada's international connectivity infrastructure.

Umiujaq is a northern village near the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Nunavik in northern Quebec, Canada. The village was established in 1986 by Inuit from Kuujjuarapik, 160 km to the south, who decided to relocate away from the area affected by the James Bay Hydro-electric Project. The population in the Canada 2021 Census was 541. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Umiujaq, QC, Canada, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Canada. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Umiujaq, QC, Canada in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• EAUFON 1 (2022) — EAUFON 1 is a domestic submarine cable network within Canada, connecting 5 coastal and island locations including Chisasibi, Inukjuak, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Umiujaq. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.