The surrounding lakes and rivers are full of plump, large char. You won't find mention of these anywhere in the statistics. According to the Kativik Regional Police, there is little if any crime in Aupaluk. That's because women who face beatings usually don't call the sole cop in town. No one wants to report the bootleggers and pushers who bring in booze and drugs.
Confidentiality is an issue when everyone knows each other.
As a result, problems involving youth protection almost never make it to the authorities in Kuujjuaq, either. The view down Aupaluk's main street, with the co-op store and arena in the distance. No, you won't see the downside of Aupaluk on paper, in its snowy streets, or even by looking at the well-kept houses. But some of its problems do show up in school. Since it opened in 1981, only two kids from Aupaluk have managed to graduate and finish Secondary Five, which is the equivalent of Grade 11 in Nunavut.