Editing Rankin Inlet (section)

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Rankin Inlet
| native_name        = ''Kangiqliniq''<br />{{native name|iu|ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ}}
| image_skyline      = Rankin Inlet From Air.jpg
| image_caption      = Rankin Inlet from the air
| image_flag         = 
| pushpin_map        = Canada Nunavut#Canada
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Canada
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Nunavut]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of regions of Nunavut|Region]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Kivalliq Region|Kivalliq]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts|Electoral districts]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet]]<br />[[Rankin Inlet South]]
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/municipal_council_election_results_2019_en.pdf |title=Municipal Election Results 2019-2020|access-date=12 January 2023|publisher=Elections Nunavut}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2021%20GE%20Results_0.pdf |title=2021 General Election|access-date=12 January 2023|publisher=Elections Nunavut}}</ref>
| government_type    = Hamlet Council
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Harry Towtongie
| leader_title1      = [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|MLAs]]
| leader_name1       = [[Alexander Sammurtok]]<br />[[Lorne Kusugak]]
| area_footnotes     = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_total_km2     = 20.03
| area_blank1_title  = [[Census geographic units of Canada#Population centres|Population centre]]
| area_blank1_km2    = 2.86
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/><ref name=2021censusNUPCs>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Rankin%20Inlet&DGUIDlist=2021S05101320&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 | title=Census Profile, 2021 Census Rankin Inlet Nunavut [Population centre]| publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=12 January 2023|date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
| population_total   = 2,975
| population_density_km2 = 148.5
| population_blank1_title = Population centre
| population_blank1  = 2,698
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 942.6
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset         = −06:00
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −05:00
| coordinates        = {{coord|62|49|N|092|05|W|region:CA-NU_type:city_scale:20000|notes=<ref name=cgndb1>{{Cite cgndb|OANSI|Rankin Inlet}}</ref>|display=it}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>Elevation at airport. {{CFS}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 28
| postal_code_type   = [[Canadian Postal code]]
| postal_code        = [[List of X Postal Codes of Canada|X0C 0G0]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 867|867]]
| blank_name         = [[Telephone Exchange]]
| blank_info         = 645
| blank1_name        = [[Geographical Names Board of Canada|GNBC]] Code
| blank1_info        = OANSI
| blank2_name        = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] Map
| blank2_info        = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|55|K|16}}
| blank3_name        = Waterway
| blank3_info        = [[Hudson Bay]]
| website            = [http://www.rankininlet.net www.rankininlet.net]
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Rankin Inlet''', which fronts to [[Hudson Bay]], is an [[Inuit]] [[hamlet (place)#Canada|hamlet]] on the [[Kudlulik Peninsula]] in [[Nunavut]], Canada.<ref name=cgndb1/><ref name=cgndb2>{{Cite cgndb|OAJJB|Kudlulik Peninsula}}</ref> It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut after the territorial capital, [[Iqaluit]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 }}</ref> Rankin Inlet is the regional centre for the [[Kivalliq Region]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travelnunavut.ca/community/rankin-inlet |title=Rankin Inlet |website=travelnunavut.ca |access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>

In the [[1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite]], voters chose [[Iqaluit]] over Rankin Inlet to become the territorial capital of Nunavut.{{cn|date=February 2025}}