Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet Kangiqtiniq ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ (Inuktitut)
Rankin Inlet from the air
Rankin Inlet Location within Nunavut Rankin Inlet Location within Canada
Coordinates: 62°49′N 092°05′W
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Electoral districts	Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South
Government
• Type	Hamlet Council
• Mayor	Harry Towtongie
• MLAs	Alexander Sammurtok Annie Tattuinee
Area  (2021)
• Total	20.03 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
• Population centre	2.86 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,975
• Density	148.5/km2 (385/sq mi)
• Population centre	2,698
• Population centre density	942.6/km2 (2,441/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0C 0G0
Area code	867
Telephone Exchange	645
GNBC Code	OANSI
NTS Map	55K16 Rankin Inlet
Waterway	Hudson Bay
Website	https://rankininlet.ca/

Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, romanized: Kangiqtiniq), which fronts to Hudson Bay, is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut after the territorial capital, Iqaluit. Rankin Inlet is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region. It is also the largest settlement in mainland Nunavut.

In the 1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite, voters chose Iqaluit over Rankin Inlet to become the territorial capital of Nunavut, with roughly 40% of voters voting for Rankin Inlet.