Arctic Co-operatives Limited


Arctic Co-operatives Limited is a cooperative federation owned and controlled by 32 community-based cooperative business enterprises located in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon, Canada. Arctic Co-ops coordinates resources, consolidates the purchasing power and provides operational and technical support to the community-based co-operatives to enable them to provide a wide range of services to their local member-owners. Arctic Co-ops operates in both English and Inuktitut and provides patronage dividends to the local members.
Arctic Co-ops is a member of the Manitoba Cooperative Association.

Arctic Co-ops mission

Services

Arctic Co-ops provides services to each of the 32 member co-operatives. Services include: business services, retail services, petroleum support services, Canadian Arctic Producers, Northern Images Stores, Inns North hotels.

Arctic Co-ops member-owners

Arctic Co-ops consists of 32 member cooperatives from Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. Arctic Co-ops member-owners include:
  • Fort Good Hope Co-op Ltd.
  • Great Bear Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Grise Fiord Inuit Co-op Ltd.
  • Hall Beach Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Holman Co-op Ltd.
  • Igloolik Co-op Ltd.
  • Ikahuk Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Ikaluktutiak Co-op Ltd.
  • Issatik Co-op Ltd.
  • Kapami Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Katudgevik Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Kimik Co-op Ltd.
  • Kissarvik Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Koomiut Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Kugluktuk Co-op Ltd.
  • Mitiq Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Naujat Co-op Ltd.
  • Padlei Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Paleajook Eskimo Co-op Ltd.
  • Pangnirtung Inuit Co-op Ltd.
  • Pitsiulak Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Old Crow Retail Co-op Ltd.
  • Qikiqtaq Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Sanavik Co-op Assoc. Ltd.
  • Lutsel K'e Co-op Ltd.
  • Taqqut Co-op Ltd.
  • Tetlit Service Co-op Ltd.
  • Toonoonik-Sahoonik Co-oLtd.
  • Tudjaat Co-op Ltd.
  • Tulugak Co-op Society Ltd.
  • West Baffin Eskimo Co-op Ltd.
  • Yellowknife Direct Charge

    Divisions

Inns North

Inns North is the hotel division of Arctic Co-ops. In total there are 20 hotels, 19 in Nunavut and 2 in the NWT, owned by the aboriginal people of Northern Canada. A program has been set up by Arctic Co-ops to assist with training in such areas as standards and staff training. The hotels are locally owned and operated by the community co-op.
Inns North Hotels are located in both Nunavut and Northwest Territories.
Nunavut hotels include:
Northwest Territories hotels include:
Canadian Arctic Producers is a marketing arm of the Arctic Co-ops that distributes artwork produced by Inuit, Dene and Métis people from the Arctic. They operate a warehouse in Toronto and ship art to private collectors and art galleries worldwide.

Subsidiary companies

Arctic Cable

Arctic Cable is a holding company formed to assist the 32 member co-ops in developing cable service offerings throughout the North. Eastern Arctic Television is a subsidiary of Arctic Cable. EATV provides cable service to residents of Iqaluit.

Nunavut Sealink and Supply Incorporated

Nunavut Sealink and Supply Incorporated is a joint operation, with Desgagnes Transarctik, the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Sakku Investments Corporation, and the Kitikmeot Corporation, that provides a sealift service to Canada's Arctic. Established in 2000, it formed a partnership with Northern Transportation Company Limited and NorTran. In 2001 as the N3 Alliance it was the successful bidder for the Government of Nunavut's resupply, signing a two-year, $6 million contract.

Northern Images

Northern Images is an art gallery in Yellowknife. It sells Dene and Inuit art, including stone, ivory and bone carving produced from soapstone, walrus ivory, caribou antler, whalebone and muskox horn as well as limited edition prints and wallhangings, such as the Cape Dorset and Pangnirtung print collections. They also sell northern crafts and traditional handmade clothing such as mukluks, parkas and amautiit.