Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are";[6][7] Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020,[8] is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island[9] near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

[11] The Inuit originally called the inlet Sikusiilaq, after the area of sea ocean nearby that remains ice-free all winter.

[12] In December 2019, the residents of Cape Dorset voted in favour of a request to officially rename the hamlet to its Inuktitut name of Kinngait.

[14] In 1957, James Archibald Houston created a graphic arts workshop in Kinngait, in a program sponsored by the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.

It was considered a way for the community to generate income by adapting traditional art forms to contemporary techniques.

[15]: 49  Houston collected drawings from community artists and encouraged local Inuit stone carvers to apply their skills to stone-block printing, in order to create art that might be more widely sold and distributed.

Known as the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, or the Kinngait Co-operative, they produce annual catalogues advertising the limited edition prints.

Well-known artists of Kinngait include Pitseolak Ashoona, Nuna Parr, Pudlo Pudlat, Angotigolu Teevee, Alashua Aningmiuq, Kiugak Ashoona, Ulayu Pingwartok, Oopik Pitsuilak, Innukjuakju Pudlat, Mary Qayuaryuk, Anirnik Oshuitoq, and Kenojuak Ashevak.

[16] Inuit carver, artist, photographer and author Peter Pitseolak spent several years living in Kinngait.

Cars and trucks are the main means of transportation and supplemented by snowmobiles and ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) during the winter.

[31] In summer 2019, the school opened a printmaking studio workshop space for children, through the Embassy of Imagination program.

Nunavut Arctic College, based in Iqaluit, periodically offers community-based programs in Kinngait at the Community Learning Centre.