Innus of Ekuanitshit

They live primarily in the Indian reserve of Mingan on the north coast of the St Lawrence River.

As of October 2019[update], the Nation had a total registered population of 677 members, of which 54 lived off reserve.

[1][4] The reserve is located on Quebec Route 138, 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Havre-Saint-Pierre in the Côte-Nord region in Quebec at the mouth of the Mingan River on the St Lawrence River.

[6] Innus of Ekuanitshit are governed by a band council elected according to a custom electoral system based on Section 11 of the Indian Act.

For the 2018 to 2021 tenure, this council is composed of the chief Jean-Charles Piétacho and four councillors.