Nunavut’s Health Department issued a boil-water advisory for Baker Lake on Sept. 29, 2026. It says residents should boil water before using it for drinking, infant formula, juice, ice, washing fruits and vegetables, cooking or brushing teeth. The water must reach a rolling boil for at least one full minute.

The department says the advisory is a safety measure because of high turbidity, or cloudy water, levels. It says the notice applies only to the listed consumption uses, and that it will notify the community when the advisory is lifted. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The advisory changes how residents must prepare water for everyday food, drink and oral-care use. The government has not provided an end date, repair timeline or further explanation of what is causing the cloudy source water.

Residents should continue following the advisory unless and until the Health Department issues a public notice lifting it. Atiilu News Desk found no newer Baker Lake-specific lifting notice in the Government of Nunavut newsroom as of Oct. 12, 2026.

Water can be boiled in a pot or kettle on a stove, or in an electric kettle without an automatic shut-off. The department also advises residents to use camp stoves outdoors to avoid carbon-monoxide exposure. This is a new Sept. 29 advisory, separate from Baker Lake’s earlier June advisory, which the government lifted on July 20. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗