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Among Nunavut’s 25 communities, the following are those that have the highest potential for economic and tourism development.
- Arctic Bay / Ikpiarjuk – ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ
- Arviat – ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ
- Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq – ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
- Cambridge Bay / Iqaluktuuttiaq – ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
- Cape Dorset / Kinngait – ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
- Clyde River / Kangiqtugaapik – ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ
The total current population of Nunavut (as of 2011) is estimated to be around 33,330 people, the vast majority (84%) of whom are Inuit. Of the approximately 28,000 Inuit living in Nunavut, more than half of them reside in the eastern Qikiqtaaluk region of the territory and, remarkably, they are mostly young people.
The Nunavut Settlement Area includes one-fifth of Canada’s land mass and is the largest jurisdiction in Canada. Over 80% of those living in Nunavut are Inuit, living in 25 municipalities distributed in three regions: the Qikiqtani (Baffin), Kivalliq and Kitikmeot .
Do First Nations live in Nunavut?
In 2016, there were 30,550 Aboriginal people in Nunavut, making up 85.9% of the population. Within the First Nations population, 57.9% ( 110) had Registered or Treaty Indian status, as defined under the Indian Act. The other 42.1% ( 80) of the First Nations population did not have Registered or Treaty Indian status.
What are some large cities in Nunavut?
Major cities in Nunavut: Cambridge Bay, Canada. Iqaluit, Canada. Rankin Inlet, Canada. Arviat, Canada. Baker Lake, Canada. Igloolik, Canada. Kugluktuk, Canada. Pangnirtung , Canada.
Iqaluit (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ; [iqaːluit]) is the largest city and territorial capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It was officially called Frobisher Bay until 1987, after the name of the bay on whose shore it is sited.
What is the northernmost city in the world? Alert, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. Thus it is the most northerly town in the world located only 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. Nunavut Alert is situated at the very top of Ellesmere Island and is the most northern town in Canada.
Nunavut. Nunavut is the largest in area and the second-least populous of Canada’s provinces and territories. One of the world’s most remote, sparsely settled regions, it has a population of 35,944, mostly Inuit, spread over an area of just over 1,750,000 km 2 (680,000 sq mi), or slightly smaller than Mexico.