List of communities in Nunavut
This is a list of communities in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Note that many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun, while others are primarily known by their Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun names. As of the 2011 census the population of Nunavut was 31,906, an increase of 8.3% from the 2006 census.[1]
Communities
The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.
Former communities
- Amadjuak, on Baffin Island
- Brooman Point Village, on Bathurst Island
- Craig Harbour, on Ellesmere Island
- Dundas Harbour, on Devon Island
- Iglunga, on an island off Baffin Island
- Killiniq (Port Burwell), on Killiniq Island
- Native Point, on the peninsula of the same name
- Nuwata, on Baffin Island
- Padlei, on the mainland
- Port Leopold, on Somerset Island
- Tavani, on the mainland
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts
- Amadjuak
- Apex
- Arctic Bay
- Baker Lake
- Bathurst Inlet
- Bay Chimo (Umingmaktok)
- Belcher Islands
- Blacklead Island
- Cambridge Bay
- Cape Dorset
- Charlton Island Depot
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Clyde River
- Coats Island
- Dundas Harbour
- Eskimo Point (Arviat)
- Fort Hearne
- Fort Ross
- Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit)
- Gjoa Haven
- Igloolik
- Kent Peninsula
- King William Island
- Kugaryuak
- Lake Harbour (Kimmirut)
- Mansel Island
- Nueltin House
- Padley (Padlei)
- Pangnirtung
- Pangnirtung Fox Farm
- Perry River
- Ponds Inlet
- Port Leopold
- Port Burwell (Killiniq)
- Repulse Bay
- Southampton Island
- Tavane (Tavani)
- Tree River
- Wager Inlet (Wager Bay)
Notes
- ^a iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.[57]
- ^b Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation
- ^c Neither Nanisivik or Umingmaktok are listed as an official community by the Government of Nunavut but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada
References
- ↑ 2011 census
- 1 2 Nunavut Communities
- ↑ Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
- 1 2 Arctic Bay at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Arctic Bay
- ↑ Arviat at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Arviat
- ↑ Baker Lake
- ↑ Census Profile Baker Lake
- ↑ Census Profile Bathurst Inlet
- 1 2 Cambridge Bay at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Cambridge Bay
- 1 2 History of Cape Dorset
- ↑ Census Profile Cape Dorset
- 1 2 Chesterfield Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Chesterfield Inlet
- 1 2 Clyde River at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Clyde River
- 1 2 Coral Harbour at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Coral Harbour
- 1 2 Gjoa Have at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Gjoa Haven
- 1 2 Grise Fiord at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Grise Fiord
- 1 2 Hall Beach
- ↑ Census Profile Hall Beach
- ↑ Igloolik at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- ↑ Census Profile Igloolik
- ↑ City of Iqaluit
- ↑ Census Profile Iqaluit
- ↑ Kimmirut at Inns North
- ↑ Census Profile Kimmirut
- 1 2 Kugaaruk at Nunavut Tourism
- ↑ Census Profile Kugaaruk
- ↑ Kugluktuk at Nunavut Tourism
- ↑ Census Profile Kugluktuk
- ↑ Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census
- ↑ Naujaat at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Repulse Bay
- ↑ Pangnirtung at Inns North
- ↑ Census Profile Pangnirtung
- 1 2 Pond Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Pond Inlet
- ↑ Qikiqtarjuaq at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Qikiqtarjuaq
- 1 2 Rankin Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. March 14, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- 1 2 Resolute at Nunavut Tourism
- ↑ Census Profile Resolute
- ↑ Sanikiluaq at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- ↑ Census Profile Sanikiluaq
- ↑ Taloyoak at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Taloyoak
- ↑ Census Profile Umingmaktok
- 1 2 Whale Cove at the Government of Nunavut
- ↑ Census Profile Whale Cove
- ↑ Igloolik at CBC News
External links
- Communities of Nunavut Poster (Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office) (free for download with a map)
- Nunavut communities at Nunavut Tourism
- Interactive map at Nunavut Tourism
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