Nunavut

Nunavut
Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
Territory
Flag of Nunavut
Flag
Coat of arms of Nunavut
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ (Nunavut Sannginivut)
"Our land, our strength"
"Notre terre, notre force"
Coordinates: 70°10′N 90°44′W / 70.167°N 90.733°W / 70.167; -90.733
CountryCanada
ConfederationApril 1, 1999 (13th)
CapitalIqaluit
Largest cityIqaluit
Government
 • TypeParliamentary system, with consensus government
 • CommissionerEva Aariak
 • PremierJohn Main (consensus government)
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Nunavut
Federal representationParliament of Canada
House seats1 of 343 (0.3%)
Senate seats1 of 105 (1%)
Area
 (2021 – land, 2020 – water)
 • Total2,093,190 km2 (808,190 sq mi)
 • Land1,836,993.78 km2 (709,267.26 sq mi)
 • Water160,930 km2 (62,140 sq mi)  7.7%
 • RankRanked 1st
 21% of Canada
Population
 (2021)
 • Total36,858
 • Estimate 
(2026 Q3)
43,091
 • RankRanked 13th
 • Density0.02/km2 (0.05/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Nunavummiut
Nunavummiuq (sing.)
Official languagesInuit (Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun)
English
French
GDP
 • Rank12th
 • Total (2017)C$2.846 billion
 • Per capitaC$58,452 (6th)
HDI
 • HDI (2021)0.930 – Very high (4th)
Time zonesUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
UTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Southampton Island (Coral Harbour)UTC−05:00 (EST)
UTC−04:00 (Eastern Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal abbr.
NU
Postal code prefix
X0A, X0B, X0C
ISO 3166 codeCA-NU
FlowerPurple saxifrage
Treen/a
BirdRock ptarmigan
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Nunavut is a territory in Canada. It is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was founded on April 1, 1999 when many Inuit living in the Northwest Territories wanted to have an independent province and government. Its capital is named Iqaluit. It is in the north of Canada, and has a particularly cold climate for much of the year. It has many native people (mainly Inuit).

The main form of transportation is the snowmobile. For the first week of being a separate unit, it was the Province of Nunavut, but after a week it was renamed Nunavut Territory.

A symbol of the territory is the Eskimo Dog (qimmiq). Even today, some people still use these dogs.[source?]

References

  1. ↑ "Nunavut". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ↑ "Nunavut". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nunavut". CanadaFAQ.ca. Archived from the original on April 30, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Population estimates, quarterly". Statistics Canada. September 24, 2026. Archived from the original on September 26, 2026. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ Nunavummiut, the plural demonym for residents of Nunavut, appears throughout the Government of Nunavut website Archived January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, proceedings of the Nunavut legislature, and elsewhere. Nunavut Housing Corporation Archived October 14, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Discussion Paper Released to Engage Nunavummiut on Development of Suicide Prevention Strategy Archived May 18, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. Alan Rayburn, previous head of the Canadian Permanent Committee of Geographical Names, opined that: "Nunavut is still too young to have acquired [a gentilé], although Nunavutan may be an obvious choice." In Naming Canada: stories about Canadian place names 2001. (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (ISBN 978-0-8020-8293-0); p. 50.
  7. ↑ "Consolidation of (S.Nu. 2008, c.10) (NIF) Official Languages Act" (PDF). and "Consolidation of Inuit Language Protection Act" (PDF). Government of Nunavut. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 2019-09-21. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  10. ↑ "The Official Flower of Nunavut: Purple Saxifrage". Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  11. ↑ "The Official Bird of Nunavut: The Rock Ptarmigan". Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. 2011. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Legislative assembly of Nunavut: The Canadian Inuit Dog (Canis Familiaris Borealis) - Official Animal of Nunavut". Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2014-01-14.