List of communities in Nunavut
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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]
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Communities[edit]
The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.
Former communities[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^a iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.[41]
- ^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[edit]
- ^ 2011 census
- ^ a b Nunavut Communities
- ^ Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
- ^ Census Profile Arctic Bay
- ^ Census Profile Arviat
- ^ Census Profile Baker Lake
- ^ Census Profile Bathurst Inlet
- ^ Census Profile Cambridge Bay
- ^ a b History of Cape Dorset
- ^ Census Profile Cape Dorset
- ^ Census Profile Chesterfield Inlet
- ^ Census Profile Clyde River
- ^ Census Profile Coral Harbour
- ^ Census Profile Gjoa Haven
- ^ Census Profile Grise Fiord
- ^ Hall Beach at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ Census Profile Hall Beach
- ^ Igloolik at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- ^ Census Profile Igloolik
- ^ Census Profile Iqaluit
- ^ Census Profile Kimmirut
- ^ Kugaaruk at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Census Profile Kugaaruk
- ^ Kugluktuk Heritage
- ^ Census Profile Kugluktuk
- ^ Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census
- ^ Naujaat (Repulse Bay) at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Census Profile Repulse Bay
- ^ Census Profile Pangnirtung
- ^ Census Profile Pond Inlet
- ^ Census Profile Qikiqtarjuaq
- ^ Rankin Inlet at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ Census Profile Rankin Inlet
- ^ The Nunavut Handbook ISBN 1-55036-587-8
- ^ Census Profile Resolute
- ^ Sanikiluaq at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- ^ Census Profile Sanikiluaq
- ^ Census Profile Taloyoak
- ^ Census Profile Umingmaktok
- ^ Census Profile Whale Cove
- ^ Igloolik at the Atlas of Canada
External links[edit]
- Communities of Nunavut Poster (Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office) (free for download with a map)
- Nunavut communities (Nunavut Tourism) (with a map)
- Government of Nunavut - communities (also with a map)
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