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 2006 census the population of Nunavut was 29,474 an increase of 10.2% from the 2001 census.[1]

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[edit] Communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut

Community Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun[2] Inuktitut syllabics Region Population
2006		 % change
from 2001
Arctic Bay Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ Qikiqtaaluk Region 690 6.8%
Arviat   ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, Kivalliq Region 2,060 8.5%
Baker Lake Qamanittuaq ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Kivalliq Region 1,728 14.7%
Bathurst Inlet Kingoak ᑭᖓᐅᓐ Kitikmeot Region 0 -100.0%
Cambridge Bay Iqaluktuuttiaq ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ Kitikmeot Region 1,477 12.8%
Cape Dorset Kinngait ᑭᙵᐃᑦ Qikiqtaaluk Region 1,236 7.7%
Chesterfield Inlet Igluligaarjuk ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ Kivalliq Region 332 -3.8%
Clyde River Kangiqtugaapik ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ Qikiqtaaluk Region 820 4.5%
Coral Harbour Sallit ᓴᓪᓖᑦ Kivalliq Region 769 8.0%
Gjoa Haven Uqsuqtuuq ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Kitikmeot Region 1,064 10.8%
Grise Fiord Aujuittuq ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ Qikiqtaaluk Region 141 -13.5%
Hall Beach Sanirajak ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ Qikiqtaaluk Region 654 7.4%
Igloolik Iglulik ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ Qikiqtaaluk Region 1,538 19.6%
Iqaluit (territorial capital)   ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ Qikiqtaaluk Region 6,184 18.1%
Kimmirut   ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ Qikiqtaaluk Region 411 -5.1%
Kugaaruk   ᑳᒑᕐᑭᓪ Kitikmeot Region 688 13.7%
Kugluktuk Qurluqtuq ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ Kitikmeot Region 1,302 7.4%
Pangnirtung Pangniqtuuq ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ Qikiqtaaluk Region 1,325 3.8%
Pond Inlet Mittimatalik ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ Qikiqtaaluk Region 1,315 7.8%
Qikiqtarjuaq   ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ Qikiqtaaluk Region 473 -8.9%
Rankin Inlet Kangiqiniq or Kangirliniq ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ Kivalliq Region 2,358 8.3%
Repulse Bay Naujaat ᓇᐅᔮᑦ Kivalliq Region 748 22.2%
Resolute Qausuittuq ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ Qikiqtaaluk Region 229 6.5%
Sanikiluaq   ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ Qikiqtaaluk Region 744 8.8%
Taloyoak Talurjuaq ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ Kitikmeot Region 809 12.4%
Whale Cove Tikirarjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ Kivalliq Region 353 15.7%
Regional populations
Kitikmeot 6 communities 5,361[3]
Kitikmeot, Unorganized 21[4]
Kivalliq
("Keewatin" to StatsCan)		 7 communities 8,348[5]
Keewatin, Unorganized 0[6]
Qikiqtaaluk
("Baffin" to StatsCan)		 13 communities 15,765[7]
Baffin, Unorganized 5[8]

[edit] Former Distant Early Warning Line and current North Warning System sites[9]

  • Bernard Harbour (PIN-C), on the mainland
  • Bray Island (FOX-A)
  • Brevoort Island (BAF-3)
  • Broughton Island (FOX-5)
  • Byron Bay (PIN-4)
  • Cambridge Bay (CAM-MAIN)
  • Cape Dyer (DYE-MAIN), on Baffin Island
  • Cape Hooper (FOX-4)
  • Cape Mcloughlin (CAM-5A)
  • Cape Mercy (BAF-2)
  • Cape Peel West (PIN-EB)
  • Cape Young (PIN-2)
  • Clifton Point (PIN-B)
  • Clinton Point (PIN-1)
  • Croker River (PIN 1BG)
  • Dewar Lakes (FOX-3)
  • Durban Island (FOX-E)
  • Edinburgh Island (PIN-DA)
  • Ekalugad (FOX-C)
  • Gjoa Haven (CAM-CB)
  • Gladman Point (CAM-2)
  • Hall Beach (FOX.MAIN)
  • Harding River (PIN-2A)
  • Hat Island (CAM-B)
  • Jenny Lind Island (CAM-1)
  • Kangok Fjord (FOX-CA)
  • Keats Point (PIN-1BD)
  • Keith Bay (CAM-E)
  • Kivitoo, (FOX-D)
  • Lady Franklin Point (PIN-3)
  • Lailor River (CAM-FA)
  • Loks Land (BAF-4A)
  • Longstaff Bluff (FOX-2)
  • Mackar Inlet (CAM-5)
  • Matheson Point (CAM-C)
  • Nudluardjuk Lake (FOX-B)
  • Pelly Bay (CAM-4)
  • Resolution Island (BAF-5)
  • Ross Point (PIN-D)
  • Rowley Island (FOX-1)
  • Scarpa Lake (CAM-F)
  • Shepherd Bay (CAM-3)
  • Simpson Lake (CAM-D)
  • Sturt Point (CAM-A3A)

[edit] Weather stations and military bases

[edit] Mine sites

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[edit] Other

  • Craig Harbour, on Ellesmere Island
  • Dundas Harbour, on Devon Island
  • Nuwata, on Baffin Island
  • Padlei, on the mainland
  • Tavani, on the mainland
  • Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ, formerly Bay Chimo), on the mainland
  • Wager Bay, (Ukkusiksalik ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ) on the mainland

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 census
  2. ^ Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
  3. ^ Kitikemot Region 2006
  4. ^ Kitikmeot, Unorganised 2006
  5. ^ Keewatin Region 2006
  6. ^ Keewatin, Unorganised 2006
  7. ^ Baffin Region 2006
  8. ^ Baffin, Unorganised 2006
  9. ^ The DEW LINE Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland

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