Qikiqtaaluk Region

Mount Odin, Auyuittuq National Park

Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ pronounced: [qikiqtaːˈluk]) or Baffin Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organisations, including Statistics Canada^[1] and Nunavut Tourism^[2] prefer the term Baffin Region.

The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit (population 7,250). The Qikiqtaaluk Region spans to the northernmost, easternmost, and southernmost areas of Nunavut.

Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as the Baffin Region, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories.

Canada claims Hans Island as part of Qikiqtaaluk, while Denmark considers it to be part of the Greenlandic municipality of Qaasuitsup.

Communities

Iqaluit waterfront, 2011

• Cities
  • Iqaluit
• Hamlets
  • Arctic Bay
  • Cape Dorset
  • Clyde River
  • Grise Fiord
  • Hall Beach
  • Igloolik
  • Kimmirut
  • Pangnirtung
  • Pond Inlet
  • Qikiqtarjuaq
  • Resolute
  • Sanikiluaq

• Settlements
  • Nanisivik
• Unorganized Areas
  • Baffin, Unorganized, includes
    • Alert
    • Eureka

Attractions

• Astro Hill Complex (Iqaluit)
• Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum (Iqaluit)
• Legislative Building of Nunavut (Iqaluit)
• Unikkaarvik Visitors Centre (Iqaluit)

Protected areas

Sirmilik National Park

Demographics

Canada 2006 Census^[1]

• Population: 15,765
• Population change (2001–2006): +9.7%
• Private dwellings: 5,103
• Area: 1,040,417.90 km² (401,707.60 sq mi)
• Density: 0.015 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.039/sq mi)
• National rank in terms of population: 248th out of 288
• Territorial rank in terms of population: 1st out of 3

Surrounding census divisions

See also

• Netsilik Inuit
• Ellesmere Island Volcanics
• Strathcona Fiord

References

Further reading

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qikiqtaaluk Region.

• Qikiqtaaluk Region information at Explore Nunavut

Subdivisions of Nunavut Regions Nunavut (electoral district) Kitikmeot Unorganized Kivalliq Qikiqtaaluk Unorganized Communities Arctic Bay Arviat Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Cape Dorset Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coral Harbour Gjoa Haven Grise Fiord Hall Beach Igloolik Iqaluit Apex Kimmirut Kugaaruk Kugluktuk Pangnirtung Pond Inlet Qikiqtarjuaq Rankin Inlet Repulse Bay Resolute Sanikiluaq Taloyoak Whale Cove Weather stations and Canadian Forces bases Alert CFS Alert Ennadai Eureka Isachsen Nanisivik Naval Facility Mine sites Proposed Baffinland Iron Mine Under construction Boston Camp Doris North Hope Bay Meadowbank Gold Mine Defunct Bent Horn Mine Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine Jericho Diamond Mine Lupin Mine Nanisivik Mine Polaris mine Rankin Inlet Mine DEW line and NWS sites Bernard Harbour Bray Island Brevoort Island Broughton Island Byron Bay Cambridge Bay Cape Dyer Cape Hooper Cape Mcloughlin Cape Mercy Cape Peel West Cape Young Clifton Point Clinton Point Croker River Dewar Lakes Durban Island Edinburgh Island Ekalugad Gjoa Haven Gladman Point Hall Beach Harding River Hat Island Jenny Lind Island Kangok Fjord Keats Point Keith Bay Kivitoo Lady Franklin Point Lailor River Loks Land Longstaff Bluff Mackar Inlet Matheson Point Nudluardjuk Lake Pelly Bay Resolution Island Ross Point Rowley Island Scarpa Lake Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Sturt Point Former Amadjuak Brooman Point Village Craig Harbour Dundas Harbour Iglunga Killiniq Nanisivik Native Point Nuwata Padlei Port Leopold Tavani Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Amadjuak Apex Arctic Bay Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Bay Chimo Belcher Islands Blacklead Island Cambridge Bay Cape Dorset Charlton Island Depot Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coats Island Dundas Harbour Eskimo Point Fort Hearne Fort Ross Frobisher Bay Gjoa Haven Igloolik Kent Peninsula King William Island Kugaryuak Lake Harbour Mansel Island Nueltin House Padley Pangnirtung Pangnirtung Fox Farm Perry River Ponds Inlet Port Leopold Port Burwell Repulse Bay Southampton Island Tavane Tree River Wager Inlet

Coordinates: 70°N 080°W / 70°N 80°W / 70; -80 (Qikiqtaaluk Region)