Nunavut

Also known as NU, Nvt., Nunavut Territory, CA-NU, Territory of Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) was admitted in 1949.

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Nunavut is Canada's largest and northernmost territory, created on April 1, 1999, through legislation that granted the Inuit people their own self-governing territory. Its establishment marked the first significant change to Canada's political map in 50 years, reshaping the country's northern governance structure.

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Key facts

Province or territory of Canada.name: Nunavut
Province or territory of Canada.settlement_type: Territory
Province or territory of Canada.government_type: Parliamentary system with consensus government
Province or territory of Canada.image_flag: Flag of Nunavut.svg
Province or territory of Canada.image_shield: Coat of arms of Nunavut.svg
Province or territory of Canada.motto: ()"Our land, our strength"""
Province or territory of Canada.image_map: Nunavut in Canada 2.svg
Province or territory of Canada.Label_map: yes
Province or territory of Canada.capital: Iqaluit
Province or territory of Canada.largest_city: Iqaluit
Province or territory of Canada.official_lang: Inuit (Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun)EnglishFrench
Province or territory of Canada.ViceroyType: Commissioner
Province or territory of Canada.Viceroy: Eva Aariak
Province or territory of Canada.Premier: John Main
Province or territory of Canada.Legislature: Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Province or territory of Canada.HouseSeats: 1
Province or territory of Canada.SenateSeats: 1
Province or territory of Canada.Former: Districts of Franklin, Keewatin, Mackenzie

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Research

1,038 papers

Clam research in Nunavut: A scoping review of the literature.ReviewOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Gerend S, Caughey A, Banuet-Martinez M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101168
Forensic psychiatry services in Nunavut.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Upfold C, Chaimowitz GDOI: 10.1080/22423982.2021.1954362
Mapping the maternal health research landscape in Nunavut: A systematic search & critical review of methodology.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Brubacher LJ, Dewey CE, Cunsolo A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113206
A Nunavut community-directed Inuit youth mental wellness initiative: making I-SPARX fly.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Bohr Y, Hankey J, Thomas A et al.DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2401210
A review of health and wellness studies involving Inuit of Manitoba and Nunavut.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Hayward A, Cidro J, Dutton R et al.DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2020.1779524
Solving the housing crisis in Nunavut, Canada.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Sultan ADOI: 10.1177/14034948231152637
Nunavut: building nursing capacity.Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.) · 2012Malott MDOI: 10.12927/cjnl.2012.22804
Forensic psychiatry patients, services, and legislation in Nunavut and Greenland.International journal of law and psychiatry · 2023Upfold C, Jentz C, Heilmann P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101921

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Nunavut
Demonym: Nunavutoise
Population: 36858
Area: 2038722
Official website: www.gov.nu.ca/iu
Image: Wfm baffin island.jpg
Nominal GDP: 4160000000
Motto: Notre terre, notre force

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Commons gallery: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
Commons category: Nunavut
inception: 1999-04-01
postal code: X0C
short name: Nun.
native label: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
minimum temperature record: -57.8
total fertility rate: 2.7545
P12749: Zamboni pile

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Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). Nunavut's capital and Canada's smallest capital by population, Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay"), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay.