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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]

Contents

Communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut

Weather stations and military bases

Mine sites

Other

References

External links

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 (Census division)
Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut	6 communities	5,361[3]	Kitikmeot, Unorganized		21[4]
Keewatin Region, Nunavut	7 communities	8,348[5]	Keewatin, Unorganized		0[6]
Baffin Region, Nunavut	13 communities	15,765[7]	Baffin, Unorganized		5[8]

==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)

Weather stations and military bases

★ Alert

★ Ennadai, at Ennadai Lake

★ Eureka, on Ellesmere Island

★ Fox Five

★ Isachsen, on Ellef Ringnes Island

Mine sites

★ Jericho Diamond Mine

★ Little Cornwallis Island

★ Lupin Mine

★ Nanisivik (ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ), on Baffin Island
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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

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

External links

★ 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)