Nunavut – Canada

 

About Nunavut

Canada’s largest and northernmost territory, Nunavut is also its most populous. On April 1, 1999, the Northwest Territories were formally severed from the territory of Nunavut in accordance with the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which gave Inuit peoples control over the area. In 1993, the lines were drawn. The admission of Newfoundland as a province in 1949 was the only other significant alteration to Canada’s political map until the formation of Nunavut.

The territory of Nunavut includes the vast majority of Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. For context, the United States of America is the second largest country subdivision in North America and the fifth largest in the world (after Greenland). In 1995, a vote decided that the capital should move to Iqaluit (then known as Frobisher Bay) in eastern Baffin Island. Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay are also important population centers in the region.

The eastern and southern parts of Victoria Island in the west, as well as all islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay, including Akimiski Island very far to the southeast, are also included in Nunavut. In all of Canada, this is the only geographical area that lacks a road connection to the rest of the continent.

The population of Nunavut is among the lowest of any Canadian province or territory.

 

Hotels in Nunavut

1. Aqsarniit Hotel & Conference Centre

Address: 1730 Federal Rd, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada

2. Frobisher Inn

Address: 505 Astro Hill, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada

3. illu B&B

Address: 12 Mitik St, Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0, Canada

4. Enokhok Inn and Suites

Address: Kugluktuk, NU X0B 0E0, Canada

5. Sauniq Hotel

Address: Main Street, Pond Inlet, NU X0A 0S0, Canada

 

Universities in Nunavut

1. Nunavut Arctic College

Address: 502 Saputi, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada