List of communities in Nunavut explained

This is a list of communities in Nunavut, Canada. 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 2016 census the population of Nunavut was 35,944, an increase of 12.66% from the 2011 census.^[1]

Communities

The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.

Community[2]	Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun[3]	Inuktitut syllabics	Translation	Region	2021 Census of Population[4]			Location
					data-sort-type="number"	2021	data-sort-type="number"		2016	data-sort-type="number"	% change
Arctic Bay	Ikpiarjuk[5]	ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ	the pocket	Qikiqtaaluk Region	994	868	+14.5	73.0364°N -85.1525°W
Arviat		ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ	bowhead whale[6]	Kivalliq Region	2,864	2,657	+7.8	61.1081°N -94.0569°W
Baker Lake	Qamani’tuaq[7]	ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ	big lake joined by a river at both ends	Kivalliq Region	2,061	2,069	-0.4	64.3181°N -96.0175°W
Bathurst Inlet	Qingaut	ᕿᙵᐅᓐ	the nose	Kitikmeot Region		0	N/A	66.8333°N -108.0333°W
Cambridge Bay	Iqaluktuuttiaq[8]	ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ	a good place with many fish	Kitikmeot Region	1,760	1,766	-0.3	69.1172°N -105.0531°W
Chesterfield Inlet	Igluligaarjuk[9]	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ	place with a few igloos (houses)	Kivalliq Region	397	437	-9.2	63.3408°N -90.7061°W
Clyde River	Kangiqtugaapik[10]	ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ	nice little inlet	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,181	1,053	+12.2	70.4739°N -68.5861°W
Coral Harbour	Salliq[11]	ᓴᓪᓖᑦ	a large, flat island in front of the mainland	Kivalliq Region	1,035	891	+16.2	64.1369°N -83.1642°W
Gjoa Haven	Uqsuqtuuq[12]	ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ	place of plenty of fat (blubber)	Kitikmeot Region	1,349	1,324	+1.9	68.6258°N -95.875°W
Grise Fiord	Aujuittuq[13]	ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place that never thaws	Qikiqtaaluk Region	144	129	+11.6	76.4175°N -82.8939°W
Igloolik	Iglulik	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ	place of iglus[14]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	2,049	1,744	+17.5	69.3761°N -81.7994°W
Iqaluit (capital)		ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ	place of many fish[15]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	7,429	7,740	-4.0	63.7486°N -68.5197°W
Kimmirut		ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ	looks like a heel[16]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	426	386	−14.5	62.8467°N -69.8686°W
Kinngait		ᑭᙵᐃᑦ	high mountain[17]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,396	1,441	-3.1	64.2317°N -76.5403°W
Kugaaruk	Arviligjuaq[18]	ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or ᐊᕐᕕᓕᒡᔪᐊᖅ	place of many bowhead whales (Arviligjuaq), little stream (Kugaaruk)	Kitikmeot Region	1,033	933	+10.7	68.5331°N -89.8267°W
Kugluktuk	Qurluqtuq	ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ	Place of moving water[19]	Kitikmeot Region	1,382	1,491	-7.3	67.8256°N -115.095°W
Nanisivik		ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ	the place where people find things	Qikiqtaaluk Region		0	N/A	73.0347°N -84.5369°W
Naujaat		ᓇᐅᔮᑦ	nesting place for seagulls[20]	Kivalliq Region	1,225	1,082	+13.2	66.5219°N -86.235°W
Pangnirtung	Pangniqtuuq	ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ	place of the bull caribou[21]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,504	1,481	+1.6	66.1478°N -65.6994°W
Pond Inlet	Mittimatalik[22]	ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ	place where Mittiima is buried	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,555	1,617	-3.8	72.6992°N -77.9592°W
Qikiqtarjuaq		ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ	big island[23]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	593	598	-0.8	67.5581°N -64.0247°W
Rankin Inlet	Kangiqtiniq[24]	ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ	deep bay/inlet	Kivalliq Region	2,975	2,842	+4.7	62.8097°N -92.0994°W
Resolute	Qausuittuq[25]	ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place with no dawn	Qikiqtaaluk Region	183	198	-7.6	74.6975°N -94.8322°W
Sanikiluaq		ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ	named for a man known as a fast runner[26]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,010	882	+14.5	56.5428°N -79.225°W
Sanirajak		ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ	one that is along the coast[27]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	891	848	+5.1	68.7772°N -81.2242°W
Taloyoak	Talurjuaq	ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ	large stone caribou blind[28]	Kitikmeot Region	934	1,029	-9.2	69.5369°N -93.5267°W
Umingmaktok	Umingmaktuuq	ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ	they caught a muskox	Kitikmeot Region	0	0	N/A	67.6989°N -107.9242°W
Whale Cove	Tikirarjuaq[29]	ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ	long point	Kivalliq Region	470	435	+8.0	62.1728°N -92.5794°W

Former communities

• Amadjuak, on Baffin Island
• Brooman Point Village, on Bathurst Island
• Craig Harbour, on Ellesmere Island
• Dundas Harbour, on Devon Island
• Ennadai, on the mainland
• Iglunga, on an island off Baffin Island
• Killiniq (Port Burwell), on Killiniq Island
• Native Point, on the peninsula of the same name
• Nuwata, on Baffin Island
• Padlei, on the mainland
• Port Leopold, on Somerset Island
• Tavani, on the mainland

Notes

• iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.^[30]
• Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation
• Neither Bathurst Inlet, Nanisivik or Umingmaktok are listed as an official community by the Government of Nunavut, but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada.^[31]

External links

• Communities of Nunavut Poster (Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office) (free for download with a map)
• Nunavut communities at Nunavut Tourism
  • Interactive map at Nunavut Tourism

Notes and References

1. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=62&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=62&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 census
2. Web site: Community Information - Government of Nunavut. www.gov.nu.ca. 7 October 2017.
3. Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) . 2022-10-22 . www150.statcan.gc.ca.
5. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/arcitc_bay_profile_new_layout.pdf Arctic Bay
6. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/arviat_profile_new_layout.pdf Arviat
7. Web site: Baker Lake. Baker Lake. 29 June 2017.
8. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Cambridge%20Bay%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Cambridge Bay
9. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Chesterfield%20Inlet%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Chesterfield Inlet
10. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Clyde%20River%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Clyde River
11. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Coral%20Harbour%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Coral Harbour
12. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Gjoa%20Haven%20Profile%20new%20layout(1).pdf Gjoa Have
13. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Grise%20Fiord%20Profile%20new%20layout(1).pdf Grise Fiord
14. http://www.qia.ca/en/Place_of_Iglus Igloolik
15. Web site: About Iqaluit: History & Milestones - City of Iqaluit. www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca. 29 June 2017.
16. http://www.innsnorth.com/html/inns-acc-nun-kimmirut.htm Kimmirut
17. Web site: History of Cape Dorset. capedorset.ca. 29 June 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070614073356/http://www.capedorset.ca/en/tourism_town_history.asp. 14 June 2007.
18. http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/kugaaruk Kugaaruk
19. http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/kugluktuk Kugluktuk
20. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/naujaat.pdf Naujaat
21. http://www.innsnorth.com/html/inns-acc-nun-pangnirtung.html Pangnirtung
22. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Pond%20Inlet%20new%20layout.pdf Pond Inlet
23. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Qikiqtarjuaq%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Qikiqtarjuaq
24. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Rankin%20Inlet%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Rankin Inlet
25. http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/resolute Resolute
26. http://www.qia.ca/en/Sanikiluaq Sanikiluaq
27. Web site: Hall Beach. gov.nu.ca. 29 June 2017.
28. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Taloyoak%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Taloyoak
29. http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Whale%20Cove%20Profile%20new%20layout%20v2.pdf Whale Cove
30. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/igloolik-69-north-81-west-1.802195 Igloolik
31. Web site: Nunavut Communities Nunavut Planning Commission . 2022-10-22 . www.nunavut.ca . en.