Nunavut: Territory of Canada
Nunavut is a territory in Canada.
It is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was founded in 1999 when many Inuit living in the Northwest Territories wanted to have an independent province and government. Its capital is named Iqaluit. It is in the north of Canada, and has a particularly cold climate for much of the year. It has many native people (mainly Inuit).
Nunavut Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ (Nunavut Sannginivut) "Our land, our strength" "Notre terre, notre force" "ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᓴᙱᓂᕆᔭᕗᑦ | |
| Coordinates: 70°10′00″N 90°44′00″W / 70.16667°N 90.73333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Confederation | April 1, 1999 (13th) |
| Capital | Iqaluit |
| Largest city | Iqaluit |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | Eva Aariak |
| • Premier | P.J. Akeeagok (consensus government) |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Nunavut |
| Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
| House seats | 1 of 338 (0.3%) |
| Senate seats | 1 of 105 (1%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,038,722 km2 (787,155 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,877,787 km2 (725,018 sq mi) |
| • Water | 160,935 km2 (62,137 sq mi) 7.9% |
| • Rank | Ranked 1st |
| 20.4% of Canada | |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 36,858 |
| • Estimate (Q4 2021) | 39,589 |
| • Rank | Ranked 13th |
| • Density | 0.02/km2 (0.05/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Nunavummiut Nunavummiuq (sing.) |
| Official languages | Inuktut (Inuit languages: Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut) English, French |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 12th |
| • Total (2017) | C$2.846 billion |
| • Per capita | C$58,452 (6th) |
| HDI | |
| • HDI (2018) | 0.908 — Very high (5th) |
| Time zones | UTC-07:00 (Mountain Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-06:00 |
| UTC-06:00 (Central Time) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-05:00 |
| Southampton Island (Coral Harbour) | UTC-05:00 (Eastern Time) |
| UTC-05:00 (Eastern Time) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 |
| Postal abbr. | NU |
| Postal code prefix | X0A, X0B, X0C |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-NU |
| Flower | Purple Saxifrage |
| Tree | n/a |
| Bird | Rock Ptarmigan |
| Rankings include all provinces and territories | |
The main form of transportation is the snowmobile. For the first week of being a separate unit, it was the Province of Nunavut, but after a week it was renamed Nunavut Territory.
A symbol of the territory is the Eskimo Dog (qimmiq). Even today, some people still use these dogs.[source?]
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