List of communities in Nunavut

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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.

Arctic Bay

Arviat

Baker Lake

Bathurst Inlet

Cambridge Bay

Chesterfield Inlet

Clyde River

Coral Harbour

Gjoa Haven

Grise Fiord

Igloolik

Iqaluit

Kimmirut

Kinngait

Kugaaruk

Kugluktuk

Naujaat

Pangnirtung

Pond Inlet

Qikiqtarjuaq

Rankin Inlet

Resolute

Sanikiluaq

Sanirajak

Taloyoak

Whale Cove

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Communities of Nunavut

Community[2]	Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun[3]	Inuktitut syllabics	Translation[2]	Region	2021 Census of Population[4]			Location
					2021	2016	% change
Arctic Bay	Ikpiarjuk[5]	ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ	the pocket[5]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	994	868	+14.5	73°02′11″N 085°09′09″W
Arviat		ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ	bowhead whale[6]	Kivalliq Region	2,864	2,657	+7.8	61°06′29″N 094°03′25″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°19′05″N 096°01′03″W
Bathurst Inlet^c	Qingaut	ᕿᙵᐅᓐ	the nose	Kitikmeot Region	0	0	N/A	66°50′00″N 108°02′00″W
Cambridge Bay	Iqaluktuuttiaq[8]	ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ	a good place with many fish[8]	Kitikmeot Region	1,760	1,766	-0.3	69°07′02″N 105°03′11″W
Chesterfield Inlet	Igluligaarjuk[9]	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ	place with a few igloos (houses)[9]	Kivalliq Region	397	437	-9.2	63°20′27″N 090°42′22″W
Clyde River	Kangiqtugaapik[10]	ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ	nice little inlet[10]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,181	1,053	+12.2	70°28′26″N 068°35′10″W
Coral Harbour	Salliq[11]	ᓴᓪᓖᑦ	a large, flat island in front of the mainland[11]	Kivalliq Region	1,035	891	+16.2	64°08′13″N 083°09′51″W
Gjoa Haven	Uqsuqtuuq[12]	ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ	place of plenty of fat (blubber)[12]	Kitikmeot Region	1,349	1,324	+1.9	68°37′33″N 095°52′30″W
Grise Fiord	Aujuittuq[13]	ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place that never thaws[13]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	144	129	+11.6	76°25′03″N 082°53′38″W
Igloolik	Iglulik	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ	place of iglus[14]^a	Qikiqtaaluk Region	2,049	1,744	+17.5	69°22′34″N 081°47′58″W
Iqaluit (capital)		ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ	place of many fish[15]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	7,429	7,740	-4.0	63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W
Kimmirut		ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ	looks like a heel[16]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	426	386	−14.5	62°50′48″N 069°52′07″W
Kinngait		ᑭᙵᐃᑦ	high mountain[17]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,396	1,441	-3.1	64°13′54″N 076°32′25″W
Kugaaruk	Arviligjuaq[18]	ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or ᐊᕐᕕᓕᒡᔪᐊᖅ	place of many bowhead whales (Arviligjuaq), little stream (Kugaaruk)[18]	Kitikmeot Region	1,033	933	+10.7	68°31′59″N 089°49′36″W
Kugluktuk	Qurluqtuq	ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ	Place of moving water[19]	Kitikmeot Region	1,382	1,491	-7.3	67°49′32″N 115°05′42″W
Nanisivik^c		ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ	the place where people find things	Qikiqtaaluk Region	0	0	N/A	73°02′05″N 084°32′13″W
Naujaat		ᓇᐅᔮᑦ	nesting place for seagulls[20]	Kivalliq Region	1,225	1,082	+13.2	66°31′19″N 086°14′06″W
Pangnirtung	Pangniqtuuq	ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ	place of the bull caribou[21]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,504	1,481	+1.6	66°08′52″N 065°41′58″W
Pond Inlet	Mittimatalik[22]	ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ	place where Mittiima is buried[22]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,555	1,617	-3.8	72°41′57″N 077°57′33″W
Qikiqtarjuaq		ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ	big island[23]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	593	598	-0.8	67°33′29″N 064°01′29″W
Rankin Inlet	Kangiqtiniq[24]	ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ	deep bay/inlet[24]	Kivalliq Region	2,975	2,842	+4.7	62°48′35″N 092°05′58″W
Resolute	Qausuittuq[25]	ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place with no dawn[25]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	183	198	-7.6	74°41′51″N 094°49′56″W
Sanikiluaq		ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ	named for a man known as a fast runner[26]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,010	882	+14.5	56°32′34″N 079°13′30″W
Sanirajak		ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ	one that is along the coast[27]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	891	848	+5.1	68°46′38″N 081°13′27″W
Taloyoak	Talurjuaq	ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ	large stone caribou blind[28]	Kitikmeot Region	934	1,029	-9.2	69°32′13″N 093°31′36″W
Umingmaktok^c	Umingmaktuuq	ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ	they caught a muskox	Kitikmeot Region	0	0	N/A	67°41′56″N 107°55′27″W
Whale Cove	Tikirarjuaq[29]	ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ	long point[29]	Kivalliq Region	470	435	+8.0	62°10′22″N 092°34′46″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

• ^a iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.[30]
• ^b Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation
• ^c 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.[4][31]

References

1. 2011 census
2. "Community Information - Government of Nunavut". www.gov.nu.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
3. Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
5. Arctic Bay at the Government of Nunavut
6. Arviat at the Government of Nunavut
7. "Baker Lake". Baker Lake. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
8. Cambridge Bay at the Government of Nunavut
9. Chesterfield Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
10. Clyde River at the Government of Nunavut
11. Coral Harbour at the Government of Nunavut
12. Gjoa Have at the Government of Nunavut
13. Grise Fiord at the Government of Nunavut
14. Igloolik Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
15. "About Iqaluit: History & Milestones - City of Iqaluit". www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
16. Kimmirut at Inns North
17. "History of Cape Dorset". capedorset.ca. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
18. Kugaaruk at Nunavut Tourism
19. Kugluktuk at Nunavut Tourism
20. Naujaat at the Government of Nunavut
21. Pangnirtung at Inns North
22. Pond Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
23. Qikiqtarjuaq at the Government of Nunavut
24. Rankin Inlet at the Government of Nunavut
25. Resolute at Nunavut Tourism
26. Sanikiluaq at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
27. "Hall Beach" (PDF). gov.nu.ca. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
28. Taloyoak at the Government of Nunavut
29. Whale Cove at the Government of Nunavut
30. Igloolik at CBC News
31. "Nunavut Communities | Nunavut Planning Commission". www.nunavut.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-22.

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