'our land') is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut ...
Nunavut
Canadian Territory
Nunavut is a massive, sparsely populated territory of northern Canada, forming most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its islands have expanses of tundra, craggy mountains and remote villages, accessible only by plane or boat. It's known for its...
Capital: Iqaluit
Population: 38,780 (2019)
Area: 808,200 mi²
Founded: April 1, 1999
State bird: the rock ptarmigan
Canadian postal abbr.: NU
Confederation: April 1, 1999 (13th)
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What language do they speak in Nunavut?
Did you know that Nunavut has four official languages? Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, English and French! The Inuit have spoken Inuktitut for generations, but its words were only recently transcribed to paper, making it possible for everyone to learn.
Why is Nunavut so expensive?
Primarily because pretty much everything has to be flown in. That adds a very significant cost overhead to virtually all consumer products. It costs significantly more to fly a case of coke to Nunavut than it does to drive it down the highway to anywhere else in Canada.
What happened to Nunavut in 1999?
It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993.
How is Nunavut different from the rest of Canada?
Nunavut is the land of the Inuit. It's mostly the barren lands (north of the tree line), the Arctic Coast and the Arctic Islands. The Inuit share the same culture and speak the same language across the arctic. Before the arrival of people from the south, they lived mainly on caribou, seals, and fish.
Nunavut, vast territory of northern Canada that stretches across most of the Canadian Arctic. Created in 1999 out of the eastern portion of the Northwest ...
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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 ...
Nunavut, or “Our Land” in Inuktitut, encompasses over 2 million km2 and has a population of 36,858 residents (2021 census), 30,865 of whom are Inuit.