Nunavut Culture

As of the 2016 Canada Census, the population of Nunavut was 35,944, a 12.7% increase from 2011. In 2006, 24,640 people identified themselves as Inuit (83.6% of the total population), 100 as First Nations (0.34%), 130 Métis (0.44%) and 4,410 as non-aboriginal (14.96%). Ten largest communities Municipality 2011 2006 growth Iqaluit 6,699 6,184 8.3% Rankin Inlet 2,577 2,358 9.3% Arviat 2,318 2,060 12.5% Baker Lake 1,872 1,728 8.3% Cambridge Bay 1,608 1,477 8.9% Pond Inlet 1,549 1,315 17.8% Igloolik 1,454 1,538 −5.5% Kugluktuk 1,450 1,302 11.4% Pangnirtung 1,425 1,325 7.5% Cape Dorset 1,363 1,236 10.3% Language "Qulliq Model", for most Nunavut communities, with Inuktitut as the main language of instruction. "Inuinnaqtun Immersion Model", for language reclamation and immersion to revitalize Inuinnaqtun as a living language. "Mixed Population Model", mainly for Iqaluit (possibly for Rankin Inlet), as the 40%  Qallunaat , or non-...

Nunavut experiences a polar climate in most regions, owing to its high latitude and lower continental summertime influence than areas to the west. In more southerly continental areas very cold subarctic climates can be found, due to July being slightly milder than the required 10 °C (50 °F). Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected locations in Nunavut City July (°C) July (°F) January (°C) January (°F) Alert 6/1 43/33 −29/−36 −20/−33 Baker Lake 17/6 63/43 −28/−35 −18/−31 Cambridge Bay 13/5 55/41 −29/−35 −19/−32 Eureka 9/3 49/37 −33/−40 −27/−40 Iqaluit 12/4 54/39 −23/−31 −9/−24 Kugluktuk 16/6 60/43 −23/−31 −10/−25 Rankin Inlet 15/6 59/43 −27/−34 −17/−30 History Archaeological findings The region now known as Nunavut has supported a continuous indigenous population for approximately 4,000 years. Most historians identify the coast of Baffin Island with the  Helluland  described in Norse saga...

Nunavut   is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada, and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay"), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet ...