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.[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]

Communities

The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.

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| lat_deg = 61.108056

| lon_deg = -94.056944

| label = Arviat

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| lat_deg = 64.318056

| lon_deg = -96.0175

| label = {{nowrap|Baker Lake}}

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| lat_deg = 66.833333

| lon_deg = -108.033333

| label = {{nowrap|Bathurst Inlet}}

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| lat_deg = 69.117222

| lon_deg = -105.053056

| label = {{nowrap|Cambridge Bay}}

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| lat_deg = 63.340833

| lon_deg = -90.706111

| label = {{nowrap|Chesterfield Inlet}}

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| lat_deg = 70.473889

| lon_deg = -68.586111

| label = {{nowrap|Clyde River}}

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| lat_deg = 64.136944

| lon_deg = -83.164167

| label = {{nowrap|Coral Harbour}}

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| lat_deg = 68.625833

| lon_deg = -95.875

| label = {{nowrap|Gjoa Haven}}

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| lat_deg = 76.4175

| lon_deg = -82.893889

| label = {{nowrap|Grise Fiord}}

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| lat_deg = 69.376111

| lon_deg = -81.799444

| label = Igloolik

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| lat_deg = 63.748611

| lon_deg = -68.519722

| label = Iqaluit

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| lat_deg = 62.846667

| lon_deg = -69.868611

| label = Kimmirut

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| lat_deg = 64.231667

| lon_deg = -76.540278

| label = {{nowrap|Kinngait}}

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| lat_deg = 68.533056

| lon_deg = -89.826667

| label = Kugaaruk

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| lat_deg = 67.825556

| lon_deg = -115.095

| label = Kugluktuk

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| lat_deg = 66.521944

| lon_deg = -86.235

| label = Naujaat

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| lat_deg = 66.147778

| lon_deg = -65.699444

| label = Pangnirtung

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| lat_deg = 72.699167

| lon_deg = -77.959167

| label = {{nowrap|Pond Inlet}}

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| lat_deg = 67.558056

| lon_deg = -64.024722

| label = Qikiqtarjuaq

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| lat_deg = 62.809722

| lon_deg = -92.099444

| label = {{nowrap|Rankin Inlet}}

| position = left

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| lat_deg = 74.6975

| lon_deg = -94.832222

| label = Resolute

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| lat_deg = 56.542778

| lon_deg = -79.225

| label = Sanikiluaq

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| lat_deg = 68.777222

| lon_deg = -81.224167

| label = {{nowrap|Sanirajak}}

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| lat_deg = 69.536944

| lon_deg = -93.526667

| label = Taloyoak

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| lat_deg = 62.172778

| lon_deg = -92.579444

| label = {{nowrap|Whale Cove}}

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rowspan="2" | Community{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.nu.ca/eia/information/community-information|title=Community Information - Government of Nunavut|website=www.gov.nu.ca|access-date=7 October 2017}}

! rowspan="2" | Inuktitut/InuinnaqtunBathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities

! class="unsortable" rowspan="2" | Inuktitut syllabics

! class="unsortable" rowspan="2" | Translation

! rowspan="2" | Region

! class="unsortable" colspan="3" | 2021 Census of Population{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}

! rowspan="2" | Location

data-sort-type="number" | 2021

! data-sort-type="number" |2016

! data-sort-type="number" |% change

| Ikpiarjuk[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/arcitc_bay_profile_new_layout.pdf Arctic Bay] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ

| the pocket

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 994

| 868

| +14.5

| {{coord|73|02|11|N|085|09|09|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Arctic Bay}}

|

| ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

| bowhead whale[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/arviat_profile_new_layout.pdf Arviat] at the Government of Nunavut

| Kivalliq Region

| 2,864

| 2,657

| +7.8

| {{coord|61|06|29|N|094|03|25|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Arviat}}

| Qamani’tuaq{{cite web|url=http://bakerlake.ca/en/home/|title=Baker Lake|website=Baker Lake|access-date=29 June 2017}}

| ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ

| big lake joined by a river at both ends

| Kivalliq Region

| 2,061

| 2,069

| -0.4

| {{coord|64|19|05|N|096|01|03|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Baker Lake}}

Bathurst Inlet{{ref|c|c}}

| Qingaut

| ᕿᙵᐅᓐ

| the nose

| Kitikmeot Region

| {{Sort|01|0}}

| 0

| N/A

| {{coord|66|50|00|N|108|02|00|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Bathurst Inlet}}

| Iqaluktuuttiaq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Cambridge%20Bay%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Cambridge Bay] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ

| a good place with many fish

| Kitikmeot Region

| 1,760

| 1,766

| -0.3

| {{coord|69|07|02|N|105|03|11|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Cambridge Bay}}

Chesterfield Inlet

| Igluligaarjuk[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Chesterfield%20Inlet%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Chesterfield Inlet] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ

| place with a few igloos (houses)

| Kivalliq Region

| 397

| 437

| -9.2

| {{coord|63|20|27|N|090|42|22|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Chesterfield Inlet}}

| Kangiqtugaapik[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Clyde%20River%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Clyde River] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ

| nice little inlet

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,181

|1,053

| +12.2

|{{coord|70|28|26|N|068|35|10|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Clyde River}}

| Salliq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Coral%20Harbour%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Coral Harbour] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᓴᓪᓖᑦ

| a large, flat island in front of the mainland

| Kivalliq Region

| 1,035

| 891

| +16.2

| {{coord|64|08|13|N|083|09|51|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Coral Harbour}}

| Uqsuqtuuq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Gjoa%20Haven%20Profile%20new%20layout(1).pdf Gjoa Have] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ

| place of plenty of fat (blubber)

| Kitikmeot Region

| 1,349

| 1,324

| +1.9

| {{coord|68|37|33|N|095|52|30|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Gjoa Haven}}

| Aujuittuq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Grise%20Fiord%20Profile%20new%20layout(1).pdf Grise Fiord] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ

| place that never thaws

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 144

| 129

| +11.6

| {{coord|76|25|03|N|082|53|38|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Grise Fiord}}

| Iglulik

| ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ

| place of iglus[http://www.qia.ca/en/Place_of_Iglus Igloolik] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415032907/http://www.qia.ca/en/Place_of_Iglus |date=2015-04-15 }} at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association{{ref|a|a}}

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 2,049

| 1,744

| +17.5

| {{coord|69|22|34|N|081|47|58|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Igloolik}}

Iqaluit
(capital)

|

| ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

| place of many fish{{cite web|url=http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/visitors/explore-iqaluit/history|title=About Iqaluit: History & Milestones - City of Iqaluit|website=www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca|access-date=29 June 2017}}

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 7,429

| 7,740

| -4.0

| {{coord|63|44|55|N|068|31|11|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Iqaluit}}

|

| ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ

| looks like a heel[http://www.innsnorth.com/html/inns-acc-nun-kimmirut.htm Kimmirut] at Inns North

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 426

| 386

| −14.5

| {{coord|62|50|48|N|069|52|07|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Kimmirut}}

|

| ᑭᙵᐃᑦ

| high mountain{{cite web|url=http://www.capedorset.ca/en/tourism_town_history.asp|title=History of Cape Dorset|website=capedorset.ca|access-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614073356/http://www.capedorset.ca/en/tourism_town_history.asp|archive-date=14 June 2007}}

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,396

| 1,441

| -3.1

| {{coord|64|13|54|N|076|32|25|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Cape Dorset}}

| Arviligjuaq[http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/kugaaruk Kugaaruk] at Nunavut Tourism

| ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or ᐊᕐᕕᓕᒡᔪᐊᖅ

| place of many bowhead whales (Arviligjuaq),
little stream (Kugaaruk)

| Kitikmeot Region

| 1,033

| 933

| +10.7

| {{coord|68|31|59|N|089|49|36|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Kugaaruk}}

| Qurluqtuq

| ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ

| Place of moving water[http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/kugluktuk Kugluktuk] at Nunavut Tourism

| Kitikmeot Region

| 1,382

| 1,491

| -7.3

| {{coord|67|49|32|N|115|05|42|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Kugluktuk}}

Nanisivik{{ref|c|c}}

|

| ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ

| the place where people find things

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| {{Sort|03|0}}

| 0

| N/A

| {{coord|73|02|05|N|084|32|13|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Nanisivik}}

|

| ᓇᐅᔮᑦ

| nesting place for seagulls[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/naujaat.pdf Naujaat] at the Government of Nunavut

| Kivalliq Region

| 1,225

| 1,082

| +13.2

| {{coord|66|31|19|N|086|14|06|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Naujaat (Repulse Bay)}}

| Pangniqtuuq

| ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ

| place of the bull caribou[http://www.innsnorth.com/html/inns-acc-nun-pangnirtung.html Pangnirtung] at Inns North

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,504

| 1,481

| +1.6

| {{coord|66|08|52|N|065|41|58|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Pangnirtung}}

| Mittimatalik[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Pond%20Inlet%20new%20layout.pdf Pond Inlet] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ

| place where Mittiima is buried

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,555

| 1,617

| -3.8

| {{coord|72|41|57|N|077|57|33|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Pond Inlet}}

|

| ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ

| big island[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Qikiqtarjuaq%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Qikiqtarjuaq] at the Government of Nunavut

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 593

| 598

| -0.8

| {{coord|67|33|29|N|064|01|29|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Qikiqtarjuaq}}

| Kangiqtiniq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Rankin%20Inlet%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Rankin Inlet] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ

| deep bay/inlet

| Kivalliq Region

| 2,975

| 2,842

| +4.7

| {{coord|62|48|35|N|092|05|58|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Rankin Inlet}}

| Qausuittuq[http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/resolute Resolute] at Nunavut Tourism

| ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ

| place with no dawn

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 183

| 198

| -7.6

| {{coord|74|41|51|N|094|49|56|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Resolute}}

|

| ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ

| named for a man known as a fast runner[http://www.qia.ca/en/Sanikiluaq Sanikiluaq] at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,010

| 882

| +14.5

| {{coord|56|32|34|N|079|13|30|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Sanikiluaq}}

|

| ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ

| one that is along the coast{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Hall%20Beach%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf|title=Hall Beach|website=gov.nu.ca|access-date=29 June 2017}}

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 891

| 848

| +5.1

| {{coord|68|46|38|N|081|13|27|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Hall Beach}}

| Talurjuaq

| ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ

| large stone caribou blind[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Taloyoak%20Profile%20new%20layout.pdf Taloyoak] at the Government of Nunavut

| Kitikmeot Region

| 934

| 1,029

| -9.2

| {{coord|69|32|13|N|093|31|36|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Taloyoak}}

Umingmaktok{{ref|c|c}}

| Umingmaktuuq

| ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ

| they caught a muskox

| Kitikmeot Region

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| {{coord|67|41|56|N|107|55|27|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Umingmaktok}}

| Tikirarjuaq[http://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/Whale%20Cove%20Profile%20new%20layout%20v2.pdf Whale Cove] at the Government of Nunavut

| ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ

| long point

| Kivalliq Region

| 470

| 435

| +8.0

| {{coord|62|10|22|N|092|34|46|W|type:city_scale:20000_region:CA-NU|name=Whale Cove}}

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Former communities

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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

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Notes

{{note|a|a}}iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/igloolik-69-north-81-west-1.802195 Igloolik] at CBC News
{{note|b|b}}Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation
{{note|c|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.{{Cite web |title=Nunavut Communities {{!}} Nunavut Planning Commission |url=https://www.nunavut.ca/nunavut-communities |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.nunavut.ca |language=en}}

References

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External links

[http://geoscan.ess.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=geoscan.fl&id=fastlink&pass=&format=FLFULL&search=r%3d222924 Communities of Nunavut Poster (Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office)] (free for download with a map)
[http://nunavuttourism.com/regions-communities/arctic-bay Nunavut communities] at Nunavut Tourism
[http://map.nunavuttourism.com/en.html Interactive map] at Nunavut Tourism

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{{Subdivisions of Nunavut}}