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This is a list of communities in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Note that 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 2011 census the population of Nunavut was 31,906 an increase of 8.3% from the 2006 census.^[1]

Communities

The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.

Community[2]	Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun[3]	Inuktitut syllabics	Translation[2]	Region	Population 2011	% change from 2006	Location
Arctic Bay	Ikpiarjuk	ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ	the pocket	Qikiqtaaluk Region	823[4]	19.3%	73°02′11″N 085°09′09″W / 73.03639°N 85.15250°W
Arviat		ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ	bowhead whale	Kivalliq Region	2,318[5]	12.5%	61°06′29″N 094°03′25″W / 61.10806°N 94.05694°W
Baker Lake	Qamani’tuaq	ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ	big lake joined by a river at both ends	Kivalliq Region	1,872[6]	8.3%	64°19′05″N 096°01′03″W / 64.31806°N 96.01750°W
Bathurst Inlet	Kingoak	ᑭᖓᐅᓐ	the nose	Kitikmeot Region	0[7]	n/a	66°50′00″N 108°02′00″W / 66.83333°N 108.03333°W
Cambridge Bay	Iqaluktuuttiaq	ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ	fair fishing place	Kitikmeot Region	1,608[8]	8.9%	69°07′02″N 105°03′11″W / 69.11722°N 105.05306°W
Cape Dorset	Kinngait[9]	ᑭᙵᐃᑦ	high mountain[9]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,363[10]	10.3%	64°13′54″N 076°32′25″W / 64.23167°N 76.54028°W
Chesterfield Inlet	Igluligaarjuk	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ	place with few houses	Kivalliq Region	313[11]	−5.7%	63°20′27″N 090°42′22″W / 63.34083°N 90.70611°W
Clyde River	Kangiqtugaapik	ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ	nice little inlet	Qikiqtaaluk Region	934[12]	13.9%	70°28′26″N 068°35′10″W / 70.47389°N 68.58611°W
Coral Harbour	Salliq	ᓴᓪᓖᑦ	a large, flat island in front of the mainland	Kivalliq Region	834[13]	8.5%	64°08′13″N 083°09′51″W / 64.13694°N 83.16417°W
Gjoa Haven	Uqsuqtuuq	ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ	place of plenty blubber	Kitikmeot Region	1,279[14]	20.2%	68°37′33″N 095°52′30″W / 68.62583°N 95.87500°W
Grise Fiord	Aujuittuq	ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place that never thaws	Qikiqtaaluk Region	130[15]	−7.8%	76°25′03″N 082°53′38″W / 76.41750°N 82.89389°W
Hall Beach	Sanirajak	ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ	the shoreline[16]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	546[17]	−16.5%	68°46′38″N 081°13′27″W / 68.77722°N 81.22417°W
Igloolik	Iglulik	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ	place of iglus[18]^a	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,454[19]	−5.5%	69°22′34″N 081°47′58″W / 69.37611°N 81.79944°W
Iqaluit (capital)		ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ	place of many fish	Qikiqtaaluk Region	6,699[20]	8.3%	63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W / 63.74861°N 68.51972°W
Kimmirut		ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ	heel	Qikiqtaaluk Region	455[21]	10.7%	62°50′48″N 069°52′07″W / 62.84667°N 69.86861°W
Kugaaruk	Arviligjuaq	ᑳᒑᕐᑭᓪ	place with lots of bowhead whales (Arviligjuaq), little stream (Kugaaruk)[22]	Kitikmeot Region	771[23]	12.1%	68°31′59″N 089°49′36″W / 68.53306°N 89.82667°W
Kugluktuk	Qurluqtuq	ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ	where the water falls (Qurluqtuq), two startled people (Kugluktuk)[24]	Kitikmeot Region	1,450[25]	11.4%	67°49′32″N 115°05′42″W / 67.82556°N 115.09500°W
Nanisivik^c		ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ	the place where people find things	Qikiqtaaluk Region	0[26]	n/a	73°02′05″N 084°32′13″W / 73.03472°N 84.53694°W
Naujaat		ᓇᐅᔮᑦ	seagull resting place[27]	Kivalliq Region	945[28]	26.3%	66°31′19″N 086°14′06″W / 66.52194°N 86.23500°W
Pangnirtung	Pangniqtuuq	ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ	place of the bull caribou	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,425[29]	7.5%	66°08′52″N 065°41′58″W / 66.14778°N 65.69944°W
Pond Inlet	Mittimatalik	ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ	place where Mittiima is buried	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,549[30]	17.8%	72°41′57″N 077°57′33″W / 72.69917°N 77.95917°W
Qikiqtarjuaq		ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ	big island	Qikiqtaaluk Region	520[31]	9.9%	67°33′29″N 064°01′29″W / 67.55806°N 64.02472°W
Rankin Inlet	Kangiqiniq or Kangirliniq	ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ	inlet[32]	Kivalliq Region	2,266[33]	−3.9%	62°48′35″N 092°05′58″W / 62.80972°N 92.09944°W
Resolute	Qausuittuq	ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ	place with no dawn[34]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	214[35]	−6.6%	74°41′51″N 094°49′56″W / 74.69750°N 94.83222°W
Sanikiluaq		ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ	named for a man known as a fast runner[36]	Qikiqtaaluk Region	812[37]	9.1%	56°32′34″N 079°13′30″W / 56.54278°N 79.22500°W
Taloyoak	Talurjuaq	ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ	large caribou blind	Kitikmeot Region	899[38]	11.1%	69°32′13″N 093°31′36″W / 69.53694°N 93.52667°W
Umingmaktok^c			he or she caught a muskox	Kitikmeot Region	5[39]	n/a	67°41′56″N 107°55′27″W / 67.69889°N 107.92417°W
Whale Cove	Tikirarjuaq	ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ	long point	Kivalliq Region	407[40]	15.3%	62°10′22″N 092°34′46″W / 62.17278°N 92.57944°W

Former communities

• Amadjuak, on Baffin Island
• Brooman Point Village, on Bathurst Island
• Craig Harbour, on Ellesmere Island
• Dundas Harbour, on Devon Island
• 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

Hudson's Bay Company trading posts

• Amadjuak
• Apex
• Arctic Bay
• Baker Lake
• Bathurst Inlet
• Bay Chimo (Umingmaktok)
• Belcher Islands
• Blacklead Island
• Cambridge Bay
• Cape Dorset
• Charlton Island Depot
• Chesterfield Inlet
• Clyde River
• Coats Island
• Dundas Harbour
• Eskimo Point (Arviat)
• Fort Hearne
• Fort Ross
• Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit)
• Gjoa Haven
• Igloolik
• Kent Peninsula
• King William Island
• Kugaryuak
• Lake Harbour (Kimmirut)
• Mansel Island
• Nueltin House
• Padley (Padlei)
• Pangnirtung
• Pangnirtung Fox Farm
• Perry River
• Ponds Inlet
• Port Leopold
• Port Burwell (Killiniq)
• Repulse Bay
• Southampton Island
• Tavane (Tavani)
• Tree River
• Wager Inlet (Wager Bay)

Notes

• ^a iglu meaning house and refers to the sod houses that were originally in the area.^[41]
• ^b Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation
• ^c Neither Nanisivik or Umingmaktok are listed as an official community by the Government of Nunavut but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada

References

1. 2011 census
2. Nunavut Communities
3. Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk are Inuinnaqtun speaking communities
4. Census Profile Arctic Bay
5. Census Profile Arviat
6. Census Profile Baker Lake
7. Census Profile Bathurst Inlet
8. Census Profile Cambridge Bay
9. History of Cape Dorset
10. Census Profile Cape Dorset
11. Census Profile Chesterfield Inlet
12. Census Profile Clyde River
13. Census Profile Coral Harbour
14. Census Profile Gjoa Haven
15. Census Profile Grise Fiord
16. Hall Beach at the Atlas of Canada
17. Census Profile Hall Beach
18. Igloolik at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
19. Census Profile Igloolik
20. Census Profile Iqaluit
21. Census Profile Kimmirut
22. Kugaaruk at The Canadian Encyclopedia
23. Census Profile Kugaaruk
24. Kugluktuk Heritage
25. Census Profile Kugluktuk
26. Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census
27. Naujaat (Repulse Bay) at The Canadian Encyclopedia
28. Census Profile Repulse Bay
29. Census Profile Pangnirtung
30. Census Profile Pond Inlet
31. Census Profile Qikiqtarjuaq
32. Rankin Inlet at the Atlas of Canada
33. Census Profile Rankin Inlet
34. The Nunavut Handbook ISBN 1-55036-587-8
35. Census Profile Resolute
36. Sanikiluaq at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
37. Census Profile Sanikiluaq
38. Census Profile Taloyoak
39. Census Profile Umingmaktok
40. Census Profile Whale Cove
41. Igloolik at the Atlas of Canada

External links

• Communities of Nunavut Poster (Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office) (free for download with a map)
• Nunavut communities (Nunavut Tourism) (with a map)
• Government of Nunavut - communities (also with a map)