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.

Communities

The following are communities recognised by the Government of Nunavut.

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! rowspan="2" | Community

! rowspan="2" | Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun

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

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

! rowspan="2" | Location

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! data-sort-type="number" | 2021

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

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

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| Arctic Bay

| Ikpiarjuk

| ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ

| the pocket

| Kivalliq Region

| 2,864

| 2,657

| +7.8

|

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| Baker Lake

| Qamani’tuaq

| ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ

| big lake joined by a river at both ends

| Kivalliq Region

| 2,061

| 2,069

| -0.4

|

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| Bathurst Inlet

| Qingaut

| ᕿᙵᐅᓐ

| the nose

| Kitikmeot Region

|

| 0

| N/A

|

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| Cambridge Bay

| Iqaluktuuttiaq

| ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ

| a good place with many fish

| ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ

| place with a few igloos (houses)

| ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ

| nice little inlet

| ᓴᓪᓖᑦ

| a large, flat island in front of the mainland

| ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ

| place of plenty of fat (blubber)

| ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ

| place that never thaws

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 2,049

| 1,744

| +17.5

|

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| Iqaluit<br>(capital)

| &nbsp;

| ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

| place of many fish

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 7,429

| 7,740

| -4.0

|

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| Kimmirut

| &nbsp;

| ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ

| looks like a heel

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 426

| 386

| −14.5

|

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| Kinngait

|

| ᑭᙵᐃᑦ

| high mountain

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,396

| 1,441

| -3.1

|

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| Kugaaruk

| Arviligjuaq

| ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or ᐊᕐᕕᓕᒡᔪᐊᖅ

| place of many bowhead whales&nbsp;(Arviligjuaq),<br>little stream&nbsp;(Kugaaruk)

| Kitikmeot Region

| 1,382

| 1,491

| -7.3

|

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| Nanisivik

| &nbsp;

| ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ

| the place where people find things

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

|

| 0

| N/A

|

|-

| Naujaat

|

| ᓇᐅᔮᑦ

| nesting place for seagulls

| Kivalliq Region

| 1,225

| 1,082

| +13.2

|

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| Pangnirtung

| Pangniqtuuq

| ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ

| place of the bull caribou

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,504

| 1,481

| +1.6

|

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| Pond Inlet

| Mittimatalik

| ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ

| place where Mittiima is buried

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 593

| 598

| -0.8

|

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| Rankin Inlet

| Kangiqtiniq

| ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ

| deep bay/inlet

| ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ

| place with no dawn

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 1,010

| 882

| +14.5

|

|-

| Sanirajak

|

| ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ

| one that is along the coast

| Qikiqtaaluk Region

| 891

| 848

| +5.1

|

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| Taloyoak

| Talurjuaq

| ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ

| large stone caribou blind

| Kitikmeot Region

| 934

| 1,029

| -9.2

|

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| Umingmaktok

| Umingmaktuuq

| ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ

| they caught a muskox

| Kitikmeot Region

| 0

| 0

| N/A

|

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| Whale Cove

| Tikirarjuaq

| ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ

| long point</small>

  • <small>Part of the Hope Bay greenstone belt and are operated by Newmont Mining Corporation</small>
  • <small>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.</small>

References

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