21 Facts About Nunavut

The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949.

Nunavut includes Ellesmere Island to the far north, as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west, and all islands in Hudson, James and Ungava bays, including Akimiski Island far to the southeast of the rest of the territory.

Nunavut is the least populous of Canada's provinces and territories.

Nunavut is home to the world's northernmost permanently inhabited place, Alert.

In 2020, Nunavut imposed strict travel regulations in order to prevent an outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nunavut has long land borders with the Northwest Territories on the mainland and a few Arctic islands, and with Manitoba to the south of the Nunavut mainland; it meets Saskatchewan to the southwest at a quadripoint, and has a short land border with Newfoundland and Labrador on Killiniq Island.

Population growth rate of Nunavut has been well above the Canadian average for several decades, mostly due to birth rates significantly higher than the Canadian average—a trend that continues.

Between 2011 and 2016, Nunavut had the highest population growth rate of any Canadian province or territory, at a rate of 12.

Nunavut has the highest smoking rate in all of Canada, with more than half of its adult population smoking cigarettes.

Nunavut provided a 20-year language plan to create a "fully functional bilingual society, in Inuktitut and English" by 2020.

Economy of Nunavut is driven by the Inuit and Territorial Government, mining, oil, gas, and mineral exploration, arts, crafts, hunting, fishing, whaling, tourism, transportation, housing development, military, research, and education.

Tourism recreation in Nunavut include activities like dog sledding, snowmobiling, cultural festivals, hiking, arctic wildlife safaris and sea kayaking.

The Government of Nunavut is distributing Unikkausivut to every school in the territory.

Music of Nunavut includes Inuit throat singing and drum-led dancing, along with country music, bluegrass, fiddling, square dancing and the button accordion from Austria.

Hockey Nunavut was founded in 1999 and competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship.

Nunavut has a Commissioner appointed by the federal Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

The head of government, the premier of Nunavut, is elected by, and from the members of the legislative assembly.

In such an event, Nunavut's practice is to schedule a follow-up by-election rather than choosing the winning candidate by an arbitrary method.

Nunavut is divided into three administrative regions, the Kitikmeot Region, the Kivalliq Region, and the Qikiqtaaluk Region.

Nunavut was licensed by the NWT to use the same licence plate design in 1999 when it became a separate territory, but adopted its own plate design in March 2012 for launch in August 2012—a rectangle that prominently features the northern lights, a polar bear and an inuksuk.

Nunavut's has released six albums and has won several Juno Awards.