List of municipalities in Nunavut

Location of Nunavut in Canada

Distribution of Nunavut's 25 municipalities by type

Nunavut is the least populous of Canada's three territories with 36,858 residents as of 2021, but the largest territory in land area, at 1,836,993.78 km² (709,267.26 sq mi). ^[1] Nunavut is also larger than any of Canada's ten provinces. ^[1] Nunavut's 25 municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass, but are home to 99.95% of its population. The remaining 99.8% of Nunavut's land mass comprises three small unincorporated settlements (0.015%) and three vast unorganized areas (99.796%). ^[2] The remaining 0.05% of the population, 18 residents, live in the unincorporated area of Unorganized Baffin. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Municipalities are created by the Government of Nunavut in accordance with the Cities, Towns and Villages Act (CTVA) ^[6] and the Hamlets Act. ^[7] According to the CTVA, a municipality is an "area within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, as described in the order establishing or continuing the municipal corporation" where a municipal corporation is either a city, town or village. ^[6] According to the Hamlets Act, a municipality is similarly an "area within the boundaries of a hamlet, as described in the order establishing or continuing the hamlet". All of Nunavut's 25 municipalities are hamlets except for the City of Iqaluit, ^[5] which is the territory's capital.

The largest municipality by population in Nunavut is the capital city, Iqaluit, with 7,429 residents, home to 20.2% of the territory's population. ^[3] The smallest municipality by population is Grise Fiord with 144 residents. ^[3] The largest municipality by land area is Kugluktuk, which spans 538.99 km² (208.11 sq mi), while the smallest is Kimmirut at 2.3 km² (0.89 sq mi). ^[3]

Cities

An application can be submitted to incorporate a community as a city under the CTVA at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. ^{[6] : s.2} The proposed city must have a minimum assessed land value of $200 million or an exception made by the Minister. ^{[6] : s.4(3)(c)} Iqaluit is the only city in Nunavut, with 7,429 residents and a land area of 51.58 km² (19.92 sq mi) in 2021. ^[3] It incorporated as a city on April 19, 2001. ^[8]

Towns

Although Nunavut has no municipalities with town status, the CTVA provides opportunity to incorporate a town. A town can be incorporated at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. ^{[6] : s.2} The proposed town must have a minimum assessed land value of $50 million or an exception made by the Minister. ^{[6] : s.4(3)(b)} Iqaluit held town status between 1980 and 2001. ^[9]

Villages

Nunavut has no villages, but like town status the CTVA provides opportunity to incorporate a village. A village can be incorporated at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. ^{[6] : s.2} The proposed village must have a minimum assessed land value of $10 million or an exception made by the Minister. ^{[6] : s.4(3)(a)} Iqaluit held village status between 1974 and 1980. ^[9]

Hamlets

At the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, an application can be submitted to incorporate a community as a hamlet under the Hamlets Act. ^{[7] : s.2} Unlike cities, towns and villages, the incorporation of hamlets is not conditioned by a prescribed minimum assessed land value. ^{[7] : s.4}

Nunavut has 24 hamlets. The largest hamlet by population is Rankin Inlet, with 2,975 residents, and the smallest is Grise Fiord, with 144 residents. ^[3] The largest hamlet by land area is Kugluktuk, which spans 538.99 km² (208.11 sq mi), while the smallest is Kimmirut, at 2.30 km² (0.89 sq mi). ^[3]

List of municipalities

Iqaluit, Nunavut's capital city and largest municipality

Rankin Inlet, Nunavut's second-largest municipality, largest hamlet and runner-up in the 1995 capital city plebiscite

Nunavut's third-largest municipality and second-largest hamlet is Arviat.

Baker Lake is the fourth-largest municipality in Nunavut.

List of municipalities in Nunavut

Name	Status [5]	2021 Census of Population [3]
		Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change	Land area (km2)	Population density (/km2)
Arctic Bay	Hamlet	994	868	+14.5%	245.16	4.1
Arviat	Hamlet	2,864	2,657	+7.8%	126.14	22.7
Baker Lake	Hamlet	2,061	2,069	−0.4%	179.54	11.5
Cambridge Bay	Hamlet	1,760	1,766	−0.3%	195.78	9.0
Chesterfield Inlet	Hamlet	397	437	−9.2%	139.49	2.8
Clyde River	Hamlet	1,181	1,053	+12.2%	103.38	11.4
Coral Harbour	Hamlet	1,035	891	+16.2%	126.39	8.2
Gjoa Haven	Hamlet	1,349	1,324	+1.9%	28.55	47.3
Grise Fiord	Hamlet	144	129	+11.6%	332.90	0.4
Igloolik	Hamlet	2,049	1,744	+17.5%	104.86	19.5
Iqaluit	City	7,429	7,740	−4.0%	51.58	144.0
Kimmirut	Hamlet	426	389	+9.5%	2.30	185.2
Kinngait	Hamlet	1,396	1,441	−3.1%	9.89	141.2
Kugaaruk	Hamlet	1,033	933	+10.7%	5.06	204.2
Kugluktuk	Hamlet	1,382	1,491	−7.3%	538.99	2.6
Naujaat [lower-alpha 1]	Hamlet	1,225	1,082	+13.2%	406.19	3.0
Pangnirtung	Hamlet	1,504	1,481	+1.6%	7.98	188.5
Pond Inlet	Hamlet	1,555	1,617	−3.8%	170.83	9.1
Qikiqtarjuaq	Hamlet	593	598	−0.8%	130.80	4.5
Rankin Inlet	Hamlet	2,975	2,842	+4.7%	20.03	148.5
Resolute	Hamlet	183	198	−7.6%	115.02	1.6
Sanikiluaq	Hamlet	1,010	882	+14.5%	109.68	9.2
Sanirajak	Hamlet	891	848	+5.1%	16.36	54.5
Taloyoak	Hamlet	934	1,029	−9.2%	35.38	26.4
Whale Cove	Hamlet	470	435	+8.0%	273.89	1.7
Total municipalities		36,840	35,944	+2.5%	3,476.17	10.6
Nunavut		36,858	35,944	+2.5%	1,836,993.78	0.0

See also

• Canada portal

• List of population centres in the Canadian Territories

Notes

1. Repulse Bay was officially renamed Naujaat on July 2, 2015. ^[10]

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
2. "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2012 to January 1, 2013" (PDF) (PDF). Statistics Canada. pp. 6–7. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
3. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
4. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
5. "List of municipalities – Nunavut". Canada Revenue Agency. September 6, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
6. Cities, Towns and Villages Act , RSNWT (Nu) 1988, c. C-8.
7. Hamlets Act , RSNWT (Nu) 1988, c. H-1
8. "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 2007. p. 372. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
9. "About Iqaluit: History". City of Iqaluit. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
10. "Naujaat, Nunavut, residents celebrate official renaming: Repulse Bay changes its name to Naujaat, Inuktitut for 'a nesting place for seagulls'". CBC News. July 6, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

External links

• Government of Nunavut: Community and Government Services