Iqaluit, Nunavut - Iqaluit, Nunavut Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of Canada's youngest territory, Nunavut. Its population is approximately 5000 people (2000), with a majority of them Inuit. The town was selected to serve as the new territory's capital in a territory-wide referendum, in which it beat Rankin Inlet. (public domain map source) The town is located on Frobisher Bay on the southwest part of Baffin Island, in the Arctic Ocean to the east of the territory's mainland, and to the north of Hudson Bay. Inhabitants of Iqaluit are called Iqlalummuit (singular, Iqlalummuk). Begun as an American airbase in World War II, the population of the town of Frobisher Bay increased rapidly during the construction of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW line, a system.
Nunavut - Nunavut Nunavut (In Detail) (In Detail) Motto: Nunavut Sanginivut (Nunavut our strength / Our land our strength) Capital Iqaluit Area - Total - % fresh water 1st largest (1st lgst terr.) 2 093 190 km² 7.5% Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 13th 28 200 0.01/km² Admittance into Confederation - Date - Order Split off from NWT 1999 13 Time zones UTC -4,-5,-6,-7 *Southampton Island does not observe DST Postal information Postal abbreviation Postal code prefix NU (was temporarily NT) X ISO 3166-2 CA-NU Parliamentary representation House seats Senate seats 1 1 Premier Paul Okalik Commissioner Peter T. Irniq Government of Nunavut Nunavut is the newest and largest of the territories of Canada: it was split off officially from the vast Northwest Territories.
List of communities in Nunavut - List of communities in Nunavut Here is a list of communities in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Note. Many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in Inuktitut, while others are primarily known by their Inuktitut names. Arctic Bay, Nunavut (Ikpiarjuk) Arviat, Nunavut Baker Lake, Nunavut (Qamanit’uaq) (mainland) Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut (Kingoak) Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (Iqaluktuuttiaq) (Victoria Island) Cape Dorset, Nunavut (Kinngait) Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut Clyde River, Nunavut (Kangiqtugaapik) Coral Harbour, Nunavut (Salliq) Gjoa Haven, Nunavut (Uqsuquqtuuq) Grise Ford, Nunavut (Aujuittuq) (Ellesmere Island) Hall Beach, Nunavut (Sanirajak) Igloolik, Nunavut Iqaluit, Nunavut (territorial capital) (Baffin Island) Kimmirut, Nunavut Kugaaruk, Nunavut Kugluktuk, Nunavut (Qurluqtuq) Nanisivik, Nunavut Pangirtung, Nunavut (Pangniqtuuq) Pond Inlet, Nunavut (Mittimatalik) Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut Rankin Inlet, Nunavut (Kangiqiniq) Repulse Bay, Nunavut Resolute, Nunavut (Qausuittuq) Sanikiluaq, Nunavut Taloyoak, Nunavut (Talurjuaq) Unmingmaktok,.
Frobisher Bay - was also the name of a town on the bay. It used to be the administrative centre of the former District of Franklin of the Northwest Territories. Its name was changed in 1987 to Iqaluit, meaning "place of fish" in Inuktitut. When the territory of Nunavut was created in 1999, Iqaluit became its capital. See Iqaluit, Nunavut..
Baffin Island - is one of the Arctic Islands of Canada in the territory of Nunavut. It is one of the largest islands of the world. Iqaluit, formerly Frobisher Bay, the capital of Nunavut, is located on the southern coast, on the geographical feature for which it is named. To the south lies Hudson Strait and Quebec on the mainland. To the east are Davis Strait and Baffin Bay and beyond them is Greenland. On the West and North, Foxe Basin, the Gulf of Boothia and Lancaster Sound separate Baffin Island from the rest of the archipelago. Mercator projection.
Paul Okalik - Territories) is the first premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. In the early 1980s, Okalik worked for the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, as a deputy negotiator on the land claim which eventually created Nunavut. That claim, the largest in Canadian history, was signed in 1993. Returning to school during the early 1990s, he obtained a B.A. in Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa. In 1999 he was called to the Bar, becoming the first Inuk lawyer in Canadian history. On February 15, 1999 Okalik was elected to represent Iqaluit West in the first Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Nunavut's government runs on a consensus model, with the assembly choosing the premier from among its elected members, and on March 5 Okalik was.
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List of cities in Canada - Abbotsford, British Columbia Barrie, Ontario Brampton, Ontario Calgary, Alberta Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - provincial capital Edmonton, Alberta - provincial capital Fredericton, New Brunswick - provincial capital Gatineau, Quebec Greater Sudbury, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Halifax, Nova Scotia - provincial capital Iqaluit, Nunavut - territorial capital Kelowna, British Columbia Kingston, Ontario Kitchener, Ontario Laval, Quebec London, Ontario Longueuil, Quebec Mississauga, Ontario Moncton, New Brunswick Montreal, Quebec Niagara Falls, Ontario Oshawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario - national capital Quebec City, Quebec - provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan - provincial capital Saguenay, Quebec Saint John, New Brunswick St. Catharines, Ontario St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - provincial capital Sarnia, Ontario Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Sherbrooke, Quebec Thunder Bay, Ontario Toronto, Ontario - provincial capital Trois-Rivières, Quebec Vancouver, British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia - provincial capital Waterloo, Ontario Whitehorse,.
List of Canadian provinces and territories - They operate on a procedure similar to that of the Canadian House of Commons. In most offices, the provincial legislature is known as the Legislative Assembly, except in Newfoundland and Labrador where it is called the House of Assembly, and in Quebec where it is called the National Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly in Ontario are called Members of the Provincial Parliament or MPPs. The head of government of each province, called the premier, is the head of the party with the most seats. This is also the case in Yukon. The legislatures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have no parties. The Queen's representative to each province is the Lieutenant-Governor; to each territory, the Commissioner. These terminologies are summarized in the following table: Provincial and Territorial Terminology Compared with.
List of capitals of subnational entities - Maranhão São Paulo São Paulo (state) Teresina Piauí Vitoria Espirito Santo Canada Capital Province or territory Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Edmonton Alberta Fredericton New Brunswick Halifax Nova Scotia Iqaluit Nunavut Quebec Quebec Regina Saskatchewan St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Toronto Ontario Victoria British Columbia Whitehorse Yukon Winnipeg Manitoba Yellowknife Northwest Territories China People's Republic Capital Province, autonomous region, municipality, SAR Beijing City Beijing Municipality Changchun Jilin Changsha Hunan Chengdu Sichuan Chongqing Chongqing Municipality Fuzhou Fujian Guangzhou Guangdong Guiyang Guizhou Haikou Hainan Hangzhou Zhejiang Harbin Heilongjiang Hefei Anhui Hohhot Inner Mongolia n/a (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Jinan Shandong Kunming Yunnan Lanzhou Gansu Lhasa Tibet n/a (Macau) Macau Nanchang Jiangxi Nanjing Jiangsu Nanning Guangxi Shanghai Shanghai Municipality Shenyang Liaoning Shijiazhuang Hebei Taiyuan Shanxi Tianjin Tianjin Municipality Urumqi Xinjiang Wuhan Hubei Xi'an Shaanxi Xining.
List of airports: Y - Yakutat, Alaska, United States YAO Yaounde, Cameroon YAT Attawapiskat, Northwest Territories, Canada YBC Bagotville, Quebec, Canada YBL Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada YCD Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada YCG Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada YDF Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada YEA All Airports, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada YEG Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada YEL Elliot Lake Airport, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada YFB Iqaluit Airport, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada YFC Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada YFO Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada YGK Kingston, Ontario, Canada YGP Gaspe, Quebec, Canada YHZ Halifax International Airport, Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada, near Halifax YKA Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada YKM Yakima, Washington, United States YKZ Buttonville Municipal Airport, Markham, Ontario, Canada YLW Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada YMM Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada YMQ All Airports, Montreal, Quebec, Canada YMX Montreal-Mirabel International Airport,.
List of hospitals in Canada - Alberta 2 British Columbia 3 Manitoba 4 New Brunswick 5 Newfoundland and Labrador 6 Northwest Territories 7 Nova Scotia 8 Nunavut 9 Ontario 10 Prince Edward Island 11 Quebec 12 Saskatchewan 13 Yukon Alberta Calgary Alberta Children's Hospital Colonel Belcher Hospital Rockyview General Hospital Peter Lougheed Centre Foothills Provincial Hospital Edmonton Devon General Hospital Grey Nuns Community Hospital & Health Centre Leduc Community Hospital & Health Centre Royal Alexandra Hospital St Joseph's Auxiliary Hospital Stony Plain Municipal Hospital Sturgeon Community Hospital & Health Center University Of Alberta Hospital British Columbia Ashcroft Ashcroft & District Hospital Clearwater Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital Kelowna Kelowna General Hospital Merritt Nicola Valley General Hospital Vancouver B C Women's Hospital Braddan Private Hospital Health Sciences Centre Hospital Holy Family Hospital Kensington Private Hospital.
Igloolik, Nunavut - Igloolik, Nunavut Igloolik, sometimes spelled Iglulik, is a community in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because it is on a small island in Foxe Basin that is very close to the Meville Peninsula (and to a lesser degree, Baffin Island), it is often mistaken to be on the peninsula. The residents are the Iglulingmiut. The name "Igloolik" means "there is an igloo here" in Inuktitut. White establishments, such as RCMP stations, day schools, and clinics, were here before they came to be in surrounding communities. In addition to the Inuit, some First Nations also came to schools here. In anthropology, the Iglulik Inuit are usually considered to be just the Iglulingmiut, but also those Inuit on northern Baffin Island, on Southampton Island, and in Meville Peninsula. Population The growth.
Grise Fiord, Nunavut - Grise Fiord, Nunavut The Inuit settlement of Grise Fiord (pop. 160) is the northernmost community of Nunavut and of Canada. It is located at the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, and is the only permanent settlement on the island..
Coat of Arms of Nunavut - Coat of Arms of Nunavut The coat of arms of the territory of Nunavut, Canada, known officially as The Arms of Her Majesty in Right of Nunavut, was granted by a warrant by Roméo Leblanc, Governor-General of Canada, dated March 31, 1999, one day before the territory was created. The same document specified the flag of Nunavut. The coat is highly unique, having been designed in collaboration with Inuit elders, leaders, artists, groups, and the general population of the territory. Each symbol was chosen individually from the 800 submissions for the flag and coat of arms that were received. Five draft designs were created in collaboration between the heraldic artist at the Canadian Heraldic Authority and Andrew Qappik, an Inuit artist from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. It is certainly one.
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - Pond Inlet, Nunavut Located on northern Baffin Island, Canada, Pond Inlet is a community in Nunavut Territory. Its Inuktitut name is Mittimatalik, which means "there is a Mattima here", referring to a hunter named Mattima or a trader, Mittimak, who was buried here. The residents are therefore called the Mittimatalingmiut. Geographic coordinates: 72°42'N, 77°59' W Pond Inlet is south of Eclipse Sound, facing Bylot Island to the north. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Demography 3.
List of Nunavut premiers - List of Nunavut premiers This is a list of the premiers of Nunavut Territory, Canada, since its creation in 1999. Name Term Paul Okalik 1999- Note. Prior to April 1, 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories. See List of Northwest Territories Premiers. Other lists of first ministers: Prime Minister - Alberta - B.C - Manitoba - N.B - Nfld.-Lab - N.S - Ontario - P.E.I - Quebec - Sask - Yukon - N.W.T For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents..
List of Nunavut rivers - List of Nunavut rivers Arctic Watershed Atlantic Watershed See Also, List of rivers in Canada, Alphabetical list of rivers in Nunavut, Alphabetical list of rivers in Canada.
James Bay - Hudson Bay in Canada. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut. The bay first came to the attention of Europeans in 1610, when Henry Hudson entered it during his exploration of the larger bay that bears his name. James Bay itself received its name in honor of Thomas James, an English captain who explored the area more thoroughly in 1631. James Bay is important in the history of Canada as one of the most hospitable parts of the Hudson's Bay region, and as a result its corresponding importance to the Hudson's Bay Company and British expansion into Canada. The fur-trapping duo of explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart, Sieur des Groseilliers founded the first fur trading port on James Bay, Rupert House,.
Victoria Island - the Arctic Sea and is one of the Canadian Arctic Islands. The west part belongs to the Northwest Territories and the east part to Nunavut. To the North lies Melville Sound. Eastwards are Clintock Channel and Victoria Strait. The Northwest Territories continue on the mainland to the South across Pease Strait. On the West are Amundsen Gulf and Banks Island. The settlement of Cambridge Bay lies on the southeast coast. Holman is on the west coast. Roughly the eastern two-thirds of the Island are located in Nunavut, the western part is in the Northwest Territories. Mercator projection: Online Map Creation Although Victoria Island is in Canada, it is nowhere near the City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the latter is on Vancouver Island, which in turn is not to be confused.
