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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]
Iqaluit [a] is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.It is the territory's largest community and its only city, and the northernmost city in Canada. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which the city is situated.
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. [1]
Province/territory Largest municipality 2nd largest 3rd largest Alberta: Calgary: Edmonton: Strathcona County: British Columbia: Vancouver: Surrey: Burnaby: Manitoba
Nunavut is the largest and newest territory of Canada. It was officially separated from the Northwest Territories via the Nunavut Act to provide the Inuit of the region a degree of self-government. Iqaluit is the capital and largest city.
Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995.
This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.
Iqaluit is the capital, the only city and largest population centre in Nunavut Skyline of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Using the political definition of the three northern territories, the north, with an area of 3,921,739 km 2 (1,514,192 sq mi), makes up 39.3% of Canada. [19] Although vast, the entire region is very sparsely populated.