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Inuit portrayed during one of Martin Frobisher's voyages to the region. The Thule people, ancestors of the modern Inuit, began migrating into the Northwest Territories and Nunavut from Alaska in the 11th century. By 1300, the geographic extent of Thule settlement included most of modern Nunavut.
Currently, one college operates in Nunavut, ... Hockey Nunavut was founded in 1999 and competes in the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship.
The territory of Nunavut was created from roughly the eastern half of the Northwest Territories. [n] [61] December 6, 2001 The province of Newfoundland was renamed Newfoundland and Labrador. [62] April 1, 2003 Yukon Territory was renamed Yukon, though it remained a territory. [63] December 19, 2023
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.
On July 9, 1993 the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Nunavut Act were adopted by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. In 1998, amendments to the Nunavut Act were adopted by parliament and received Royal Assent. In 1999 on April 1, Nunavut was established with an independent government. [5]
As of 2016, 53.3% of the population of the three territories (23.3% in Yukon, [20] 50.7% in the NWT [20] and 85.9% in Nunavut [20]) is Indigenous, Inuit, First Nations or Métis. The Inuit are the largest group of Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada, and 53.0% of all Canada's Inuit live in Northern Canada, with Nunavut accounting for 46.4%. [20]
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The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit . Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on 1 April 1999, the 1999 Nunavut general election was held on 15 February to determine the 1st Nunavut ...