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Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It has a land area of 1,877,787.62 km2 (725,017.85 sq mi).[1] In the 2011 census the population was 31,906,[1] up 8.3% from the 2006 census figure of 29,474.[2] In 2006, the latest year for which figures are available, 24,630 people identified themselves as Inuit (84.1% of the total population), 100 as North American Indian (0.3%), 130 Métis (0.4%) and 4,410 as non-aboriginal (15.1%).[3]
Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change if the Yukon, which is only marginally more populous, becomes a province.
Historical population
Communities with more than 1,000 people
Municipality
|
2011
|
%
change
|
2006
|
%
change
|
2001
|
%
change
|
Iqaluit[6][7][8]
|
6,699
|
8.3
|
6,184
|
18.1
|
5,236
|
24.1
|
Arviat[9][10][11]
|
2,318
|
12.5
|
2,060
|
8.5
|
1,899
|
21.8
|
Rankin Inlet[12][13][14]
|
2,266
|
-3.9
|
2,358
|
8.3
|
2,177
|
5.8
|
Baker Lake[15][16][17]
|
1,872
|
8.3
|
1,728
|
14.7
|
1,507
|
8.8
|
Cambridge Bay[18][19][20]
|
1,608
|
8.9
|
1,477
|
12.8
|
1,309
|
-3.1
|
Pond Inlet[21][22][23]
|
1,549
|
17.8
|
1,315
|
7.8
|
1,220
|
5.7
|
Igloolik[24][25][26]
|
1,454
|
-5.5
|
1,538
|
19.6
|
1,286
|
5.5
|
Kugluktuk[27][28][29]
|
1,450
|
11.4
|
1,320
|
7.4
|
1,212
|
0.9
|
Pangnirtung[30][31][32]
|
1,425
|
7.5
|
1,325
|
3.8
|
1,276
|
2.7
|
Cape Dorset[33][34][35]
|
1,363
|
10.3
|
1,236
|
7.7
|
1,148
|
2.7
|
Gjoa Haven[36][37][38]
|
1,279
|
20.2
|
1,064
|
10.8
|
960
|
9.2
|
Language
The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 29,474.[2]
Of the 29,025 singular responses to the census question concerning '
mother tongue' the languages most commonly reported were:
1.
|
Inuktitut
|
20,185
|
69.54%
|
2.
|
English
|
7,765
|
26.75%
|
3.
|
French
|
370
|
1.27%
|
4.
|
Inuinnaqtun
|
295
|
1.02%
|
5.
|
Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
65
|
0.22%
|
|
Tagalog
|
45
|
0.16%
|
6=
|
Chinese
|
40
|
0.14%
|
|
Cantonese
|
10
|
0.03%
|
|
Mandarin
|
10
|
0.03%
|
6=
|
German
|
40
|
0.14%
|
8.
|
Spanish
|
30
|
0.10%
|
9=
|
Algonquian languages
|
20
|
0.07%
|
|
Cree
|
20
|
0.07%
|
9=
|
Athabaskan languages
|
20
|
0.07%
|
|
Dogrib
|
10
|
0.03%
|
There were also 260 responses of both English and a 'non-official language' (mainly Inuktitut); 20 of both French and a 'non-official language; 20 of both English and French; and about 140 people who either did not respond to the question, or reported multiple non-official languages, or else gave some other unenumerated response. Only English and French were counted as official languages in the census. Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.[39]
Visible minorities and Aboriginals
Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
|
Population group
|
Population
|
% of total population
|
White
|
3,990
|
7001136000000000000♠13.6%
|
Visible minority group
Source:[40]
|
South Asian
|
85
|
6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Chinese
|
80
|
6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Black
|
100
|
6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Filipino
|
80
|
6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Latin American
|
25
|
6999100000000000000♠0.1%
|
Arab
|
15
|
6999100000000000000♠0.1%
|
Southeast Asian
|
0
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
West Asian
|
10
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Korean
|
0
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Japanese
|
10
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Visible minority, n.i.e.
|
10
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Multiple visible minority
|
15
|
6999100000000000000♠0.1%
|
Total visible minority population
|
420
|
7000140000000000000♠1.4%
|
Aboriginal group
Source:[41]
|
First Nations
|
100
|
6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Métis
|
130
|
6999400000000000000♠0.4%
|
Inuit
|
24,640
|
7001840000000000000♠84%
|
Aboriginal, n.i.e.
|
15
|
6999100000000000000♠0.1%
|
Multiple Aboriginal identity
|
35
|
6999100000000000000♠0.1%
|
Total Aboriginal population
|
24,915
|
7001850000000000000♠85%
|
Total population
|
29,325
|
100%
|
Religion
The dominant religion in Nunavut is Christianity; Catholicism, Anglicanism and Pentecostalism are highly prevalent.
Traditionally, Inuit shamanism has always been a taboo subject in Inuit culture, not openly talked about. Shamans didn't make it known they were one, but the group or clan they were a part of knew.
Migration
While there is some internal migration from the rest of Canada to Nunavut (usually on a temporary basis), there is very little external migration from outside of Canada to Nunavut.
The 2006 census counted a total of only about 450 immigrants in Nunavut, including about 80 from the United Kingdom, about 40 each from the United States and the Philippines, about 30 from Germany, about 20 each from China and India, and just over 10 each from Jamaica and South Africa.[43]
A total of 4,940 people moved to Nunavut from other parts of Canada between 1996 and 2006 while 5,615 people moved in the opposite direction. These movements resulted in a net influx of 355 from Newfoundland and Labrador; and a net outmigration of 355 to Alberta, 295 to the Northwest Territories, 235 to Ontario and 160 to Quebec. There was a net outmigration of 150 francophones from Nunavut to Quebec during this period. (All net inter-provincial and official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given).[44][45]
See also
Notes
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^a Iqaluit is both the capital of Nunavut and the regional centre for the Qikiqtaaluk Region, while Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay are the regional centres for the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot Regions respectively.
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^b Official language of Nunavut
References
-- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno
local p = {}
-- Helper functions
local function getArgs(frame) -- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and -- blanks are removed. mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) end
local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end
function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) -- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This -- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets. Colons -- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon -- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to true. checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string') checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true) if removeColon ~= false then link = removeInitialColon(link) end local namespace = link:match('^(.-):') if namespace then local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace] if nsTable then return nsTable.id end end return 0 end
function p.formatPages(...) -- Formats a list of pages using formatLink and returns it as an array. Nil -- values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local ret = {} for i, page in ipairs(pages) do ret[i] = p._formatLink(page) end return ret end
function p.formatPageTables(...) -- Takes a list of page/display tables and returns it as a list of -- formatted links. Nil values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local links = {} for i, t in ipairs(pages) do checkType('formatPageTables', i, t, 'table') local link = t[1] local display = t[2] links[i] = p._formatLink(link, display) end return links end
function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) -- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If -- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from -- Module:Yesno, and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category -- is added. checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string') checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true) yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() -- Make the help link text. local helpText if helpLink then helpText = ' (help)' else helpText = end -- Make the category text. local category if not title.isTalkPage and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false then category = 'Hatnote templates with errors' category = string.format( '%s:%s', mw.site.namespaces[14].name, category ) else category = end return string.format( '%s', msg, helpText, category ) end
-- Format link -- -- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are escaped -- with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected and displayed -- with " § " as a separator rather than the standard MediaWiki "#". Used in -- the template.
function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end
function p._formatLink(link, display) -- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the -- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links -- categorise the page and file links display the file. checkType('_formatLink', 1, link, 'string') checkType('_formatLink', 2, display, 'string', true) link = removeInitialColon(link) local namespace = p.findNamespaceId(link, false) local colon if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then colon = ':' else colon = end -- Find whether a faux display value has been added with the | magic -- word. if not display then local prePipe, postPipe = link:match('^(.-)|(.*)$') link = prePipe or link display = postPipe end -- Find the display value. if not display then local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$') if page then display = page .. ' § ' .. section end end -- Assemble the link. if display then return string.format('%s', colon, link, display) else return string.format('%s%s', colon, link) end end
-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.
function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end
function p._hatnote(s, options) checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string') checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true) local classes = {'hatnote'} local extraclasses = options.extraclasses local selfref = options.selfref if type(extraclasses) == 'string' then classes[#classes + 1] = extraclasses end if selfref then classes[#classes + 1] = 'selfref' end return string.format( '
%s
', table.concat(classes, ' '), s )
end
return p-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno
local p = {}
-- Helper functions
local function getArgs(frame) -- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and -- blanks are removed. mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) end
local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end
function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) -- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This -- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets. Colons -- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon -- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to true. checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string') checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true) if removeColon ~= false then link = removeInitialColon(link) end local namespace = link:match('^(.-):') if namespace then local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace] if nsTable then return nsTable.id end end return 0 end
function p.formatPages(...) -- Formats a list of pages using formatLink and returns it as an array. Nil -- values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local ret = {} for i, page in ipairs(pages) do ret[i] = p._formatLink(page) end return ret end
function p.formatPageTables(...) -- Takes a list of page/display tables and returns it as a list of -- formatted links. Nil values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local links = {} for i, t in ipairs(pages) do checkType('formatPageTables', i, t, 'table') local link = t[1] local display = t[2] links[i] = p._formatLink(link, display) end return links end
function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) -- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If -- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from -- Module:Yesno, and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category -- is added. checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string') checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true) yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() -- Make the help link text. local helpText if helpLink then helpText = ' (help)' else helpText = end -- Make the category text. local category if not title.isTalkPage and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false then category = 'Hatnote templates with errors' category = string.format( '%s:%s', mw.site.namespaces[14].name, category ) else category = end return string.format( '%s', msg, helpText, category ) end
-- Format link -- -- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are escaped -- with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected and displayed -- with " § " as a separator rather than the standard MediaWiki "#". Used in -- the template.
function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end
function p._formatLink(link, display) -- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the -- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links -- categorise the page and file links display the file. checkType('_formatLink', 1, link, 'string') checkType('_formatLink', 2, display, 'string', true) link = removeInitialColon(link) local namespace = p.findNamespaceId(link, false) local colon if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then colon = ':' else colon = end -- Find whether a faux display value has been added with the | magic -- word. if not display then local prePipe, postPipe = link:match('^(.-)|(.*)$') link = prePipe or link display = postPipe end -- Find the display value. if not display then local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$') if page then display = page .. ' § ' .. section end end -- Assemble the link. if display then return string.format('%s', colon, link, display) else return string.format('%s%s', colon, link) end end
-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.
function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end
function p._hatnote(s, options) checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string') checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true) local classes = {'hatnote'} local extraclasses = options.extraclasses local selfref = options.selfref if type(extraclasses) == 'string' then classes[#classes + 1] = extraclasses end if selfref then classes[#classes + 1] = 'selfref' end return string.format( '
%s
', table.concat(classes, ' '), s )
end
return p
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^ [1], 2001 Community Profiles
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^ [2], Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses
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^ 2011 Census Profile Iqaluit
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^ 2006 Census Profile Iqaluit
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^ 2001 Census Profile Iqaluit
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^ 2011 Census Profile Arviat
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^ 2006 Census Profile Arviat
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^ 2001 Census Profile Arviat
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^ 2011 Census Profile Rankin Inlet
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^ 2006 Census Profile Rankin Inlet
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^ 2001 Census Profile Rankin Inlet
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^ 2011 Census Profile Baker Lake
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^ 2006 Census Profile Baker Lake
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^ 2001 Census Profile Baker Lake
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^ 2011 Census Profile Cambridge Bay
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^ 2006 Census Profile Cambridge Bay
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^ 2001 Census Profile Cambridge Bay
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^ 2011 Census Profile Pond Inlet
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^ 2006 Census Profile Pond Inlet
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^ 2001 Census Profile Pond Inlet
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^ 2011 Census Profile Igloolik
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^ 2006 Census Profile Igloolik
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^ 2001 Census Profile Igloolik
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^ 2011 Census Profile Kugluktuk
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^ 2006 Census Profile Kugluktuk
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^ 2001 Census Profile Kugluktuk
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^ 2011 Census Profile Pangnirtung
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^ 2006 Census Profile Pangnirtung
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^ 2001 Census Profile Pangnirtung
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^ 2011 Census Profile Cape Dorset
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^ 2006 Census Profile Cape Dorset
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^ 2001 Census Profile Cape Dorset
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^ 2011 Census Profile Gjoa Haven
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^ 2006 Census Profile Gjoa Haven
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^ 2001 Census Profile Gjoa Haven
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^ Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
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^ [3], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
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^ [4], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
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