Nunavut Population: 26,000, predominantly Inuit.

Nunavut Size: ~772,000 square miles (2 million sq. km.). One-fifth of Canada’s total area; largest of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories; larger than Alaska.

Nunavut Economy: Government, subsistence, mining, tourism.

Nunavut Connections

• Three airlines connect Nunavut to NWT and southern Canada: First Air, Canadian North and Calm Air. There is no direct travel between Alaska and Nunavut.

Government / Politics

• Nunavut became a separate territory on April 1, 1999, breaking off from the Northwest Territories.

• Alaska served as an inspiration and model for the creation of a separate Nunavut province as a result of the oil discovery at Prudhoe Bay and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which was passed in 1971. Various histories of Nunavut’s formation reference the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and as well as related activities in the Arctic, including efforts by Canadian Natives at settling land claims.
• Alaska has connected with Nunavut through organizations such as the Arctic Council and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference. The Alaska governor’s office was represented in the Nunavut capital Iqaluit at an Arctic Council meeting of Senior Arctic Officials.

More Information

Nunavut Overview

Nunavut Handbook: http://www.arctic-travel.com

http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html#1

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nunavut

http://www.npc.nunavut.ca/eng/nunavut/index.html

Nunavut Government

http://www.gov.nu.ca/gnmain.htm

Business

http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/businesspage.html

http://www.nunatour.nt.ca/BUS/BUS3a.htm

Canada-Nunavut Business Service Center: http://www.cbsc.org/nunavut

Travel

http://www.nunatour.nt.ca