Nunavut
About the Territory of Nunavut
Nicknames:
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Capital
Official language: English
Population
Size in Area
Location
Climate
Time Zone
The driest and coldest winter months are January and February, when
Winter temperatures can drop as low as
Physical Features
Geography
Nunavut is a land of rock, snow, ice, and sea It is a land of forest, plains, glacial rock and frozen seas. Nunavut can be divided into two broad geographical regions:
Largest City:
Economy
Famous Places to Visit
Famous People
Nanavut Provincial Flower
Nanavut Provincial Bird
Online Visit to Canada
Sites used:
http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_qfacts.html
http://mhercules.tripod.com/nanavut.htm
http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html
http://nunavuttourism.com/
More sites:
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Geography/Canada--Territories-4877.html
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/023002-2120-e.html
http://www.kathimitchell.com/Canada/nunavut1.htm_
- Nunavut means "Our Land"
- Motto: "Nunavut sanginivut" (Nunavut our strength)
Nicknames:
- Nunavut means "Our Land"
Maps of Canada and all the Provinces: http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/mapmenu.html
Capital
- Iqaluit
- Iqaluit (on Baffin Island) was chosen capital of Nunavut in 1995, winning over Rankin Inlet (on the west shore of Hudson Bay). Iqaluit is the largest community in Nunavut. It has a population of 4,500 (17% of the population) and is located approximately 2,000 kilometres from Ottawa.
- largest community in Nunavut; population 4.300
- Canada's most northern capital
- became capital of Nunavut on April 1, 1999
- "Iqaluit" means "the place of many fish"
- located on the southern tip of Baffin Island
- winter activities : dog sledding, snowmobiling, ice-fishing
- was an airbase in the 1940's
Official language: English
- "First of all, each of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories adopts its own official language policy and only Quebec recognizes French as its official language. Quebec is the only place in Canada where French is the sole official language."
- English, French and Inuktitut are the languages spoken in Nunavut.
Population
- 31,906 (Statistics Canada, 2011 Census)
- 27,219 in 1999
Size in Area
- Area Map: http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_map.html
- 2,093,190 sq. km (808,185 sq. miles) (Natural Resources Canada, 2001)
- Area of Nunavut 1,935,200 sq km (http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html)
Location
- Nunavut, Canada's newest territory means "our land" in Inuktitut, the Inuit language. Nunavut is that vast expanse of northern Canada north of Manitoba and east of Hudson's Bay, including the Arctic and Non-arctic Islands to the East. It is made up of the central and eastern portions of the former Northwest Territories (NWT).
Climate
- The mean temperature in January is -30°C and in July is 15°C. Iqaluit, the capital, experiences 24 hours of daylight per day in June, and six hours per day in December.
- http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_qfacts.html
Time Zone
- Nunavut is on Central Daylight Saving time. Nunavut time is the same as Ottawa time during the winter months (October to April) and in the summer months (April to October) Nunavut time is the same as Winnipeg time.
- http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_qfacts.html_
The driest and coldest winter months are January and February, when
- normal low nighttime temperatures range from
- daytime temperatures range from
Winter temperatures can drop as low as
Physical Features
- Nunavut is a vast territory - containing 2,000,000 sq km, one fifth of Canada's land base. Consisting of all of Canada north of 60 degrees N. and east of the NWT, which is not within Quebec or Newfoundland, and the Islands in Hudson's Bay, James Bay and Ungava Bay that are not within Manitoba, Ontario, or Quebec.
- The land and water are frozen most of the year.
- The Arctic waters are covered with ice floes.
- Icebergs break off from the glaciers and fall into the sea.
- The land is covered with sheets of ice, water pools and rivers.
- In winter you can't tell where the land ends and the sea begins.
- There are also mountains and tundra.
- Moss, tough grasses and small willow shrubs grow on the tundra.
- The soil is frozen. (Fruits and vegetables are flown in.)
- Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve is Canada's most northern park.
- It is a polar desert with very little snowfall.
Geography
Nunavut is a land of rock, snow, ice, and sea It is a land of forest, plains, glacial rock and frozen seas. Nunavut can be divided into two broad geographical regions:
- Taiga, the boreal forest belt that circles the world in the subarctic zone.
- Tundra, the vast, rocky plain in the Arctic regions, where the extreme climate has stunted vegetation.
- Bodies of water- major oceans, seas, lakes, & rivers:
- Largest Lake:
- Mountains/landforms:
- Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island are two large islands in Nunavut.
Largest City:
- Iqaluit, largest community in Nunavut; population 4.300
- Location: Iqaluit (on Baffin Island) was chosen capital of Nunavut in 1995, winning over Rankin Inlet (on the west shore of Hudson Bay). Iqaluit is the largest community in Nunavut.
- Population: It has a population of 4,500 (17% of the population) and is located approximately 2,000 kilometres from Ottawa.
- Interesting facts:
- Canada's most northern capital
- became capital of Nunavut on April 1, 1999
- "Iqaluit" means "the place of many fish"
- located on the southern tip of Baffin Island
- winter activities : dog sledding, snowmobiling, ice-fishing
- was an airbase in the 1940's
Economy
- Main Nanavut Industries:
- Many of the Inuit still live off the land following their traditional economy; hunting, trapping, gathering and fishing. Increasingly carving and artistic pursuits are becoming staple economic activities throughout much of the north. The annual economic value of subsistence harvesting in Nunavut is estimated between $30 million and $50 million a year. Official estimates put the arts and crafts industry at more than $20 million per year, with more than 2,500 people deriving all or part of their income from this industry.
A limited wage economy exists in Nunavut, but there is a difference in the way residents participate; 60 per cent of Nunavut's adult Inuit population is in the labor force, although 28 per cent of that group is unemployed. Ninety-one per cent of Nunavut's small non-aboriginal population is in the labor force, with a four per cent unemployment rate.
Nunavut relies on federal transfer payments for at least 90 per cent of its revenue. Government employment is a mainstay of the wage economy with many of Nunavut's small businesses and retail outlets established to support government needs, or those of public servants.
Mining contributes 500 jobs to Nunavut's wage economy, but non-residents fill more than 85 per cent of these jobs. Lead, zinc, silver, and gold are all mined in Nunavut.
Construction has been growing as the governmental infrastructure has been established. A more self-reliant construction industry is developing which helps Inuit-owned businesses in Nunavut benefit from federal and territorial contracts.
Several fishing and meat processing plants operate in Nunavut.
http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_economy.html_
- tourism: People come to fish, hike, camp, hunt, to see the wildlife.
- mining: copper, lead, silver, zinc, iron, gold and diamonds, oil and gas
- fishing : whitefish and Arctic char
- factories : packaging the raw fish and meat
- sale of Inuit arts and crafts (soapstone sculptures)
- http://mhercules.tripod.com/nanavut.htm
Famous Places to Visit
- Images of Places in each Province: http://www.travel-images.com/canada.html
Famous People
- Michael Kusugak writes about the Inuit way of life.
- Susan Aglukark is a singer-songwriter and the first Inuit recording artist.
Nanavut Provincial Flower
- Artic Poppy
- purple saxifrage
Nanavut Provincial Bird
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- Simple by design, the flag of the newest territory, Nunavut, represents so much. The gold symbolizes the riches of the land while the blue symbolizes the riches of the sea and sky. The white, of course, represents the Arctic landscape; in conjunction with the red, also represents Canada's two official colours.
- The inuksuk, which, in Inuktitut, means 'like a human', is a stone marker and monument, used for centuries to guide the Inuit across the barren Arctic tundra or to mark sacred and special places. The star is the Niqirtsuituq, or North Star, used for centuries as a point of navigation. It also represents the leadership of the elders.
- http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/flagNUN.htm
Online Visit to Canada
Sites used:
http://library.educationworld.net/canadafacts/nu_qfacts.html
http://mhercules.tripod.com/nanavut.htm
http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html
http://nunavuttourism.com/
More sites:
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Geography/Canada--Territories-4877.html
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/023002-2120-e.html
http://www.kathimitchell.com/Canada/nunavut1.htm_