Nunavut is the only place in Canada where most of the population (86.2 percent) are Aboriginals (Native Peoples); they live mostly in small communities. The largest Aboriginal group is
the Inuit (singular: Inuk)
, which means “the preeminent people” in Inuktitut, accounting for 84.8 percent of the total.
Iqaluit
(Capital of Nunavut) – 7,542 people
Iqaluit means “place of fish”, and is located on the southern portion of Baffin Island on Koojesse Inlet, Iqaluit is the largest community in Nunavut and the gateway to the Arctic from Eastern Canada.
The total current population of Nunavut (as of 2011) is estimated to be around 33,330 people, the vast majority (84%) of whom are
Inuit
. Of the approximately 28,000 Inuit living in Nunavut, more than half of them reside in the eastern Qikiqtaaluk region of the territory and, remarkably, they are mostly young people.
| Rank Province/territory Number of Muslims | 10 New Brunswick 2,640 | 11 Newfoundland and Labrador 1,200 | 12 Nunavut 50 | 13 Yukon 40 |
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The majority of the Aboriginal population reported a single Aboriginal identity – either
First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
. Of the Aboriginal population in Nunavut, 0.6% ( 190) were First Nations people, 0.5% ( 165) were Métis, and 98.7% (30,140) were Inuit.
In the territory,
Inuktitut and English
are predominant; Inuinnaqtun and French are also present, as are Inuvialuktun and other Inuit languages.
On April 1, 1999, Nunavut separated from the Northwest Territories to become the newest Canadian territory. The creation of Nunavut was the outcome of the largest aboriginal land claims agreement between
the Canadian government and the native Inuit people
.
Transportation.
There are no roads to Nunavut
. … Visitors to Nunavut can reach the gateway communities of Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay by air travel from any major centre in the world.
Nunavut Communities
The Nunavut Settlement Area includes one-fifth of Canada’s land mass and is the largest jurisdiction in Canada. … Over 80% of those living in Nunavut are
Inuit
, living in 25 municipalities distributed in three regions: the Qikiqtani (Baffin), Kivalliq and Kitikmeot .
| Iqaluit (Inuktitut) ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (Inuktitut syllabics) | Village status 1974 | Town status 1980 | City status 19 April 2001 | Founded by Nakasuk |
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What percentage of Canada is Islam?
Canada Religion, Economy and Politics
Data on religious belief is only collected in every other census. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, the last census data collected, 67% of Canadians were Christian, 24% had no religion, and
3.2%
were Muslim. There are about 1,053,945 Muslims in Canada.
How many Muslims live in UK?
The vast majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom live in England:
2,660,116
(4.3% of the population). 76,737 Muslims live in Scotland (1.45%), 45,950 in Wales (1.50%). London has the greatest population of Muslims in the country.
What’s the main religion in Canada?
Christianity
is the largest religion in Canada, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Christians, representing 67.2% of the population in 2011, are followed by people having no religion with 23.9% of the total population.
Why are Inuit not considered First Nations?
Inuit is the contemporary term for “Eskimo”. First Nation is the contemporary term for “Indian”. Inuit are “Aboriginal” or “First Peoples”, but are not “First Nations”,
because “First Nations” are Indians
. Inuit are not Indians.
Nunavut
— meaning “our land” in the Inuit language Inuktitut — entered Confederation in 1999 as Canada’s third territory and newest member of the country. Nunavut — meaning “our land” in the Inuit language Inuktitut — entered Confederation in 1999 as Canada’s third territory and newest member of the country.
Indigenous peoples make up the largest proportion of the population in Nunavut (
86
%), the Northwest Territories (51%) and the Yukon Territory (23%), followed by Manitoba (18%) and Saskatchewan (16%).
