Kitikmeot

Kitikmeot region
Location of the region in Nunavut
Basic data
Country	Canada
territory	Nunavut
Administrative headquarters	Cambridge Bay
Coordinates :	68 ° 55 ′  N , 100 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 55 ′  N , 100 ° 45 ′  W
Residents	6,543 (as of 2016)
surface	443,277.47 km²
Population density	0 inhabitants / km²

Nunavut regions with parishes

Kitikmeot Region ( Inuktitut : Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ) is one of the three administrative regions of the Canadian Nunavut Territory . It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island and the opposite mainland. It includes the Boothia Peninsula , King William Island , Berens Islands and the southern part of Prince of Wales Island .

The administrative seat is Cambridge Bay , which has 1,766 residents .

Prior to 1999, the Kitikmeot Region existed with slightly different boundaries as part of the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories .

Communities

local community	Inuktitut	Inuktitut syllabary	Area ( km² )	Population (2016 census)
Bathurst Inlet	Qingguak	ᕿᙵᐅᓐ	19.10	0
Bay Chimo Harbor	Umingmaktuk		100.29	0
Cambridge Bay	Iqaluktuuttiaq	ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ	202.35	1,766
Gjoa Haven	Uqsuqtuuq	ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ	28.47	1,324
Kugaaruk	Kuugaarjuk	ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ	4.97	933
Kugluktuk	Qurluktuk	ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ	549.65	1,491
Taloyoak		ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ	37.65	1,029
unorganized			442334.99	0
Kitikmeot	Qitirmiut	ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ	443277.47	6,543

Demographics

census	region		Nunavut
	Residents	Change in%	Residents	Change in%
2016	6,543	+ 8.8	35,944	+ 12.7
2011	6.012	+ 12.1	29,474	+ 8.3
2006	5,361	+ 11.3	29,474	+ 10.2
2001	4,816	+ 3.7	26,745	+ 8.1
1996	4,644	+ 15.4	24,730
1991	4,386

Protected areas

• Ovayok Territorial Park
• North West Passage Territorial Park
• Kugluk / Bloody Falls Territorial Park
• Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary

Web links

• Kitikmeot Region information at Explore Nunavut
• Kitikmeot Heritage Society
• Kitikmeot Inuit Association
  • Kitikmeot Corporation , economic development
  • Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission , education and training
• Kitikmeot School Operations
• Kitikmeot information

Individual evidence

1. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. Subprovincial geography levels: Nunavut. In: Statistics Canada . February 9, 2017, accessed August 7, 2020 . 
2. ^ Census Profile, 2011 Census. Subprovincial geography levels: Nunavut. In: Statistics Canada . November 27, 2015, accessed on August 11, 2020 . 
3. ↑ 2006 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . August 21, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2020 . 
4. ↑ 2001 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . July 2, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2020 . 
5. ^ Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census. In: Statistics Canada . December 23, 2013, accessed on August 11, 2020 .