Kitikmeot, Unorganized

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The Kitikmeot region in Nunavut

The Census Division Kitikmeot, Unorganized is part of the Kitikmeot region in Nunavut , which is in northern Canada . It serves purely statistical purposes and is uninhabited.

Kitikmeot, Unorganized is a census division . Such a unit lies below the level of the provinces and territories and can comprise various organizational units, such as county , regional municipality or regional district . In some provinces, the 288 divisions serve to plan joint projects and organize state structures such as health care or the police. Elsewhere, these are units that are used for statistical purposes only. This applies to Newfoundland and Labrador , Manitoba , Saskatchewan , Alberta , Yukon , the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Kitikmeot, Unorganized is called “Unorganized” because, in contrast to Kitikmeot , which has an area of ​​445,785.4 km², it only includes those areas that are outside the municipalities, namely 442,334.99 km² or 99.2 percent of the region. The Kitikmeot, Unorganized division had 24 inhabitants in 1981, 13 in 1986, only 2 in 1991, and 21 again in 2006. Since then the area has been considered uninhabited.

The following former trading posts, stations, etc. were in the area:

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  • Fort Ross
  • Lupine (Lupine Mine)
  • Perry Island
  • Read Island
  • Thom Bay

Remarks

  1. ^ Statistics Canada .
  2. ^ Kitikmeot, Unorganized: Place name (s)