Kivalliq

Kivalliq region
Location of the region in Nunavut
Basic data
Country	Canada
territory	Nunavut
Administrative headquarters	Rankin Inlet
Coordinates :	64 ° 54 ′  N , 96 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 54 ′  N , 96 ° 1 ′  W
Residents	10,413 (as of 2016)
surface	444,621.71 km²
Population density	0 inhabitants / km²

Nunavut regions with parishes

Kivalliq Region ( Inuktitut : ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut .

It consists of a mainland portion west of Hudson Bay , and the islands of Southampton Island and Coats Island . The administrative seat is Rankin Inlet , which has 2,842 residents .

Prior to 1999, the Kivalliq Region essentially existed as the Keewatin Region with slightly changed boundaries and was part of the Northwest Territories . Although the name Kivalliq has been official since 1999, Statistics Canada continued to refer to the area as the "Keewatin Region, Nunavut" in publications such as the Census .

Communities

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

local community	Inuktitut	Inuktitut syllabary	Area ( km² )	Population (2016 census)	Coordinates
Eskimo Point	Arviat	ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ	132.07	2,657	61 ° 6 ′ 29 ″  N , 94 ° 3 ′ 25 ″  W.
Baker Lake	Qamanittuaq	ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ	182.22	2,069	64 ° 19 ′ 5 ″  N , 96 ° 1 ′ 3 ″  W.
Chesterfield Inlet	Igluligaarjuk	ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ	141.10	437	63 ° 20 ′ 27 "  N , 90 ° 42 ′ 22"  W.
Coral Harbor	Salliq	ᓴᓪᓕᖅ / ᓴᓪᓖᑦ	137.91	891	64 ° 8 ′ 13 ″  N , 83 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  W.
Rankin Inlet	Kangiqiniq	ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ	20.24	2,842	62 ° 48 ′ 38 "  N , 92 ° 5 ′ 9"  W.
Repulse Bay	Naujaat	ᓇᐅᔮᑦ	424.27	1,082	66 ° 31 ′ 19 "  N , 86 ° 14 ′ 6"  W.
Whale Cove	Tikiraqjuaq	ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ	283.66	435	62 ° 10 ′ 22 ″  N , 92 ° 34 ′ 46 ″  W.
unorganized 1			443,299.63	0
Keewatin	Kivalliq	ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ	444,621.71	10,413

¹ Unorganized stands for the areas outside of the municipalities and corresponds roughly to unorganized areas . These areas are now uninhabited, but used to have at least six different stations, trading posts, etc. at different times.

Demographics

census	region		Nunavut
	Residents	Change in%	Residents	Change in%
2016	10,413	+ 16.3	35,944	+ 12.7
2011	8,955	+ 7.3	29,474	+ 8.3
2006	8,348	+ 10.5	29,474	+ 10.2
2001	7,557	+ 10.0	26,745	+ 8.1
1996	6,868	+ 17.7	24,730
1991	5,834

Protected areas

• Ukkusiksalik National Park
• Inuujarvik Territorial Park
• Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park
• East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary
• Arvia'juaq National Historic Site
• Fall Caribou Crossing National Historic Site

Web links

• Kivalliq Region information at Explore Nunavut
• KIVALLIQ.COM Photos, Information lnks from Rankin Inlet Nunavut

Individual evidence

1. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. In: Statistics Canada . February 9, 2017, accessed August 7, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Statcan: 6205033 - Keewatin, Unorganized: Place name (s) :
   
   • Ennadai ( 61 ° 8 ′ 2 ″  N , 100 ° 53 ′ 3 ″  W )
   • Fullerton ( 63 ° 59 ′ 59 ″  N , 88 ° 58 ′ 52 ″  W )
   • Maguse River ( 61 ° 16 ′ 52 ″  N , 94 ° 3 ′ 46 ″  W )
   • Padlei ( 61 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  N , 96 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  W )
   • Tavani ( 62 ° 4 ′ 2 ″  N , 93 ° 6 ′ 30 ″  W )
   • Wager Bay ( 65 ° 56 ′ 3 ″  N , 90 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  W )
3. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. Subprovincial geography levels: Nunavut. In: Statistics Canada . February 9, 2017, accessed August 7, 2020 . 
4. ^ Census Profile, 2011 Census. Subprovincial geography levels: Nunavut. In: Statistics Canada . November 27, 2015, accessed on August 7, 2020 . 
5. ↑ 2006 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . August 21, 2019, accessed on August 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ 2001 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . July 2, 2019, accessed on August 7, 2020 . 
7. ^ Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census. In: Statistics Canada . December 23, 2013, accessed August 7, 2020 .