Qikiqtaaluk

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Qikiqtaaluk region
Qikiqtaaluk region
Location of the region in Nunavut
Basic data
Country Canada
territory Nunavut

Administrative headquarters Iqaluit
Coordinates : 70 ° 0 ′  N , 80 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 70 ° 0 ′  N , 80 ° 0 ′  W
Residents 18,988 (as of 2016)
surface 443,277.47 km²
Population density 0 inhabitants / km²
Nunavut regions with parishes

Qikiqtaaluk Region , Qikiqtani Region ( Inuktitut ᕿ ᑭ ᖅ ᑖ ᓗ ᒃ ) or Baffin Region is an administrative region of the Canadian Nunavut Territory . Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional name in the Inuktitut language for Baffin Island . Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most common name in official contexts. Although the name Qikiqtaaluk has been official since 1999, Statistics Canada continues to refer to the area as "Baffin Region, Nunavut" in publications such as the Census . The regional administrative center is Iqaluit (population 7,740).

The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands , the Ottawa Islands , Akimiski Island , Mansel Island , Prince Charles Island , the Bylot Island , Devon Island , Cornwallis Island , Bathurst Island , Amund Ringnes Island , Ellef Ringnes Island , Axel Heiberg Island , Ellesmere Island , the Melville Peninsula , the eastern part of the Simpson Peninsula and Melville Island and the northern part of the Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island and smaller islands such as Vivian Island in between. The region includes both the northernmost (Ellesmere Island) and southernmost areas (Akimiski Island) of the territory. In addition, according to the Canadian view, the Hans Island also belongs to this region. However, Denmark , which represents the autonomous Greenland in foreign affairs, also claims the island.

Baffin Region until 1999

Prior to 1999, the Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries than Baffin Region, Northwest Territories.

Demographics

census region Nunavut
Residents Change
in% 		Residents Change
in%
2016 18,988 + 12.1 35,944 + 12.7
2011 16,939 + 7.4 29,474 + 8.3
2006 15,765 + 9.7 29,474 + 10.2
2001 14,372 + 8.7 26,745 + 8.1
1996 13,218 + 16.1 24,730
1991 11,385

Communities

The region is divided into 14 municipalities. However, 99.84 percent of the area does not belong to any municipality.

  1. Iqaluit (capital, formerly Frobisher Bay)
  2. Arctic Bay
  3. Cape Dorset
  4. Clyde River
  5. Grise Fiord
  6. Hall Beach
  7. Igloo
  8. Kimmirut
  9. Nanisivik
  10. Pangnirtation
  11. Pond inlet
  12. Qikiqtarjuaq
  13. Resolute
  14. Sanikiluaq

Eight parishes are on Baffin Island (with offshore islands), two on the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the far north, two on the Melville Peninsula (including offshore islands) and one on the Belcher Islands in the south.

Rest of the area

The following stations, trading posts and camps, which have now largely been abandoned or abandoned, are located outside the municipalities:

  1. Achiwapaschikisit
  2. Alert
  3. Alexandra Fiord
  4. Amadjuak
  5. Aquiatulavik Point
  6. Cape Dyer
  7. Cape Smith
  8. Charlton Depot
  9. Craig Harbor
  10. Dundas Harbor
  11. Eureka
  12. Fort Conger
  13. Hazen Camp
  14. Isachsen
  15. Kekerten
  16. Killiniq
  17. Kipisa
  18. Kivitoo
  19. Mikwasiskwaw Umitukap Aytakunich
  20. Nottingham Island
  21. Nuwata
  22. Padloping Island
  23. Polaris
  24. Port Burwell
  25. Resolution Island
  26. Tanquary Camp
  27. Tupialuviniq
  28. Ward Hunt Island Camp

Protected areas

  • Auyuittuq National Park
  • Sirmilik National Park
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park
  • Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park
  • Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve
  • Kekerten Territorial Park
  • Kugluk / Bloody Falls Territorial Park
  • Mallikjuaq Territorial Park
  • Northwest Passage Territorial Park
  • Ovayok Territorial Park
  • Qaummaarviit Territorial Park
  • Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park

Individual evidence

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