Demographics of Nunavut

Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It has a land area of 1,932,254.97 km² (746,047.81 sq mi) .^[1] In the 2006 census the population of Nunavut was 29,474,^[1] with 24,875 people identifying themselves as Inuit (84.8% of the total population), 380 as First Nations (1.3%), 100 Métis (0.3%) and 3,945 as non-aboriginal (13.5%).^[2]

Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change if the Yukon, which is only marginally more populous, becomes a province.

Ten largest communities

Municipality	2006	2001
Iqaluit1	6,184	5,236
Rankin Inlet1	2,358	2,177
Arviat	2,060	1,899
Baker Lake	1,728	1,507
Igloolik	1,538	1,286
Cambridge Bay1	1,477	1,309
Pangnirtung	1,325	1,276
Pond Inlet	1,315	1,220
Kugluktuk	1,302	1,212
Cape Dorset	1,236	1,148

Language

The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 29,474.

Of the 29,025 singular responses to the census question concerning 'mother tongue' the languages most commonly reported were:

1.	Inuktitut2	20,185	69.54%
2.	English2	7,765	26.75%
3.	French2	370	1.27%
4.	Inuinnaqtun2	295	1.02%
5.	Malayo-Polynesian languages	65	0.22%
	Tagalog	45	0.16%
6=	Chinese languages	40	0.14%
	Cantonese	10	0.03%
	Mandarin	10	0.03%
6=	German	40	0.14%
8.	Spanish	30	0.10%
9=	Algonquian languages	20	0.07%
	Cree	20	0.07%
9=	Athapaskan languages	20	0.07%
	Dogrib	10	0.03%

There were also 260 responses of both English and a 'non-official language' (mainly Inuktitut); 20 of both French and a 'non-official language; 20 of both English and French; and about 140 people who either did not respond to the question, or reported multiple non-official languages, or else gave some other unenumerated response. Only English and French were counted as official languages in the census. Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.^[3]

Religion

The three dominant religions in Nunavut are Catholicism, Anglicanism and Pentecostalism.

Traditionally, Inuit shamanism has always been a taboo subject in Inuit culture, not openly talked about. Shamans didn't make it known they were one, but the group or clan they were a part of knew.

Migration

While there is some internal migration from the rest of Canada to Nunavut (usually on a temporary basis), there is very little external migration from outside of Canada to Nunavut. The 2006 census counted a total of only about 450 immigrants in Nunavut, including about 80 from the United Kingdom, about 40 each from the United States and the Philippines, about 30 from Germany, about 20 each from China and India, and just over 10 each from Jamaica and South Africa.^[4]

A total of 4,940 people moved to Nunavut from other parts of Canada between 1996 and 2006 while 5,615 people moved in the opposite direction. These movements resulted in a net influx of 355 from Newfoundland and Labrador; and a net outmigration of 355 to Alberta, 295 to the Northwest Territories, 235 to Ontario and 160 to Quebec. There was a net outmigration of 150 francophones from Nunavut to Quebec during this period. (All net inter-provincial and official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given).^[5][6]

See also

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories

• List of communities in Nunavut
• Demographics of Canada
• List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

Notes

• ^1 Iqaluit is both the capital of Nunavut and the regional center for the Qikiqtaaluk Region, while Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay are the regional centres for the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot Regions respectively.
• ^2 Official language of Nunavut

References

1. ^ ^{a b} StatCan. "Canada Census 2006". http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=62&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Nunavut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=62. Retrieved 2007-03-14. 
2. ^ StatCan (2006). "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data". http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=62&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
3. ^ Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
4. ^ Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-557-XCB2006007. 2007. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89424&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&Theme=72&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=838093. 
5. ^ Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-556-XCB2006010. 2007. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89180&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&Theme=71&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=614148. 
6. ^ Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-F0008-XCB2001005. 2002. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=55550&APATH=3&GID=517769&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=42&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=0&GK=0&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0.