Inuit Nunangat

This article is about the Inuit homeland in Canada. For the region known as Inuvialuit Nunangat, see Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Inuit Nunangat
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ
Inuit Regions of Canada
Location of Inuit Nunangat
StateCanada
RegionsInuvialuit Settlement Region,
Nunavut, Nunavik,
Nunatsiavut
Province / TerritoryYT, NT, NU, QC, NL
Area
 
 • Total
3,304,740 km2 (1,275,970 sq mi)
 • Land2,484,591 km2 (959,306 sq mi)
 • Water820,149 km2 (316,661 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
58,220
 • Density0.018/km2 (0.046/sq mi)
Ethnicity population
 • Inuit48,695
 • First Nations980
 • Métis325
 • Other Indigenous500
 • Non-Aboriginal7,715
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (PST)
UTC−07:00 (MST)
UTC−06:00 (CST)
UTC−05:00 (EST)
UTC−04:00 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)Varies
Inuit languages (west to east)Inuvialuktun
Inuinnaqtun
Inuktitut
Inuit Sign Language (Atgangmuurngniq)
Inuttitut
Websitewww.itk.ca/about-canadian-inuit/#nunangat
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Inuit Nunangat (/ˈɪnjuɪtˈnunæŋæt/; Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ /inuit nunaŋat/; translated as "the place where Inuit live"[2]) refers to the land, water, and ice of the homeland of Inuit in Canada. This Arctic homeland consists of four northern Canadian regions called the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Inuvialuit Nunangit Sannaiqtuaq, home of the Inuvialuit and the northern portion of the Northwest Territories and Yukon), the territory Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ), Nunavik (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) in northern Quebec, and Nunatsiavut of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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