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Iqaluit
Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the territory's largest community and its only city, and the northernmost city in Canada. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which the city is situated. Its traditional Inuktitut name was restored in 1987. In 1999, Iqaluit was designated the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was a small city and not well known outside the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to Iqaluit's isolation and heavy dependence on expensive imported supplies, as the city, like the rest of Nunavut, has no road or rail connections to the rest of Canada, and has ship connections for only part of the year. Iqaluit has a polar climate, influenced by the cold deep waters of the Labrador Current just off Baffin Island, which makes the city cold, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit Airport
Iqaluit Airport () serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the city. It hosts Airline, scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Rankin Inlet, and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as Canadian North, and from smaller communities throughout eastern Nunavut. It is also used as a forward operating base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). In 2011, the terminal handled more than 120,000 passengers. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. The airport serves as a diversion airport on polar routes. The airport is owned by the Government of Nunavut (GN) and operated, under a 30-year contract, by Nunavut Airport Services. The company is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority. History Military use During late Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit City Council
Iqaluit City Council () is the governing body of the city of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. As of 2022, the council consists of mayor Solomon Awa, deputy mayor Kyle Sheppard, and councillors Romeyn Stevenson (alternative deputy mayor), Simon Nattaq, Ookalik Curley, Paul Quassa, Kimberly Smith, Samuel Tilley, and Swany Amarapala. From 1964 to 1979, Frobisher Bay was led by community council and chair. After 1979–1980, Frobisher Bay had a town council and mayor and since 2001 a city council and a mayor. The council is elected fully at-large, with the mayor and all eight councillors elected citywide. 2006–2009 * Mayor: Elisapee Sheutiapik (acclaimed) * Glenn Williams * Jimmy Kilabuk * Marc Boudreau * Jim Little * David Alexander * Simon Nattaq * Claude Martel * Al Hayward On 10 September 2008, CBC North reported that Sheutiapik would be taking a leave of absence to run in the upcoming Nunavut election. She ran in Iqaluit West, which had the highest voter turnout at 90.2% but wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, ''Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the territorial evolution of Canada, first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) was admitted in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the list of the largest country subdivisions by area, fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay"), on Baffin Island in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Nunavut Territorial Electoral Districts
This is a list of Nunavut territorial electoral districts. In total there are 22 Electoral district (Canada), electoral districts in Nunavut spread over three Regions of Nunavut, administrative regions. Each district elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a Plurality voting system, first past the post system. Unlike some other parts of Canada, such as Ontario, a new by-election must be held in a Electoral district (Canada), riding if the original result ended in a Tie (draw), tie. There are no political parties in Nunavut, each candidate runs as an Independent (politician), independent and the territory operates by consensus government. List of districts Former districts See also * Canadian provincial electoral districts References {{Authority control Nunavut territorial electoral districts, Nunavut politics-related lists, Electoral Lists of electoral districts in Canada, Nunavut territorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit-Sinaa
Iqaluit-Sinaa () is a territorial electoral district( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of part of what was Iqaluit West and Iqaluit Centre. The district was created prior to the 28 October 2013 general election. Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election See also * List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... References {{Authority control Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 2013 establishments in Nunavut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit-Tasiluk
Iqaluit-Tasiluk () is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of part of what was Iqaluit East and Iqaluit Centre. The district was created prior to the 28 October 2013 general election. Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election See also * List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... References External links Map of riding for 2017 election from Elections Nunavut Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 2013 establishments in Nunavut {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit-Manirajak
Iqaluit-Manirajak () is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of part of what was Iqaluit West and Iqaluit Centre. The district was created prior to the 28 October 2013 general election. Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election See also * List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... References {{Authority control Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 2013 establishments in Nunavut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu
Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu () is a territorial electoral district ( riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of part of what was Iqaluit East and Iqaluit Centre. The district was created before the 28 October 2013 general election. Election results 2021 election 2017 election 2013 election See also * List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... References {{Authority control Electoral districts of Qikiqtaaluk Region 2013 establishments in Nunavut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organizations, including Statistics Canada prior to the 2021 Canadian census, use the older term Baffin Region. With a population of 19,355 and an area of , slightly smaller than Egypt, it is the largest and most populated of the three regions. It is also the largest second-level administrative division in the world. The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Baillie-Hamilton Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frobisher Bay
Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island. Its length is about and its width varies from about at its outlet into the Davis Strait to roughly towards its inner end. The capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit, known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, lies near the innermost end of the bay. Geography Frobisher Bay has a tapered shape formed by two flanking peninsulas, the Hall Peninsula to the northeast, and the Meta Incognita Peninsula to the southwest. The Bay's funnel like shape ensures that the tidal variance at Iqaluit each day is about . This shape is due to the large outlet glacier centred over Foxe Basin during the Quaternary glaciation (Pleistocene), which gouged the Bay's basin, now flooded by the sea.Frobisher Bay< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakasuk
Nakasuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ) was an Inuit, Inuk who was born at a Seal hunting, sealing camp near Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) in the early 20th century and grew up around Kimmirut, Nunavut, Kimmirut (formerly ''Lake Harbour''). He assisted a US Navy party wintering on Baffin Island during the 1941–1942 winter to find a suitable location for a US air base. The site they selected is the location of the modern community of Iqaluit. Nakasuk remained at the site to assist the Americans in establishing their base, and settled there permanently after its completion, becoming Iqaluit's first permanent resident. He is therefore remembered as the founder of Iqaluit, and Nakasuk School, Nakasuk Elementary School is named in his honour. His name means "Urinary bladder, bladder" in Inuktitut. References External linksCrystal Two: The Origin of Iqaluit- Visible on JSTOcontains a 1943 photograph of him ''Nakasuk is an Eskimo'' Manuscript at Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Nunavut
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The seat of the Assembly is the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit. Prior to the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory on 1 April 1999, the 1999 Nunavut general election was held on 15 February to determine the 1st Nunavut Legislature. The Legislative Assembly was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on 7 October 2002, during her Golden Jubilee tour of Canada. In her speech the Queen stated: "I am proud to be the first member of the Canadian Royal Family to be greeted in Canada's newest territory." Prior to the opening of the Legislative Building in October 1999 the members met in the gymnasium of the Inuksuk High School. The Hansard of the assembly is published in Inuktitut ( syllabics) and English, making the territory one of three Canadian jurisdictions to produce a bilingual Hansard, along with the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
