Baffin, Unorganized is part of a larger
census division known as the Baffin Region by
Statistics Canada and as the
Qikiqtaaluk Region by the government of
Nunavut, Canada. This area covers the whole Qikiqtaaluk Region outside the 13 communities such as
Iqaluit
Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the Frobisher Bay, large bay on the c ...
,
Resolute or
Grise Fiord
Grise Fiord (; iu, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, translit=Aujuittuq, lit=place that never thaws, italics=no) is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of three populated places on ...
. Baffin has a rocky mountainous landscape.
Included in the area are the weather station at
Eureka
Eureka (often abbreviated as E!, or Σ!) is an intergovernmental organisation for research and development funding and coordination. Eureka is an open platform for international cooperation in innovation. Organisations and companies applying th ...
and the
Canadian Forces base at
Alert (
CFS Alert
Canadian Forces Station Alert (french: Station des Forces canadiennes Alert), often shortened to CFS Alert (), is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Loc ...
).
It is Canada's largest
census subdivision
The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of stat ...
in terms of area.
Demographics
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Canada 2016 Census
The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...
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*Population (2016): 62
*Population change (2011-2016): 1,140.0%
*Private dwellings: 21
*Area:
*Density: .
Settlements
* Achiwapaschikisit
*
Alert
*
Alexandra Fiord
*
Amadjuak
* Aquiatulavik Point
* Cape Dyer
* Cape Smith
* Charlton Depot
*
Craig Harbour
*
Dundas Harbour
*
Eureka
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*
Fort Conger
Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, notable as the site of the first major northern polar ...
*
Hazen Camp
*
Isachsen
*
Kekerten
*
Killiniq
* Kipisa
*
Kivitoo
Kivitoo is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, approximately to the south, in 1963.
History
In the early 20th cen ...
* Mikwasiskwaw Umitukap Aytakunich
* Nottingham Island
* Nuwata
* Padloping Island
*
Polaris
*
Port Burwell
*
Resolution Island
*
Tanquary Camp
* Tupialuviniq
Statcan: 6204 - baffin, Unorganized: Place name(s)
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See also
* Brooman Point Village
Based on archeological finds, Brooman Point Village is an abandoned village in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the central High Arctic near Brooman Point () of the Gregory Peninsula, part of the eastern coast of Bathurst Isl ...
* Iglunga
* Port Leopold
The locality Port Leopold is an abandoned trading post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It faces Prince Regent Inlet at the northeast tip of Somerset Island.
Elwin Bay is to the south, while Prince Leopold Island is to the north.
...
References
Qikiqtaaluk Region
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