On April 1st, 1999, the map of Canada changed for
the first time in 50 years with the creation of Nunavut Territory. The
Northwest Territories was split and approximately 2 million square
kilometers of the central and eastern arctic became 'Nunavut'.
Geography:
Nunavut
has 28 communities, and is divided into three principal geographic
regions.
Qikiqtaaluk is the largest and includes Baffin
Island area, Kivalliq includes Rankin Inlet and the NE part of
Hudson’s Bay, and the Kitikmeot region includes Cambridge Bay and the
central arctic.
Nunavut
has 28 communities, and is divided into three principal geographic
regions.