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Qikiqtaaluk Region

Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or Baffin Region is an administrative region of Nunavut. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island; though Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly-used name in official contexts, several notable public bodies, including Statistics Canada^[1] and Nunavut Tourism^[2] prefer the term Baffin Region.

The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit (population 6,184). It contains both the northernmost and southernmost areas of the territory.

Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Baffin Region, Northwest Territories.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Attractions 3 Protected Areas 4 Demographics 5 Surrounding census divisions 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

Communities

• Cities
  • Iqaluit
• Hamlets
  • Arctic Bay
  • Cape Dorset
  • Clyde River
  • Grise Fiord
  • Hall Beach
  • Igloolik
  • Kimmirut
  • Pangnirtung
  • Pond Inlet
  • Qikiqtarjuaq
  • Resolute
  • Sanikiluaq
• Settlements
  • Nanisivik
• Unorganized Areas
  • Baffin, Unorganized, includes
    • Alert
    • Eureka

Attractions

• Astro Hill Complex (Iqaluit)
• Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum (Iqaluit)
• Legislative Building of Nunavut (Iqaluit)
• Unikkaarvik Visitors Centre (Iqaluit)

Protected Areas

• Auyuittuq National Park
• Katannilil
• Kekerten
• Mallikjuak
• Pitsutinu-Tungavik
• Qilalukat
• Quammaarviit
• Rotary Club Day Park
• Sirmilik National Park
• Sylvia Grinnel

Demographics

Canada 2006 Census^[3]

• Population: 15,765
• Population change (2001-2006): +9.7%
• Private dwellings: 5,103
• Area (km²): 1,040,417.90 km²
• Density (per km².): 0.015 km²
• National rank in terms of population: 248^th out of 288
• Territorial rank in terms of population: 1^st out of 3

Surrounding census divisions

• Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)
• Division No. 23, Manitoba
• Inuvik Region
• Kivalliq Region
• Kitikmeot Region

See also

• Baffin Region, Nunavut
• Netsilik Inuit
• Ellesmere Island Volcanics

References

Further reading

External links

• Qikiqtaaluk Region information at Explore Nunavut

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