14-621: Kitikmeot (Inuktitut: Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ) can refer to: Kitikmeot Region , a region of Nunavut, Canada Kitikmeot, Unorganized , a census subdivision, consisting of those parts of the Kitikmeot Region outside communities Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories , a region of the Northwest Territories until 1999, with similar but non-coterminal boundaries to Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
28-816: A population density of 0.0/km (0.0/sq mi) in 2021. The Kitikmeot Region also doubles as one of three census divisions in Nunavut, the others being the Kivalliq (also known as the Keewatin) and the Qikiqtaaluk (also known as the Baffin) regions. Of the three the Kitikmeot is the smallest in size being 1,343.8 km (518.8 sq mi) smaller than the Kivalliq. It has the smallest population and
42-475: A seat in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut which continues to run as a consensus government . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Kitikmeot Region had a population of 6,458 living in 1,677 of its 1,954 total private dwellings, a change of -1.3% from its 2016 population of 6,543 . With a land area of 432,108 km (166,838 sq mi), it had
56-476: Is a privately owned aerodrome with an all weather gravel runway and a seasonal ice runway located on Goose Lake , Nunavut , Canada. The ice runway is, subject to operator maintenance, open from January to April, and, along with the land based gravel runway, service the related explorations for gold as part of the Back River Gold Project . This article about an airport in Nunavut is
70-405: Is approximately 1,069 km (664 mi) from Kugaaruk , the closest Kitikmeot community. A one-way flight to the capital costs between $ 2,691 and $ 2,911 (as of November 2016) and involves flying to, along with an overnight stay in, Yellowknife , Northwest Territories , approximately 1,310 km (810 mi) southwest of Kugaaruk—in total, a trip of about 3,627 km (2,254 mi). As
84-527: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kitikmeot Region Kitikmeot Region ( / ˈ k ɪ t ə k m j uː t / ; Inuktitut : Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ) is an administrative region of Nunavut , Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula , together with King William Island and
98-425: Is the case for the rest of Nunavut, there is no road access to the region and all places are fly-in. All five hamlets have certified airports: Cambridge Bay Airport , Gjoa Haven Airport , Kugaaruk Airport , Kugluktuk Airport and Taloyoak Airport , with scheduled flights by Canadian North . There are also four registered aerodromes in the region. Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome is a floatplane base open in
112-417: Is the least densely populated of the three. The population is predominantly Inuit (90.0%) with 0.7% other aboriginal peoples , 0.3% North American Indian and 0.4% Métis , and 9.3% non-Aboriginals. 68°55′N 100°45′W / 68.917°N 100.750°W / 68.917; -100.750 ( Kitikmeot Region ) Goose Lake Aerodrome Goose Lake Aerodrome ( TC LID : CGS2 )
126-608: The Kivalliq Region . It was the only electoral district in Nunavut to cross two regions. Nattilik , which covered Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak. The previous incumbent was the former federal Minister of Health , Leona Aglukkaq . In 2007 at their AGM, Bob Lyall, a board member of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, suggested the formation of a political party called the Bloc Kitikmeot to run in
140-560: The next general election and to advocate for a separate Kitikmeot Territory. Bobby Lyall, along with his brother Kitikmeot Corporation president, Charlie Lyall and delegates Martina and Connie Kapolak, argued that the Government of Nunavut had spent most of the infrastructure money available from the federal government in the Baffin Region (Qikiqtaaluk Region). However, the party was not formed and consequently no members ran for
154-561: The region, it served the Doris Lake mine. The Kitikmeot Region has a harsh subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ) and a tundra climate ( Dfc ) with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers. The region is home to the only two communities in Nunavut that voted "no" in the 1982 division plebiscite : Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk . The region has four electoral districts ; Former districts include Akulliq , which covered Kugaaruk and Naujaat in
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182-407: The southern portion of Prince of Wales Island . The regional centre is Cambridge Bay (population 1,766; ). Before 1999, Kitikmeot Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories . Access to the territorial capital of Iqaluit is difficult and expensive as there were no direct flights from Kitikmeot Region communities to Iqaluit. For example, Iqaluit
196-543: The summer only. George Lake Aerodrome , an ice runway is only open from January to April, and serves the Back River Gold Project. Goose Lake Aerodrome also serves the Back River Gold Project and has both ice and gravel runways. Hope Bay Aerodrome serves the Hope Bay mine site and is a gravel runway. The former Doris Lake Aerodrome , was a 7,894 ft (2,406 m) ice runway, and was the longest in
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