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- Territory: Canada
- Capital: Iqaluit
- Language spoken: Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French
- Currency: Canadian Dollar
- Time zone: EST, CST, MST
- Founded: 1576
- City population: 29,474 (2006)City Population: Nunavut Population
- Area: 2 million square kilometresOfficial Site: Nunavut
- Number of Communities: 28Official Site: Nunavut
- Major cities: Iqaluit, Baker Lake and Cape Dorset
- Canadian Inuit Dog (animal)
- Rock Ptarmigan (bird)
- Purple Saxifrage (flower)
- Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut - "Nunavut, our strength"
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Population
The least populated of all the Canadian provinces and territories, Nunavut is home to around 30,000 people spread across an area the size of Western Europe. Native Inuit people make up about 85 percent of the population and with a median age of 22, Nunavut has the youngest population in Canada. The largest employer in the territory is the Government and 27 percent of people are employed by the large arts community. -



