Nunavut

American  

[noo-nuh-voot, noo-nuh-voot] / ˌnu nəˈvut, ˈnu nəˌvut /

noun

1. a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Iqaluit.

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Nunavut British  

/ ˈnuːnəˌvuːt /

noun

1. a territory of NW Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories as a semi-autonomous region for the Inuit; includes Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island. Capital: Iqaluit. Pop: 29 644 (2004 est). Area: 2 093 190 sq km (808 185 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The Toronto miner, the world’s largest listed gold producer by market value after Newmont, said the Hope Bay project in Canada’s Nunavut territory, is expected to cost about US$2.4 billion initially.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Fieldwork and logistics were supported by multiple organizations in Nunavut, with permits granted by territorial authorities and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Each province and territory in Canada saw a fall in temporary residents, excluding Nunavut in the far north where the number rose an estimated 10 people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The Cree now mostly lived south of Churchill, while the Inuit lived more in the north up in Nunavut, where the polar bears spent most of the winter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz