KIVALLIQ REGION

'Kivalliq Region' (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional seat is Rankin Inlet (pop. 2,358).
Before 1999, Kivalliq Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories.

Contents

Communities

Protected Areas

Demographics

See also

References

External links

Communities

★ 'Hamlets'

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★ Arviat

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★ Baker Lake

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★ Chesterfield Inlet

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★ Coral Harbour

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★ Rankin Inlet

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★ Repulse Bay

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★ Whale Cove

Protected Areas

★ Arvia'juaq National Historic Site

★ East Bay Bird Sanctuary

★ Fall Caribou Crossing National Historic Site

★ Harry Gibbons Bird Sanctuary

★ Ijiraliq Territorial Park

★ Inuujarvik Territorial Park

★ McConnell River Bird Sanctuary

★ Thelon Game Sanctuary

Demographics

''Canada 2006 Census''^[1]

★ Population: 8,348

★ Population change (2001-2006): +10.5%

★ Private dwellings: 2,398

★ Area: 445,109.37

★ Density: 0.019 / km²

★ National rank in terms of population: 280^rd out of 288

★ Territorial rank in terms of population: 2^nd out of 3

See also

★ Keewatin Region, Nunavut

References

1. 2006 Canada Census

External links

★ Kivalliq Region information at Explore Nunavut