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| other_name = QitirmiutCAN NU Kitikmeotfloat=center|places ={{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Umingmaktokmarksize = 6|position = leftlat_min = 41lat_dir = Nlon_min = 55lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU KitikmeotBathurst Inlet, Nunavut>Bathurst Inletmarksize = 6|position = bottomlat_min = 50lat_dir = Nlon_min = 02lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Cambridge Baymarksize = 8|label_size = 120|position = toplat_min = 07lat_dir = Nlon_min = 03lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Gjoa Havenmarksize = 6|position = bottomlat_min = 37lat_dir = Nlon_min = 52lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Kugaaruk|position = leftmarksize = 6lat_min = 31lat_dir = Nlon_min = 49lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Kugluktukmarksize = 6|position = toplat_min = 49lat_dir = Nlon_min = 05lon_dir = W }}{{Location map~ |CAN NU Kitikmeot|label = Taloyoakmarksize = 6|position = toplat_min = 32lat_dir = Nlon_min = 31lon_dir = W }}}}| map_caption = Communities of the Kitikmeot| image_map1 = File:Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut.svg| map_caption1 = Location in Nunavut| seat_type = Regional centre| seat = Cambridge BayList of regions of Nunavut>Region| area_total_km2 = 443,277.47| population_total = 6,543| population_density_km2 = auto| subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = CanadaProvinces and territories of Canada>Territory| subdivision_name1 = Nunavut}}Kitikmeot Region ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|t|ə|k|m|j|uː|t}};Kitikmeot Students Thank You 2013 (February 22, 2013). Inuktitut: Qitirmiut {{Pronunciation-needed}}) 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 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.

Transportation

(File:Aerial view of Cambridge Bay in May.JPG|thumb|left|Cambridge Bay in May)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 is approximately {{convert|1069|km|abbr=on}} from Kugaaruk, the closest Kitikmeot community. A one-way flight to the capital costs between $2,691 and $2,911 (as of November 2016)Google - First AirGoogle - Canadian North and involves flying to, along with an overnight stay in, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, approximately {{Convert|1310|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Kugaaruk—in total, a trip of about {{convert|3627|km|abbr=on}}.As 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.{{CFS}}(File:Gjoa Haven.jpg|thumb|left|Street in Gjoa Haven)There are also four registered aerodromes in the region. Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome is a floatplane base open in 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 {{convert|7894|ft|abbr=on}} ice runway, and was the longest in the region, it served the Doris Lake mine.

Climate

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. {{Kugluktuk weatherbox}}{{Cambridge Bay weatherbox}}

Politics

The region is home to the only two communities in Nunavut that voted "no" in the 1982 division plebiscite: Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk.Detailed Break down of Plebiscite results(File:Taloyoak 01.jpg|thumb|Taloyoak)The region has four electoral districts;

• Cambridge Bay, which covers Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Umingmaktok. The seat is held by Jeannie Ehaloak.
• Gjoa Haven, which covers the community of Gjoa Haven and is held by Tony Akoak.
• Kugluktuk, which covers Kugluktuk. The seat is currently held by Calvin Pedersen, who was elected by acclamation in a July 2020 by-election
• Netsilik, which covers Taloyoak and Kugaaruk. The seat is held by Emiliano Qirngnuq.

Former districts include Akulliq, which covered Kugaaruk and Naujaat in 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 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).WEB,weblink What's next? The new territory of Kitikmeot?, Nunatsiaq News, October 26, 2007, Jane George, October 5, 2009, However, the party was not formed and consequently no members ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut which continues to run as a consensus government.

Communities

Hamlets

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• Cambridge Bay population: 1,766;WEB,weblink 2016 Community Profiles Csmbridg Bay, 2017-03-05,
• Gjoa Haven population: 1,324WEB,weblink 2016 Community Profiles Gjoa Haven, 2017-03-05,
• Kugaaruk population: 933WEB,weblink 2016 Community Profiles Kugaaruk, 2017-03-05,
• Kugluktuk population: 1,491WEB,weblink 2016 Community Profiles Kugluktuk, 2017-03-05,
• Taloyoak population: 1029WEB,weblink Census Profile, 2016 Census Taloyoak, Statistics Canada, 2017-03-05,

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Other

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• Bathurst Inlet population: 0WEB,weblink Census Profile, 2016 Census Bathurst Inlet, Statistics Canada, 2017-03-04,
• Umingmaktok population: 5WEB,weblink Census Profile, 2016 Census Umingmaktok, Statistics Canada, 2017-03-04,
• Kitikmeot, Unorganized population: 0WEB,weblink Census Profile, 2016 Census Kitikmeot, Unorganized, Statistics Canada, 2017-03-05,

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Protected areas

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• Ovayok Territorial Park
• Northwest Passage Territorial Park
• Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park
• Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Kitikmeot Region had a population of {{val|6458|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1677|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1954|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:6458-6543}}|6543|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|6543|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|432108|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|6458|432108|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.WEB,weblink Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions, Statistics Canada, February 9, 2022, April 3, 2022, The Kitikmeot Region also doubles as one of three census divisions in Nunavut, the others being the Kivalliq2011 Canada Census {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210514weblink |date=November 29, 2016 }} Kivalliq Region (also known as the Keewatin) and the Qikiqtaaluk2011 Canada Census {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210527weblink |date=November 29, 2016 }} Qikiqtaaluk Region (also known as the Baffin) regions. Of the three the Kitikmeot is the smallest in size being {{convert|1343.8|km2|abbr=on}} smaller than the Kivalliq.WEB,weblink Census Profile, 2016 Census Kitikmeot, Region, Statistics Canada, 2017-03-05, It has the smallest population and 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.2011 Aboriginal Population Profile

Notes

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References

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Further reading

• Bromley, Robert Graham H., and Bruce D. McLean. [ Raptor Surveys in the Kitikmeot and Baffin Regions, Northwest Territories, 1983 and 1984]. Yellowknife, NWT: Dept. of Renewable Resources, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1986.
• Gunn, A. Polar Bear Denning Surveys in the Kitikmeot Region, 1977–86. Coppermine, NWT: Dept. of Renewable Resources, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 1991.
• Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. Kitikmeot Land of the Spirits. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991. {{ISBN|0-9693315-6-8}}
• Kassam, K.-A. S. 2002. "Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou, by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok, and the Kitikmeot Elders". Arctic. 55: 395.
• Kitikmeot Education Resource Centre. Living and Teaching in the Kitikmeot Region. [Cambridge Bay, N.W.T.]: Kitikmeot Education Resource Centre, 1984.
• Kitikmeot Inuit Association. Central Arctic Regional Land Claims Proposal for Social, Education Self-Determination. [Cambridge Bay, N.W.T.?]: Kitikmeot Inuit Association, 1979.
• Northwest Territories. Economic Facts, Kitikmeot Region. [Yellowknife]: N.W.T. Dept. of Economic Development & Tourism, 1989.
• Northwest Territories. Kitikmeot Health Care. [Yellowknife]: Northwest Territories Health, 1982.
• Sato, Riki. The Directory of Community Groups, Inuvik and Kitikmeot Regions. Inuvik, N.W.T.: NOGAP Steering Committee, 1988.
• Todd, John. North Slave Kitikmeot Mineral Development. Yellowknife, N.W.T.: Govt. of the N.W.T.], 1993.
• West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society. West Kitikmeot Slave study. Yellowknife: West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, 2002.

External links

• Kitikmeot Region information at Explore Nunavut {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509154259weblink |date=May 9, 2012 }}
• Kitikmeot Heritage Society
• Kitikmeot Inuit Association
  • Kitikmeot Corporation, economic development
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190806194533weblink">Kitikmeot School Operations

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