Nunavut is a federal
electoral district in
Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Before 1997, it was known as Nunatsiaq, and was one of two electoral districts in
Northwest Territories.
The riding covers the entire territory of Nunavut. It is the largest federal electoral district by land area in Canada, and since the abolition of the
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in Western Australia, it is the second largest electoral district in the world after
Yakutsk
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in Russia and the largest one represented by a single legislator.
Demographics
:''According to the
Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation''
*Ethnic groups: 86.3% Indigenous, 12.1% White
*Languages: 66.8% Inuktitut, 29.1% English, 1.4% French
*Religions: 86.0% Christian (50.3% Anglican, 23.9% Catholic, 4.9% Pentecostal, 6.8% Other), 12.9% No religion
*Median income (2010): $25,662
*Average income (2010): $43,505
The Nunavut riding holds a host of demographic records:
* Lowest median age: 24.1 years
* Highest percentage of Indigenous peoples: 85.0%
* Highest percentage of Inuit: 84.0%
* Highest percentage of a non-official language as mother tongue: 69.4%
* Highest percentage of an
Indigenous language as mother tongue: 68.0%
* Highest percentage of
Inuktitut as mother tongue: 66.8%
* Highest percentage of an Indigenous language as home language: 53.0%
* Highest percentage of
Inuktitut as home language: 51.9%
:''According to the
Canada 2016 Census
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* Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 63.1% Inuktitut, 31.5% English, 1.7% French, 1.4% Inuinnaqtun, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% German
History
The
riding was created in 1976 as "Nunatsiaq" from parts of the
Northwest Territories riding. It was renamed "Nunavut" in 1996.
In 1999, the district's boundaries were redefined in the
Nunavut Act
The history of Nunavut covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Eskimo thousands of years ago to present day. Prior to the colonization of the continent by Europeans, the lands encompassing present-day Nunavut were inhabited by several ...
, the law governing the creation of Nunavut as a separate jurisdiction from the Northwest Territories.
The boundaries of this riding were not changed in the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Riding associations
Riding association
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s are the local branches of political parties:
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
Nunavut
Nunatsiaq
See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''.
Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
*
Past Canadian electoral districts
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References
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Notes
External links
Riding history for Nunatsiaq (1976–1996) from theLibrary of Parliament
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Riding history for Nunavut (1996–1999) from theLibrary of Parliament
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Riding history for Nunavut (1999– ) from theLibrary of Parliament
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Expenditures - 2004Expenditures – 2000Expenditures – 1997* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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Nunavut federal electoral districts