Nunavut (electoral district)

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 Division of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, it is the second largest electoral district in the world after Yakutsk in Russia and the largest one represented by a single legislator. It is also the world's northernmost single-member constituency, Greenland electing two members to the Danish Folketing and using proportional representation for its own Inatsisartut.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation

• Ethnic groups: 85.8% Indigenous, 10.6% White, 1.5% Black
• Languages: 52.2% Inuktitut, 33% English, 1.4% French
• Religions: 73.5% Christian (39.1% Anglican, 22.5% Catholic, 4% Pentecostal), 24.9% No religion
• Median income (2020): $37,600
• Average income (2020): $57,200

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%

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 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 associations are the local branches of political parties:

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Nunavut

Nunatsiaq

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Nunavut (electoral district) (Code 62001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

External links

• Riding history for Nunatsiaq (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Nunavut (1996–1999) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Nunavut (1999– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada