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2006 Aboriginal Population Profile

About Inuit regions within this profile

Inuit regions are included within this profile and are defined using census subdivisions, except for 'Nunavut Inuit region' which represents the Nunavut territory. The following table presents the Inuit regions and the census subdivisions they include.

'Inuit Nunaat' is the Inuktitut expression for 'Inuit homeland,' an expanse comprising more than one-third of Canada's land mass, extending from northern Labrador to the Northwest Territories. In recent years, four Inuit land claims have been signed across Inuit Nunaat.

Inuit Nunaat is comprised of four Inuit regions. These four regions are:

• Nunatsiavut: This is the most easterly region, encompassing five communities along the northern coast of Labrador. This region was created through the 2005 Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement and includes about 72,500 square kilometres of land and the adjacent ocean zone.
• Nunavik: This region in northern Quebec was established through the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. This was the first modern land claims agreement in Canada, signed in 1975. Nunavik covers 660,000 square kilometres of land.
• Nunavut: The 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement led to the creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999. It was formed out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. The territory spans 2 million square kilometres.
• Inuvialuit region: In 1984, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) was signed, giving ownership to 90,650 square kilometres of land in the Northwest Territories to the Inuvialuit (Inuit of the western Arctic).

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