Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada

Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada

The Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

:"See also: Aboriginal peoples in Canada."

Northwest Territories

First Nations

Inuit communities

* Inuvik, Northwest Territories
* Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
* Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories
* Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
* Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Inuit communities

*Arctic Bay ("Ikpiarjuk" ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ)
*Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, formerly "Eskimo Point")
*Baker Lake ("Qamanittuaq" ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ)
*Bathurst Inlet ("Kingoak")
*Cambridge Bay ("Iqaluktuuttiaq" ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ)
*Cape Dorset ("Kinngait" ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)d
*Chesterfield Inlet ("Igluligaarjuk" ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ)
*Clyde River ("Kangiqtugaapik" ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ)
*Coral Harbour ("Salliit" ᓴᓪᓖᑦ)
*Gjoa Haven ("Uqsuqtuuq" ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ)
*Grise Fiord ("Aujuittuq" ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
*Hall Beach ("Sanirajak" ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ)
*Igloolik ("Iglulik" ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ)
*Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, formerly "Frobisher Bay")
*Kimmirut (formerly "Lake Harbour")
*Kugaaruk (formerly "Pelly Bay")
*Kugluktuk ("Qurluqtuq" ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, formerly "Coppermine")
*Pangnirtung ("Pangniqtuuq" ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ)
*Pond Inlet ("Mittimatalik" ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ)
*Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ, formerly "Broughton Island")
*Rankin Inlet ("Kangiqiniq" ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or "Kangirliniq" ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ)
*Repulse Bay ("Naujaat" ᓇᐅᔮᑦ)
*Resolute ("Qausuittuq" ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
*Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
*Taloyoak ("Talurjuaq", formerly "Spence Bay")
*Umingmaktok ("Umingmaktuuq" ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ, formerly "Bay Chimo")
*Whale Cove ("Tikirarjuaq" ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)

Yukon

First Nations


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