Baffin Region, Nunavut - Definition and Overview

Baffin Region of Nunavut

Baffin Region (Inuktitut: Qikiqtaaluk ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) is a region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringes Island, Ellef Ringes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit.

Before 1999, Baffin Region was part of the Northwest Territories.

Communities

• Cities
  • Iqaluit

• Hamlets
  • Arctic Bay
  • Cape Dorset
  • Clyde River
  • Grise Fiord
  • Hall Beach
  • Igloolik
  • Kimmirut
  • Pangnirtung
  • Pond Inlet
  • Qikiqtarjuaq
  • Resolute
  • Sanikiluaq

• Settlements
  • Nanisivik

• Unorganized Areas
  • Baffin, Unorganized

Attractions

• Astro Hill Complex (Iqaluit)
• Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum (Iqaluit)
• Nunavut Legislature Building (Iqaluit)
• Unikkaarvik Visitors Centre (Iqaluit)

Protected Areas

• Auyuittuq National Park
• Katannilil
• Kekerten
• Mallikjuak
• Pitsutinu-Tungavik
• Qilalukat
• Quammaarviit
• Rotary Club Day Park
• Sirmilik National Park
• Sylvia Grinnel

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

• Population: 14,372
• Population change (1996-2001): 8.7
• Dwellings: 4,560
• Area (sq. km): 1,023,570.49
• Density (per sq. km.): 0.0
• National rank in terms of population: 257
• Territorial rank in terms of population: 1

Surrounding Counties

• Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)
• Division No. 23, Manitoba
• Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
• Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
• Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut