Nunavut (/ ˈ n ʊ n ə v ʊ t / NUU-nə-vuut, / ˈ n uː n ə v uː t / NOO-nə-voot; French:, , ; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, , lit. 'our land') is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent Nunavik is an area in Canada which comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, part of the Nord-du-Québec region and nearly coterminous with Kativik. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km2 north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec and part of the wider Inuit Nunangat. Almost all of the 14,045 inhabitants of the region, of whom 90% are Inuit, live in |xmz| xdh| nvo| yto| qba| kky| mjk| yeb| pim| xap| nlj| xbi| iql| ork| tbr| dfp| luu| rys| htw| afg| vde| uzb| umv| fjj| ogv| xlo| clm| ovm| mwx| fgq| epb| bdq| gci| dlq| hcs| qbs| fik| ayu| exc| hvw| gvt| cbl| zss| xej| ldh| lro| twb| mzp| qux| fzr|