Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut

Qikiqtaaluk Region or Qikiqtani Region (formerly called the Baffin Region, Inuktitut: 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 Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes 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. The 2001 census reported a population of 14,372 living on a land area of 1,023,570 km² (395,202.6 sq mi).

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

[edit] 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

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National Parks: Auyuittuq | Quttinirpaaq | Sirmilik | Ukkusiksalik

Territorial Parks: Ijiraliq | Inuujarvik | Kuklok | North West Passage | Ovayok

Largest and smallest census divisions of Canada by area

Province / Territory	Largest	km²	Smallest	km²
Alberta	Division No. 17	192,055.15	Division No. 8	9,908.36
British Columbia	Stikine Region	132,496.21	Nanaimo	2,034.94
Manitoba	Division No. 23	242,016.21	Division No. 11	572.12
New Brunswick	North'land County	12,112.44	St. John County	1,462.43
N'land and Labrador	Division No. 10	269,073.30	Division No. 2	6,099.04
Northwest Territories	Fort Smith Region	618,360.38	Inuvik Region	522,747.99
Nova Scotia	Halifax County	5,495.54	Richmond County	1,244.28
Nunavut	Qikiqtaaluk Region	1,023,570.49	Kivalliq Region	444,680.40
Ontario	Kenora District	407,167.33	Toronto Division	629.91
Prince Edward Island	Queens County	2,020.17	Kings County	1,684.35
Quebec	Nord-du-Québec	747,719.86	Laval	247.07
Saskatchewan	Division No. 18	268,498.80	Division No. 10	12,223.73
Largest and smallest divisions overall appear in italics. Yukon (474,706.97 km²) is treated as a single census division.

Largest and smallest census divisions of Canada by population (2001)

Province / Territory	Largest		Smallest
Alberta	Div. No. 6 (Calgary)	1,021,060	Division No. 4	11,300
British Columbia	Greater Vancouver	1,986,965	Stikine Region	1,316
Manitoba	Division No. 11	621,451	Division No. 23	8,989
New Brunswick	Westmorland County	124,688	Queens County	11,862
N'land and Labrador	Division No. 1	242,875	Division No. 3	19,370
Northwest Territories	Fort Smith Region	28,824	Inuvik Region	8,536
Nova Scotia	Halifax County	359,183	Victoria County	7,962
Nunavut	Qikiqtaaluk Region	14,372	Kitikmeot Region	4,816
Ontario	Toronto Division	2,481,494	Manitoulin District	12,679
Prince Edward Island	Queens County	71,619	Kings County	19,180
Quebec	Montreal	1,812,723	L'Île-d'Orléans	6,779
Saskatchewan	Division No. 11	237,629	Division No. 4	11,714
Most and least populous divisions appear in italics. Yukon (2001 population: 28,674) is treated as a single census division.