Government History Government Education Climate Transportation Scientific Research Arctic Publications Business Northern Food Accommodations Click here for the indispensable traveller's guide to Canada's Arctic. In 1999 the Inuit of the Nunavut area of Canada's Arctic will take on the responsibility of managing their own affairs, and those of the non-Inuit also living there. Through the the settlement of one of the largest land claim agreements in North America, and a non-violent separation of one jurisdiction from another, the Nunavut Territory will be born. On July 9, 1993 the Government of Canada and representatives for the Inuit of Nunavut signed the Nunavut Act in Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Northwest Territories. The Nunavut area covers almost 1/3 of Canada and is almost entirely above the treeline. Nunavut has a population of approximately 24,000 of whom 85% are Inuit (18,000). For more information on... the formation of Nunavut check out: the Nunavut Implementation Commission website the Nunavut Planning Commission Home Page the weekly news in Nunavut, check out Nunatsiaq News Find out about Nunavut ... Exciting Attractions Fun-filled Activities ... Search our services database To contact Nunavut Tourism