page_title: List of municipalities in Nunavut
hierarchical_section_title: List of municipalities in Nunavut
caption_attribution_description: English: Municipalities of Nunavut as of 2013
context_page_description: Nunavut is the second-least populous of Canada's three territories with 35,944 residents as of 2016, but the largest territory in land area at 1,877,779 km². Nunavut's 25 municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass but are home to 99.83% of its population.
  Municipalities are created by the Government of Nunavut in accordance with the 2003 Cities, Towns and Villages Act and the 2003 Hamlets Act, which are statutes of the neighbouring Northwest Territories. According to the CTVA, a municipality is an "area within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, as described in the order establishing or continuing the municipal corporation" where a municipal corporation is either a city, town or village. According to the Hamlets Act, a municipality is similarly an "area within the boundaries of a hamlet, as described in the order establishing or continuing the hamlet". All of Nunavut's 25 municipalities are hamlets except for the City of Iqaluit, which is the territory's capital.
  The largest municipality by population in Nunavut is Iqaluit with 7,740 residents, home to 21.5% of the territory's population.
context_section_description: Nunavut is the second-least populous of Canada's three territories with 35,944 residents as of 2016, but the largest territory in land area at 1,877,779 km² (725,015 sq mi). Nunavut's 25 municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass but are home to 99.83% of its population.
  Municipalities are created by the Government of Nunavut in accordance with the 2003 Cities, Towns and Villages Act (CTVA) and the 2003 Hamlets Act, which are statutes of the neighbouring Northwest Territories. According to the CTVA, a municipality is an "area within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, as described in the order establishing or continuing the municipal corporation" where a municipal corporation is either a city, town or village. According to the Hamlets Act, a municipality is similarly an "area within the boundaries of a hamlet, as described in the order establishing or continuing the hamlet". All of Nunavut's 25 municipalities are hamlets except for the City of Iqaluit, which is the territory's capital.
  The largest municipality by population in Nunavut is Iqaluit with 7,740 residents, home to 21.5% of the territory's population. The smallest municipality by population is Grise Fiord with 129 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Kugluktuk, which spans 549.65 km² (212.22 sq mi), while the smallest is Kimmirut at 2.27 km² (0.88 sq mi).
caption: Distribution of Nunavut's 25 municipalities by type
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