Nunavut redesigned Canada's map when it officially became a territory on April 1, 1999. Covering 2 million square kilometres and a fifth of the country, the creation of Nunavut ultimately gave the ...

The Nunavut territory's new flag, alongside the Canadian Maple Leaf. ... 1999, thus redrawing the map of Canada with now three territories: Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. ...

As Nunavut celebrates the 20th anniversary of becoming Canada’s northernmost territory, Premier Joe Savikataaq says he wants people in the rest of the country and outside its borders to remember ...

Less than half of Nunavut is adequately covered by geological maps, posing challenges for the territory's mining industry, geologists and industry insiders say. Geological maps point out where ...

Nunavut is the youngest province/territory in Canada, but it is also the country's largest, encompassing 2,093,190 sq. km or nearly a million square miles. It also has the longest coastline in Canada.

Nunavut is only accessible by air, and during summer, by boat.” Nunavut – which means “Our land” in Inuktitut, one of the Inuit languages, has been home to an indigenous population for more than 4,000 ...

Canada's new Nunavut Territory has opened a large part of its lands to oil and gas exploration and development. The Northern Oil and Gas Directorate, Hull, Que., said nominations ...