Nunavut Public Records & Courts

Nunavut is unique in Canada: the Nunavut Court of Justice is the country's only single-level trial court, combining superior and territorial court powers, sitting in Iqaluit and on circuit across the territory. Decisions are free on CanLII's Nunavut collection.

Vital statistics are administered by the territorial Department of Health registry office (Rankin Inlet); certificates go to the person named and close family.

The Land Titles Office and Legal Registries operate under Nunavut's Department of Justice, and both are linked below.

Criminal records are not public anywhere in Canada. Checks go through police services with the subject’s consent. For unpublished government records, Nunavut’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) Act gives anyone the right to file an access request with a territorial public body, the territorial counterpart of the federal ATIP process described in our Canada Public Records guide.

What makes Nunavut's court system different?

It has Canada's only single-level trial court, the Nunavut Court of Justice, which handles matters that elsewhere split between territorial and superior courts.

Are Nunavut decisions online?

Yes, free on CanLII's Nunavut collection.

Who issues Nunavut birth certificates?

The territorial vital statistics office under the Department of Health, restricted to the person named and close family.

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