Nunavut Cities

Nunavut has 25 communities, one city, Iqaluit, and 24 hamlets, spread across three regions and reachable only by air or sea. They operate under the Cities, Towns and Villages Act and the Hamlets Act, and the territorial Department of Community and Government Services provides much of the administrative support that a provincial municipality would handle itself. Iqaluit publishes council agendas, minutes, bylaws and permits online, and the hamlets publish council minutes and notices, often on a shared platform or through the Nunavut Association of Municipalities.

Most land in Nunavut communities is Commissioner's land or Inuit owned land under the Nunavut Agreement, so property records work differently from the provinces: municipal lots are leased rather than owned in fee simple, and the leases are registered with the territory.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

Council meetings are open by law and Iqaluit posts agendas, minutes, bylaws and video. The hamlets keep minutes at the hamlet office and post what they can. Building permits and land lease applications are handled by the community with the territory's Community and Government Services department, and the department publishes the community directory, the financial statements each community files and the community infrastructure plans. The Nunavut Association of Municipalities lists every community with its contacts.

• City of IqaluitCouncil records, bylaws, permits and land administration for the capital
• Hamlet of Rankin InletThe Kivalliq regional centre
• Hamlet of Cambridge BayThe Kitikmeot regional centre
• Department of Community and Government ServicesTerritorial support for the communities and the community directory
• Nunavut Public Records and CourtsTerritorial courts, vital records, land and business records

A record not on the website is requested from the hamlet or city office, and a formal request goes under the territorial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, with a review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Nunavut if refused. Land lease records are held by the territory's lands administration, and Inuit owned land is administered by the regional Inuit associations rather than the municipality.

• Information and Privacy Commissioner of NunavutReviews when a community government refuses an access request
• Canadian Public Records DirectoryEvery province and territory and the national topic pages

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