· Legislation
Royal assent of the Nunavut Act, 1993
The legal foundation for Nunavut's creation as a Canadian territory was enacted.
Significance here: The legislative foundation for the creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Nunavut and Inuit self-government
Per the catalogue's own instruction, this bundle presents Nunavut's creation as a territorial self-government and land-claims settlement within Canada, not as a secession or independence claim. It documents the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Nunavut Act, the resulting 1 April 1999 creation of Nunavut as a Canadian territory with its own public government, and the land, resource-royalty, and financial compensation terms Inuit secured in the settlement.
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What is this case about?
After sixteen years of negotiations, Inuit voted on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in 1992; the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act both received royal assent on 10 June 1993, establishing the legal basis for a new Nunavut territory with its own legislative assembly and public government by 1999.[1] Nunavut was formally created on 1 April 1999 through the division of the Northwest Territories, establishing a new Canadian territory of approximately two million square kilometres with its own public government, intended as a homeland for Canada's Inuit.[2] In exchange for surrendering broader Aboriginal title claims, Inuit secured collective ownership of about 18% of Nunavut's land and water, mineral rights on about 35,000 square kilometres, a share of federal resource royalties, and more than $1.1 billion in compensation.[3]
At a glance
Current position
Status verified as of
Nunavut continues to operate as an established Canadian territory with its own public government, created through the 1993 land-claims settlement and formalized on 1 April 1999. This is a completed self-government and land-claims settlement within Canada, not an unresolved independence question.[2]
History
History of Nunavut and Inuit self-government
From the 1993 Nunavut Act to the 1999 creation of Nunavut.
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Key dates
Full timeline· Administrative change
Creation of Nunavut, 1999
Nunavut was formally established as a new Canadian territory through the division of the Northwest Territories.
Significance here: The formal establishment of Nunavut as a distinct Canadian territory with its own public government.
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: After sixteen years of negotiations, Inuit of what would become Nunavut voted on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in 1992; the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act both received royal assent in the Canadian Parliament on 10 June 1993, establishing the legal basis for a new Nunavut territory with its own legislative assembly and public government by 1999.
- Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (Wikipedia) link, 1992-1993 agreement and legislation section. Source record
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Claim: Nunavut was formally created on 1 April 1999 through the division of the Northwest Territories, establishing a new Canadian territory of approximately two million square kilometres with its own public (not ethnically exclusive) legislative assembly and government, intended as a homeland for Canada's Inuit.
- Nunavut's Unfulfilled Promise (Canada's History) link, 1 April 1999 creation section. Source record
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Claim: In exchange for surrendering broader Aboriginal title claims, Inuit secured collective ownership of about 18% of the land and water in Nunavut (roughly 360,000 square kilometres), mineral rights on about 35,000 square kilometres, a share of federal resource royalties, and more than $1.1 billion (Canadian) in compensation under the settlement.
- Nunavut's Unfulfilled Promise (Canada's History) link, Compensation terms section. Source record