Status verified as of 22 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current position
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.[1]
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: 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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