Nunavut is the largest and newest of the three territories of Canada, located in the country’s Northern region.

Nunavut was officially separated from the NorthWest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993.

The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada’s map since the incorporation of the new province of Newfoundland (including Labrador) in 1949.

Located on Baffin Island, Nunavut’s largest city, Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay") was chosen as territorial capital by the 1995 capital plebiscite.

Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the North, as well as the Eastern and Southern portions of Victoria Island in the West.

Nunavut is both the least populated and the largest of the provinces and territories of Canada. Its current population of less than 30,000 is spread over an area the size of Western Europe. If Nunavut were a sovereign nation, it would be the least densely populated in the world: Nearby Greenland, for example, has almost the same area and twice the population.

Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit. Its inhabitants are called Nunavummiut, singular Nunavummiuq. Along with Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, and French are also official languages.