Nunavut (electoral district)
| Nunavut electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Nunavut riding in relation to Canada | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1976 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 36,858 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 18,665 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,836,993.78 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.02 | ||
| Census division(s) | Kitikmeot Region, Kivalliq Region, Baffin Region | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | List of communities in Nunavut including unorganised regions | ||
Nunavut is a federal electoral district covering the entire territory of Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Before 1997, it was known as Nunatsiaq and was one of two electoral districts in the Northwest Territories.
The riding is the largest federal electoral district by land area in Canada, and, since the abolition of the Division of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, it is the second largest electoral district in the world after Yakutsk in Russia. It is also the world's northernmost single-member constituency, since Greenland elects two members to the Danish Folketing and uses proportional representation for its own Inatsisartut.