Citizenship Test Prep for Nunavut

Nunavut is Canada's newest and largest territory, created in 1999 by dividing the Northwest Territories, following decades of negotiation over Inuit land claims that culminated in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Iqaluit, on Baffin Island, is the territorial capital. The vast majority of Nunavut's population is Inuit, and Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are official territorial languages alongside English and French. Like the Northwest Territories, Nunavut's legislature operates by consensus government rather than a traditional party system. The premier is John Main.

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Capital

Iqaluit

Joined Confederation

1999

Premier

John Main

Region

Northern Territories

What Discover Canada says about Nunavut

Discover Canada groups Nunavut with the Northwest Territories and Yukon as the Northern Territories, a region of long cold winters, short cool summers and tundra, where the sun can shine for up to 24 hours in midsummer and disappears for about three months in winter. The guide explains that Nunavut means our land in Inuktitut and that the territory was established in 1999 from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories, including the former District of Keewatin. The capital, Iqaluit, was formerly called Frobisher Bay after the English explorer Martin Frobisher, who travelled into the uncharted Arctic in 1576. The guide says that Inuit make up most of the population and that Inuktitut is an official language and the first language in schools, but it gives an older percentage that should not be treated as current. It also mentions Inuit art, naming Kenojuak Ashevak as a pioneer of modern Inuit art, and the caribou as a symbol of the North. The Canadian Rangers are described as helping to keep the Arctic under Canadian watch.

Read the Canada’s Regions chapter

Language proof in Nunavut

IRCC lists no provincial language program for Nunavut, so the national options apply, the same as everywhere in Canada: a diploma, transcript or certificate from a secondary or post-secondary program taught in English or French, results from a language test that IRCC accepts, or LINC or CLIC training at Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 4 or higher in speaking and listening (certificate for training from November 1, 2012; for training from January 2008 to October 2012, you mark the box on the application). IRCC asks for CLB level 4 or higher in English or French for applicants aged 18 to 54.

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Sample Nunavut questions

Three questions from the app’s question bank for this province or territory.

In what year was Nunavut officially created as a separate Canadian territory?
- 1999
- 1905
- 1949
- 1982
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Answer: 1999
What does the word 'Nunavut' mean in Inuktitut?
- Our land
- New home
- Northern land
- Frozen sea
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Answer: Our land
What does the name of Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit, mean in Inuktitut?
- Meeting place of rivers
- Home of the ravens
- Land of the midnight sun
- Place of many fish
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Answer: Place of many fish

Frequently asked questions

Does the Canadian citizenship test differ in Nunavut?

Not in its format. The Canadian citizenship test is a single national test administered by IRCC, with the same format everywhere. All questions are based on Discover Canada, which also asks you to know your own province or territory, such as Nunavut's capital and premier. IRCC does not say how many questions are about your province or territory. What differs by province is also the practical process, since Nunavut is where you will have lived to meet the physical presence requirement.

What is Nunavut's capital?

Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut.

When did Nunavut join Confederation?

Nunavut joined Confederation in 1999.

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