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Iqaluit, NU

· Population 8,590 · Baffin Island · Eastern Time

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Population 8,590 · Baffin Island · Eastern Time

Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut, Canada's newest and largest territory, with a population of approximately 8,500. Situated on the southeastern coast of Baffin Island on Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit is one of the most remote capital cities in the world — accessible only by air...

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📊 City Stats

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Population (2021)7,429
Area51.58 km²
Density144.0/km²
Time zoneEST (−05:00) / EDT (−04:00)
Postal codeX0A 0A1, X0A 0H0, X0A 1H0, X0A 2H0, X0A 3H0
Area code867

📰 Iqaluit News

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📅 Iqaluit Events

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🎵 Iqaluit Live Music

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🦋 Bluesky

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🦋 Thea van Diepen 🌳📚 @theavandiepen.bsky.social
Iqaluit actually has a population of about 9,000 and is the largest community in Nunavut (which has a population of about 40,000). It’s a city because it incorporated as a city in 2001 It has multipl…
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🦋 Thea van Diepen 🌳📚 @theavandiepen.bsky.social
Canadian here, and Edmonton is not actually the northernmost city in Canada. That honour belongs to Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, which is 313km south of the Arctic Circle. That’s about 60km closer…
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🦋 Carson TV World @carsontvworld.bsky.social
Netflix has released the Season 2 trailer for North of North, returning November 5. The eight-episode Arctic comedy was filmed in Iqaluit and remains Netflix’s first original series commissioned from…
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🦋 ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social
It's pub day for Farhang: Book Two by Patrick Woodcock! Every poem in this volume was conceived and written over two years in Iqaluit, Nunavut, along the Apex Trail, among the rocks and rivers of Sylv…
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🦋 Aaron is travelling a bit. @teirersias.bsky.social
Chilly but beautiful afternoon on the Road to Nowhere. There are about 100 geese in this photograph.
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🦋 Flipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy
“From the outside world, we’ve been told who we are, constantly, and we’re sitting here, drowning, trying to be, ‘Please hear us!’” filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk recently told @THR. Innuksuk, born in Iqalui…
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🦋 EH! @eh-now.bsky.social
Canadian TV can stand on its own. So says Anna Lambe, star of North of North. 🇨🇦 The Inuit-led comedy, filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, became a global hit by telling a joyful Northern story on its own…
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🦋 EH! @eh-now.bsky.social
Inuit joy, made in Nunavut and watched around the world. 🎉 North of North, shot in Iqaluit by Inuit creators who live there, had the whole room in tears at its Season 2 finale table read. Messy, fun…
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🦋 Eye on the Arctic - Regard sur l'Arctique @eyeonthearctic.bsky.social
Les ministères de la #Santé et de l’#Environnement du #Nunavut indiquent avoir détecté la présence du virus de la grippe aviaire parmi quatre espèces d’oiseaux dans la baie Frobisher, dont fait partie…
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🦋 Mind's Eye Tom @tomr-bsky.bsky.social
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Iqaluit #Nunavut #BaffinIsland #husky #steak www.youtube.com/channel/UCnf...
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🦋 Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social
An Inuit qayaq, covered with sealskin, at the Arctic College in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Trying to find more information it, but it is likely a local type (South Baffin Island) built ca. 1940s-1970 or so-- p…
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🦋 Yukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social
The first cases of #AvianFlu in #Nunavut since December 2024, have been detected in 4 species of birds harvested near Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, this September - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🦋 Longwoods Healthcare Careers @healthcarecareers.bsky.social
Territorial Director, Pharmacy Department of Health - Government of Nunavut Iqaluit, NU jobs.longwoods.com/job/73172/te...
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🦋 Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social
Inuit discussing the qayaq-- one built and one under construction. With the turn in the weather, more construction will happen. Thankful I was able to get out on the land and sea while I could. Iqalu…
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🦋 Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social
Returning from the Hunt, Beneath the Harvest Moon. Iqaluit, Nunavut.
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🦋 Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social
.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be on CBC airwaves tomorrow. Listen to: Qulliq: Iqaluit (Nunavut); Weekend AM (Newfoundland); Weekender (Yukon/NWT); North by Northwest (BC); All in a Weekend (…
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🦋 Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social
"The worst part was the loneliness," Amagoalik recalled...as he sat in a wheelchair at his temporary home in Iqaluit with his wife, Evie, on Sept. 7. "The strange surroundings. That was the worst par…
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🦋 Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social
📽️ NIRILAURTA screening in Iqaluit had to send 40 people home due to a full house! nunavutnews.com/2026/09/21/w...
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🦋 OWC Ocean Week Canada | Semaine de l'océan @oceanweek.ca
Coast to coast to coast, water connects us all.  🎥 Destination Canada 📍Iqaluit, NU  D’une côte à l’autre à l’autre, l’eau nous relie tous et toutes. 🌊  #OceanWeekCanada #NU #Nunavut #OWC #Health…
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🦋 Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social
HMCS Fredericton at Iqaluit, Nunavut over the Labour Day weekend Sep 05, 2007. Photo: Rick Kelly, Wikimedia Commons #RCN
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💬 r/iqaluit

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Drove around town during sunset last weekHappy Cakeday, r/Iqaluit! Today you're 10Survey: ADHD, Cannabis, and Academic Success (Canadian college/university students, 19+) - YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ADHD/USE CANNABISLife in IqaluitLooking for a place to rent in Iqaluit.Participate in a Study on Mental Health During COVID-19Happy Cakeday, r/Iqaluit! Today you're 9TranslationMoving into IqaluitIs camping in Iqaluit safe, enjoyable, and worth it (for only one night)?🔴 LIVE: Annular Solar Eclipse (June 10, 2021) | Ring of Fire LivestreamMathew AlaingaMajor Winter Storm to Hit Iqaluit Nunavut on Monday January 18, 2021Massive Storm to Hit Iqaluit Nunavut on Saturday December 19, 2020The University of British Columbia's Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Lab: Study of Emotional Responsiveness (Moderator Approved)Iqaluit mayor trying to deliver after "talking smack" a year agoIqaluit RCMP provides details for body-worn camera pilot project | Nunatsiaq NewsNunavut's first transitional housing project opens in IqaluitNunavut's first transitional housing project opens in IqaluitRCMP to begin using body-worn cameras in Iqaluit next month | Nunatsiaq News

🎥 Iqaluit Videos

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IQALUIT SEALIFT • 4K Drone Visualizer & Ambient Music
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IQALUIT SEALIFT • 4K Drone Visualizer & Ambient Music
Arctic Ambient ·
🛶 Kayaking Through The Remote Arctic Wilderness
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🛶 Kayaking Through The Remote Arctic Wilderness
Marijuana Marianne ·
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Jessica Kakkee ·
Arctic Estuary 4K Drone | Sylvia Grinnell River
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Arctic Estuary 4K Drone | Sylvia Grinnell River
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Cargo Jet Boeing 767-300 Twin-Jet flying out Iqaluit #yfb #boeing #767 #planes #aviationlovers
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Cargo Jet Boeing 767-300 Twin-Jet flying out Iqaluit #yfb #boeing #767 #planes #aviationlovers
Jpoy's Northern Adventure ·
A Nova Capital Canadense ao Lado do Polo Norte
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A Nova Capital Canadense ao Lado do Polo Norte
Novas Fronteiras ·
ARCTIC INDUSTRIAL SUNSET • 4K Landscape & Ambient Music
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ARCTIC INDUSTRIAL SUNSET • 4K Landscape & Ambient Music
Arctic Ambient ·
Visual Left Base and Landing - Iqaluit
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Visual Left Base and Landing - Iqaluit
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# इकलौती बेटी
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NORTH OF NORTH S2 Finale is out today and I was in it!! Check it out on CBC GEM app. #cbc #iqaluit
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NORTH OF NORTH S2 Finale is out today and I was in it!! Check it out on CBC GEM app. #cbc #iqaluit
Uzi Demegillo ·
Iqaluit under the moon 🌕
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Iqaluit under the moon 🌕
JL - Life beyond the Ordinary ·
September in Iqaluit
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September in Iqaluit
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I do kids parties too. 😂 HBD Marvie! #hbd #iqaluit #20ys
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I do kids parties too. 😂 HBD Marvie! #hbd #iqaluit #20ys
Uzi Demegillo ·
View of Iqaluit #whatsupiniqaluit
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View of Iqaluit #whatsupiniqaluit
Danny Noodle ·
Three weeks ago #whatsupiniqaluit
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Three weeks ago #whatsupiniqaluit
Danny Noodle ·
SYLVIA GRINNELL ESTUARY • Ambient Music Visualizer | 1 Hour Loop
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SYLVIA GRINNELL ESTUARY • Ambient Music Visualizer | 1 Hour Loop
Arctic Ambient ·
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3BUS ·
Morning Walk on the Apex Trail | Iqaluit, Nunavut | August 11, 2026
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Morning Walk on the Apex Trail | Iqaluit, Nunavut | August 11, 2026
Beautiful Canada Channel ·
SYLVIA GRINNELL SUNSET - Ambient Visualizer | 1 Hr 4K Loop
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SYLVIA GRINNELL SUNSET - Ambient Visualizer | 1 Hr 4K Loop
Arctic Ambient ·
Embarkation. Back to work!
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Embarkation. Back to work!
Loyd Tuvilla ·

🎧 Iqaluit Podcasts

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APTN News Brief
Cold Lake First Nation files judicial review against Carney gov't over Pacific Link pipeline ·
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Nation to Nation
Conservative MP Morin urges Albertans to vote for Canada in upcoming referendum ·
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The Conversation Piece
Riley Yesno: Community, Not Nationalism, Keeps Us Safe ·
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APTN News Brief
West coast First Nations bring fish farm fight to Ottawa ·
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Unreserved
Investing in strong Northern communities through Indigenous-led development ·
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Unreserved
“Treaty defense mode” for the Alberta referendum ·
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The Conversation Piece
Alica Hall: What Do We Give Up to Belong? ·

📷 Iqaluit Photos

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Operation NANOOK 13
OP NANOOK 13
Netflix has released the Season 2 trailer for North of North, returning November
Operation NANOOK 13
Operation NANOOK 13
It's pub day for Farhang: Book Two by Patrick Woodcock! Every poem in this volum
Operation NANOOK 13
OP NANOOK 13
Chilly but beautiful afternoon on the Road to Nowhere. There are about 100 geese
OP NANOOK 13
OP NANOOK 13
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Iqaluit #Nunavut #BaffinIsland #husky #steak ww
OP NANOOK 13
OP NANOOK 13
An Inuit qayaq, covered with sealskin, at the Arctic College in Iqaluit, Nunavut
OP NANOOK 13
OP NANOOK 13
Inuit discussing the qayaq-- one built and one under construction. With the turn
Operation NANOOK 13
Operation NANOOK 13

💡 Did You Know?

Trivia
“Iqaluit is the only Canadian capital with no road or rail connections — reachable only by air or sea.”
Source: Wikipedia