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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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Core, San Diego · Fri, Apr 10 at 6:00 PM
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🎵 Spring Vibes Expo w/ Live Music!
Grapevine · Sat, Apr 18 at 10:00 AM
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🎵 PIMPBIZKIT (Limp Bizkit Tribute) + NU METAL JACKET (Nu Metal Covers)
Walnut Creek West, Walnut Creek · Fri, Apr 24 at 6:00 PM
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🎵 Live Music in Old Town Gilbert Arizona featuring Cygnill at O.H.S.O. Gilbert
Breckenridge Manor, Gilbert · Sun, May 31 at 9:00 AM
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🎵 LIVE MUSIC EVENT SAINTZ & BEN HAYDN Inglewhite Church
Iqaluit, NU · Fri, Jun 26 at 6:30 PM
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🦋 Bluesky

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🦋 ScarletCoral @scarletcoral.ca
Wow a bus service in Iqaluit (Nunavut), the northernmost city in Canada! 🚌 Population: 7,429 (2021 census) via @cbcnews.ca : "There's a new bus service in #Iqaluit. It’s the first time the city has…
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🦋 Bill Wilkinson @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social
On Wednesday's TGT discuss the creation of the territory of Nunavut in Canada - a landmark for indigenous peoples. Lots to discuss; go serious and discuss land rights or self-governance, or keep it li…
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🦋 Colleen Chanel (Colleen Toscano) @colleenchanel.bsky.social
Government of Canada completes construction for New Small Craft Harbour in Clyde River, Nunavut March 27, 2026 Iqaluit, Nunavut - Small craft harbours are critically important to coastal communities a…
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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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🦋 Hank Tough 🇨🇦 @jetaitkens.bsky.social
Iqaluit last night
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🦋 APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social
Canada’s Housing Minister Gregor Robertson visited Iqaluit this week to celebrate an agreement made earlier this year to build 750 homes across Nunavut and the near-completion of 46 homes in Iqaluit.
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🦋 Someone Saw Something @someonesawsmthg.bsky.social
Please Help Locate Benjamin Palluq Benjamin has been missing since March 15, 2014 #missingperson #Unforgotten #unsolved #coldcase #sharethispost #truecrime #missing #truecrimecommunity #repost #unso…
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🦋 Brian McKinley #VA3BJM 11x💉😷 ELBOWS UP! #oneofthetwo @brianmckinley754.bsky.social
The Orange Felon is threatening our sovereignty: Canada will have None Of It! That's "Nunavut" in Canuck! Gray's Bay, Resolute Bay,& Iqaluit will be key to Northern sovereignty, resupply, rescue...an…
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🦋 Colleen Chanel (Colleen Toscano) @colleenchanel.bsky.social
The Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Project (INP) is currently moving through a high-stakes approval phase as it seeks to become Nunavut's first 100% Inuit-owned hydroelectric plant. Developed by the Nunavut Nu…
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🦋 Aaron-dipperty @teirersias.bsky.social
you can tell I'm from southern ontario living many years in nunavut now because half my fb feed is wiarton willie and the other half is the blizzard in iqaluit
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🦋 A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social
Riit is from Pangnirtung, not Iqaluit, but this is the first song I think of when I think of music from Nunavut. YES to more music like this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvop...
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🦋 keri @keristars.bsky.social
my dad said he probably won't plan to visit the NWT or Nunavut because of distance, but I told him about Iqaluit and showed him a photo of the town, and I feel like I can see the wheels turning as he…
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🦋 Aaron-dipperty @teirersias.bsky.social
The showrunners are both from Nunavut and live in Iqaluit. Their production company is called Red Marrow Media. It's so nice to have the buzz and excitement of the production, cast and crew back in ou…
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🦋 Canavu @canavulive.bsky.social
Iqaluit: Current -29°C. Sunny today with a high of -26°C. Wind chill -43 this morning. Frostbite in minutes—stay safe! 🧊 Full forecast: canavu.com/cavanu-starl... #Iqaluit #Nunavut
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🦋 Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
Iqaluit, Nunavut: The name comes from the Inuit, who named the area Iqaluit (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) meaning 'place of many fish'. From 1942 to 1987, it was known as Frobisher Bay, named for Sir Martin Frobisher who…
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🦋 Journal of Community Systems for Health @jcomsh.bsky.social
New article by Young et al. "Adapting an Indigenous child health measure for Inuit children in Iqaluit, Nunavut". journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jc....
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🦋 Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social
...and here's this story on the page in the Nunatsiaq News. The top pic is from an related event elsewhere, but it made me wonder if chef Ady Yacob would be completing the circle by taking the flavour…
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🦋 Aaron-dipperty @teirersias.bsky.social
Yeah, all over the Nunavut territory. Iqaluit literally means fishes in Inuktitut. We call a char an iqaluk. They are salmonids like trout and salmon. A superlative fish and best caught in the wild as…
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🦋 Polar Data Catalogue @polardata.bsky.social
Updated Metadata available @ www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PD... : 'Snow depth and water equivalence 2014-2017, Apex River watershed, Iqaluit, Nunavut'
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🦋 Secular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social
9. Extensive ties to Brookfield): Ksi Lisims LNG (British Columbia) North Coast Transmission Line (British Columbia) Canada Nickel's Crawford Project (Ontario) Nouveau Monde Graphite's Matawinie Mine…
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💬 r/iqaluit

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TIL Iqaluit has an official PDGA disc golf course.Moving into IqaluitHappy Cakeday, r/Iqaluit! Today you're 8I Want to learn Inuktitut!Happy Cakeday, r/Iqaluit! Today you're 10Participate in a Study on Mental Health During COVID-19Is camping in Iqaluit safe, enjoyable, and worth it (for only one night)?Life in IqaluitSurvey: ADHD, Cannabis, and Academic Success (Canadian college/university students, 19+) - YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ADHD/USE CANNABISIqaluit city councillors look to create new rules for cabins on municipal landHappy thanks givingMajor Winter Storm to Hit Iqaluit Nunavut on Monday January 18, 2021Massive Storm to Hit Iqaluit Nunavut on Saturday December 19, 2020Nunavut's first transitional housing project opens in IqaluitNunavut's first transitional housing project opens in IqaluitIqaluit RCMP provides details for body-worn camera pilot project | Nunatsiaq NewsHappy Cakeday, r/Iqaluit! Today you're 9The University of British Columbia's Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Lab: Study of Emotional Responsiveness (Moderator Approved)Mathew AlaingaIqaluit mayor trying to deliver after "talking smack" a year ago

🎥 Iqaluit Videos

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Squabble Up but the beat is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.
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Squabble Up but the beat is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.
ayayagreyeye · 1d ago
March 31, 2026
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March 31, 2026
Catnap · 2d ago
" Nothing hurts more than giving up...so I didn't."#motivation #dothingsyoudontwanttodo #quotes
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" Nothing hurts more than giving up...so I didn't."#motivation #dothingsyoudontwanttodo #quotes
WJ hub · 4d ago
I Had to DIG OUT My Internet?!
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I Had to DIG OUT My Internet?!
COOP · 4d ago
"What broke me also built me." #motivation #changeyourmindsetchangeyourlife
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"What broke me also built me." #motivation #changeyourmindsetchangeyourlife
WJ hub · 4d ago
Iqaluit Anthem
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Iqaluit Anthem
Muhammad Arslan · 4d ago
" They laughed at my struggle...now they study my success. Stay consistent."#motivation #mindset
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" They laughed at my struggle...now they study my success. Stay consistent."#motivation #mindset
WJ hub · 5d ago
" Stay strong, Stay focused, and keep going." #motivation
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" Stay strong, Stay focused, and keep going." #motivation
WJ hub · 6d ago
Iqaluit Transit is Now in Service! (Official Commercial)
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Iqaluit Transit is Now in Service! (Official Commercial)
Iqaluit Transit · 8d ago
Blizzard in Iqaluit March 10, 2026 #blizzard #iqaluit #nunavut #arctic
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Blizzard in Iqaluit March 10, 2026 #blizzard #iqaluit #nunavut #arctic
Jpoy's Northern Adventure · 23d ago

🎧 Iqaluit Podcasts

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📷 Iqaluit Photos

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On Wednesday's TGT discuss the creation of the territory of Nunavut in Canada -
Operation NANOOK 13
Operation NANOOK 13
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Iqaluit #Nunavut #BaffinIsland #husky #steak ww
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Iqaluit last night
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Iqaluit, Nunavut: The name comes from the Inuit, who named the area Iqaluit (ᐃᖃ
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OP NANOOK 13
...and here's this story on the page in the Nunatsiaq News. The top pic is from
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OP NANOOK 13
Operation NANOOK 13
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Operation NANOOK 13

💡 Did You Know?

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“Pope Francis visited Iqaluit in 2022 to apologize to residential school survivors — the first pope to visit Nunavut.”
Source: CBC News