Careers, Jobs and Education Resources for: Nunavut Canada
Fast Facts: Nunavut is the largest and most recently established territory in Canada, incorporating a vast portion of the northern region of the country. The town of Alert is the northernmost permanently inhabited location in the world.
Nunavut Careers: The Nunavut territory is one of the least developed and most sparsely populated regions of Canada. A 2006 Canada Census of Population estimated the population of Nunavut at 29,325. Nunavut is one of two Canadian locales that have no regional sales tax, the other being Alberta.
Nunavut Economy: Created as a concession to the indigenous Inuit population, the Nunavut territory includes little land that is either developed or arable. The economy of the territory is thus forced to rely almost entirely upon mineral resources, specifically including diamonds, oil and natural gas.
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