What is the capital of Nunavut?

The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit.

Iqaluit is the capital and largest community of Nunavut, Canada’s territory in the eastern Arctic. It lies on Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay. The community was known officially as Frobisher Bay for decades, but its traditional Inuktitut name was restored in 1987.

Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999, when it was separated from the Northwest Territories. In a 1995 plebiscite, Nunavut residents chose Iqaluit over Rankin Inlet as the new territory’s capital. Iqaluit became an incorporated city on April 19, 2001.

Rankin Inlet is therefore a notable rival answer, but it is not the capital. Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon, and Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories. Iqaluit is unusually remote: it has no highway or railway connection to the rest of Canada and is generally reached by air or seasonal marine transport. The name Iqaluit is commonly translated as “place of many fish.”