La capitale du Nunavut est Iqaluit (anciennement Frobisher Bay), sur l’île de Baffin à l’est. Iqaluit est la plus grande ville du territoire et abrite 6 200 habitants. Il existe 26 communautés officiellement reconnues.
| Liste des localités au Nunavut | |||
| Nom | Population | Superficie | Densité de |
| 2021 | (km²) | population | |
| Arctic Bay | 994 | 245.16 | 4.1/km2 |
| Arviat | 2,864 | 126.14 | 22.7/km2 |
| Baker Lake | 2,061 | 179.54 | 11.5/km2 |
| Cambridge Bay | 1,760 | 195.78 | 9.0/km2 |
| Chesterfield Inlet | 397 | 139.49 | 2.8/km2 |
| Clyde River | 1,181 | 103.38 | 11.4/km2 |
| Coral Harbour | 1,035 | 126.39 | 8.2/km2 |
| Gjoa Haven | 1,349 | 28.55 | 47.3/km2 |
| Grise Fiord | 144 | 332.9 | 0.4/km2 |
| Igloolik | 2,049 | 104.86 | 19.5/km2 |
| Iqaluit | 7,429 | 51.58 | 144.0/km2 |
| Kimmirut | 426 | 2.3 | 185.2/km2 |
| Kinngait | 1,396 | 9.89 | 141.2/km2 |
| Kugaaruk | 1,033 | 5.06 | 204.2/km2 |
| Kugluktuk | 1,382 | 538.99 | 2.6/km2 |
| Naujaat | 1,225 | 406.19 | 3.0/km2 |
| Pangnirtung | 1,504 | 7.98 | 188.5/km2 |
| Pond Inlet | 1,555 | 170.83 | 9.1/km2 |
| Qikiqtarjuaq | 593 | 130.8 | 4.5/km2 |
| Rankin Inlet | 2,975 | 20.03 | 148.5/km2 |
| Resolute | 183 | 115.02 | 1.6/km2 |
| Sanikiluaq | 1,010 | 109.68 | 9.2/km2 |
| Sanirajak | 891 | 16.36 | 54.5/km2 |
| Taloyoak | 934 | 35.38 | 26.4/km2 |
| Whale Cove | 470 | 273.89 | 1.7/km2 |
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