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Nunavut has an AM radio station in Iqaluit and 3 FM stations (Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, and Alert). There are no television stations in Nunavut, but the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) North transmits to Iqaluit and other communities. The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) develops programming in Inuktitut. Iqaluit is Canada's northern-most community with cellular telephone service.
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Nunavut's head of state is a Commissioner appointed by the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. As in the other territories, the commissioner's role is symbolic and is analogous to that of a Lieutenant Governor. While the Commissioner is not formally a representative of the Queen of Canada, a role roughly analogous to representing The Crown has accrued to the position.
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In 2001, Nunavut had 7,175 households. The average household size was 3.7 persons, the highest number in Canada. Due to permafrost and a short construction season, the cost of building a house is more expensive in Nunavut than elsewhere in Canada. In 2001, 4,215 households lived in single-detached houses, 140 households lived in apartments in buildings with five or more stories, 5 households lived in mobile homes, and 2,810 households lived in other dwellings, including row houses and apartments in buildings with fewer than five stories.
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In 1999, Canadians changed their maps when Nunavut became a territory of its own. It's a homeland for Canada's Inuit (... known as Eskimos in the United States). Comprising 1.9 million square kilometres, it is home to just 30,000 people, making it one of the most sparsely populated places on the continent.
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It was on April 1, 1999 that Nunavut was declared a territory. Located in Canada’s far north, Nunavut is nearly 2 million square kilometres in size making it the largest of Canada’s territories and provinces.
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Nunavut has ended the stalemate that has existed since the new definition of marriage came into effect. Although the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is still waiting for Canada to pass a federal marriage law before it begins allowing same-sex marriages to be performed in its territory, residents who go elsewhere for a same-sex marriage will have all the rights and obligations of a married couple when they return to Nunavut's jurisdiction.
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