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Nunavut Day in Canada

Nunavut Day in Canada is held on July 9. This event in the first decade of the month July is annual. Help us Help us 
9 July - Nunavut Day in Canada
Nunavet Day — the day the Parliament of Canada passed the Nunavet Act. Along with the Nunavet Land Claims Agreement, it officially declared Nunavet as a distinct region that is legally separate from the Northwest Territories.
The act was originally passed on April 1, 1999 but we celebrate Nunavet Day 8 days later—the day of the passage of the Nunavet Land Claims Agreement, which is more historically significant.
Nunavut is Canada's largest province/territory with a total area of 2,093,190 sq. The territory is well known for its indigenous Inuit people's artwork, carvings and handmade clothing. Iqaluit, the capital of the territory, is the largest settlement at just under 8,000 residents. On April 1, 1999 the map of Canada was re-drawn: the Northwest Territories divided into two territories to allow for the creation of Nunavut, a homeland for Canada's Inuit.
Even more, Nunavut contains some of the oldest rocks in the world. CBC reported in this article that a volcanic rock had been found in Nunavut that is 4.5 billion years old.
Nunavut Day, celebrated every year on July 9, commemorates Nunavut as a distinct territory in Canada. Once a part of the Northwest Territories that was created in 1870, this homeland of Canada's Inuit makes up a fifth of the country's landmass.

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