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The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

Inuit communities

Northwest Territories

All Inuit communities in the Northwest Territories are part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

• Aklavik
• Inuvik
• Paulatuk
• Sachs Harbour
• Tuktoyaktuk
• Ulukhaktok

Nunavut

• Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ)
• Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ)
• Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ)
• Bathurst Inlet (Kingoak)
• Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq)
• Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ)
• Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ)
• Coral Harbour (Salliit, ᓴᓪᓖᑦ)
• Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ)
• Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
• Igloolik (Iglulik, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ)
• Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ)
• Kimmirut (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ)
• Kinngait (ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)
• Kugaaruk (Kuugaarjuk, ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or Kuugaarruk, ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ )
• Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq)
• Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq, ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ)
• Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ)
• Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
• Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ)
• Naujaat (ᓇᐅᔮᑦ)
• Resolute (Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
• Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
• Sanirajak (ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ)
• Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
• Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq)
• Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq, ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)

First Nations

See also

• List of indigenous peoples

Further reading

• Crowe, Keith J (1991). A history of the original peoples of northern Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN  0773508805.