Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment

TABLE 3: Capital expenditures for wastewater infrastructure from the Government of Nunavut 2008-2009 Capital Spending Budget for the Department of Community and Government Services (Adapted from GN 2007a)
Project Number	Detail of Capital	2008-2009 Capital Estimates ($000)	2009-2013 Capital Plan ($000)	Prior Years Cost ($000)
507075	Resolute Bay Sewage and Water Works	102	-	1,974
514057	Rankin Inlet Sewage Treatment Plant	1,050	4,600	4,350
507545	Kugaaruk Sewage Lagoon	500	70	2,430
507537	Kugluktuk Sewage Lagoon and Solid Waste	2,500	32	2,015

4 Region and Communities

4.1 CURRENT COMMUNITY POPULATIONS AND GROWTH

By 2017, the Inuit population in Nunavut is projected to be between 33,700 and 35,800, up to 52% greater than the 2001 figure of 23,000 (Statistics Canada, 2005: 62). Inuit comprise 84% of the population of Nunavut, but outside of the major centres of Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet, the percentage of Inuit is closer to 95% (Berger, 2006).

The population change from 2001 to 2006 per community is detailed in Table 4. All communities are listed apart from the settlements of Nanisivik and Umingmaktok (in Qikiqtaaluk), and Bathurst Inlet (in Kitikmeot). In 2006, the populations of Nanisivik, Umingmaktok and Bathurst Inlet were 0 (reduced from 2001 levels of 77, 5, and 5, respectively) (Statistics Canada, 2006).

TABLE 4. Population statistics in Nunavut by community (Statistics Canada, 2006)
		Total population 2006	Total population 2001	2001 to 2006 change (%)	Total private dwellings	Avg # ppl per house-hold	Median age	% of pop. aged 15 and over
Kitikmeot
	Cambridge Bay	1,477	1,309	12.8	524	2.8	26.3	69.3
	Gjoa Haven	1,064	960	10.8	246	4.3	19.9	62.0
	Kugaaruk	688	605	13.7	137	5.0	18.0	58.4
	Kugluktuk	1,302	1,212	7.4	407	3.2	23.8	69.2
	Taloyoak	809	720	12.4	205	3.9	19.6	61.1
Qikiqtaaluk
	Arctic Bay	690	646	6.8	190	3.6	20.8	65.2
	Cape Dorset	1,236	1,148	7.7	356	3.5	22.1	65.6
	Clyde River	820	785	4.5	183	4.5	20.8	62.2
	Grise Fiord	141	163	-13.5	55	2.6	22.1	64.3
	Hall Beach	654	609	7.4	154	4.2	19.7	60.3
	Igloolik	1,538	1,286	19.6	370	4.2	18.9	58.8
	Iqaluit	6,184	5,236	18.1	2,460	2.5	28.8	74.8
	Kimmirut	411	433	-5.1	116	3.5	22.1	67.1
	Pangnirtung	1,325	1,276	3.8	433	3.1	21.9	64.2
	Pond Inlet	1,315	1,220	7.8	335	3.9	20.8	63.5
	Qikiqtarjuaq	473	519	-8.9	156	3.0	26	70.2
	Resolute	229	215	6.5	83	2.8	22.7	66.7
	Sanikiluaq	744	684	8.8	169	4.4	20.4	61.1
Kivalliq
	Arviat	2,060	1,899	8.5	497	4.1	19.5	60.2
	Baker Lake	1,728	1,507	14.7	478	3.6	22	65.0
	Chesterfield Inlet	332	345	-3.8	120	2.8	24	66.7
	Coral Harbour	769	712	8	242	3.2	18.9	59.7
	Rankin Inlet	2,358	2,177	8.3	776	3.0	23.9	67.1
	Repulse Bay	748	612	22.2	136	5.5	18.9	60.4
	Whale Cove	353	305	15.7	93	3.8	19.1	60.0
Nunavut		29,474	26,745	10.2	9,041	3.3	23.1	66.1
Canada		31,612,897	30,007,094	5.4	13,576,855	2.3	39.5	82.3