List of Canadian Inuit explained

This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (Labrador) that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat.

The names of the communities are given as they were at the time of the birth or death. Those people who were born or died prior to 1 April 1999 in what is now Nunavut were actually born in the Northwest Territories.

NameBirth dateBirthplaceRegionDeath dateDeath placeRegionNotes
[1] [2] 10 January 1955Arctic BayNUpolitician, second Premier of Nunavut
[3] 1697LabradorNLLabradorNLinterpreter
22 June 1934Fort ChimoQCpolitician who was a member of the Senate of Canada
[4] [5] 1960Fort ChimoQCpilot, a businessman and a former mayor of the village of Kuujjuaq
[6] [7] 27 January 1967ChurchillMBmusician
28 June 1967InuvikNTpolitician, Minister of Health and Minister of Environment
[8] 1965Cape DorsetNUpolitician
[9] IgloolikNUfilmmaker and costume designer, cofounder of Arnait Video Productions
1957 / 1958Gjoa HavenNUpolitician
[10] 23 August 1955Arctic BayNUsculptor
[11] 11 April 1944Southampton IslandNUpolitician
[12] 25 December 1938Pelly BayNUpolitician
[13] ResoluteNUmusician and television journalist
[14] 1953Pond InletNUpolitician and business man
[15] 1 May 1933Fort ChimoQC2 March 2011ResoluteNUcarver
26 September 1950Repulse BayNUpolitician
[16] Okkak BayNLpolitician
[17] 31 July 1951MakkovikNLpolitician
1966/1967TuktoyaktukNTpolitician
[18] 19541998film producer and screenwriter
[19] 1951Gjoa HavenNUpolitician
[20] 1898Ellice RiverNU1990Cambridge BayNUfur trader and trading post operator
[21] 1914Bathurst InletNU1971Repulse BayNUsculptor
[22] 2 April 1946SanikiluaqNUcarver, politician
[23] 26 June 1939Lake HarbourNUcarver, politician
[24] 28 November 1963Lake HarbourNU30 April 2002KimmirutNUpolitician
[25] 1946IgloolikNUprintmaker, painter, and drawer
[26] IqaluitNUproducer and director
[27] Baker LakeNUpolitician
6 October 1952Clyde RiverNUpolitician
April 1948Coral HarbourNUpolitician
[28] 3 October 1927IkirasaqaNU8 January 2013Cape DorsetNUartist
[29] 1961Cape DorsetNUartist
[30] Nottingham Island NU1983artist
[31] SalluitQCfirst Inuk diocesan bishop, Bishop of the Arctic
[32] 1870IgloolikNUafter 1922angakkuq (shaman)
Baker LakeNUpolitician
NUwriter, filmmaker
24 January 1964IgloolikNUpolitician
politician
[33] 25 August 1994MontrealQCactor
[34] 1947Dawson InletNUpolitician
[35] fashion designer
[36] LabradorNLLabradorNLvisited England, smallpox carrier
[37] 4 March 1940AklavikNTpolitician, Premier of the Northwest Territories
[38] c. 1943Richmond GulfQCpolitician, disc jockey
1944Coral HarbourNUpolitician, prominent figure in the negotiations that led to the creation of Nunavut
[39] QuaqtaqQCsinger
[40] CharlottetownNLpolitician
[41] c. 1837Cumberland SoundNUc. 1881guide, husband of Tookoolito
[42] North West RiverNLpolitician
[43] 1955CoppermineNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1954 / 1955politician
c. 1950sPond InletNUpolitician
[44] Clyde RiverNUpolitician, author
[45] Pond InletNUpolitician
[46] 1915ItinikNU1989artist
[47] 1929QirnituartuqQCartist, illustrator, and printmaker
[48] 19373 July 2002IgloolikNUbusiness pioneer and politician
[49] 15 July 1953CoppermineNUpolitician
[50] 29 June 1930Baillie IslandNT5 July 2013SourisMB
[51] 21 June 1851ForteauNL14 December 1896ParrsboroNSfirst Inuk priest
1981 first female Inuk pilot to reach the rank of captain
[52] 10 August 1956AklavikNTpolitician, Commissioners of the Northwest Territories
22 May 1946QaktutNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1950NapaktoktokNUpolitician
IgloolikNUmusician
[53] 1968 / 1969ChurchillMBpolitician
26 June 1946Ports PointNUpolitician
[54] Pond InletNU2 June 1968ResoluteNUfeatured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill[55]
[56] 1978NUsinger/songwriter
[57] 1922NeeouleeutalikNU2005Cape DorsetNUsculptor
1951NuvuqquqNU8 September 2007OttawaONgraphic artist, political and satirical cartoonist and writer, photographer, and Inuktitut translator
[58] 2 July 1954Clyde RiverNUpolitician
22 August 1947Lyon InletNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
[59] 5 February 1955Hall BeachNUpolitician
[60] 1977SalluitQCpop singer, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker and activist
Chesterfield InletNUactor, athlete
19 January 1950Chesterfield InletNUpolitician. first Inuk to be elected as an MP
[61] IgloolikNUfilmmaker and actor, cofounder of Arnait Video Productions
[62] c. 1997IgloolikNUactor, grandson of Madeline Ivalu
[63] 19241995artist
[64] 22 June 1983Frobisher BayNUpolitician
15 March 1968Mary's HarbourNLpolitician, leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
[65] 1989fashion designer
[66] 1901Tahiryuak LakeNT7 May 1984HolmanNTgraphic artist, angakkuq (shaman)
10 December 1957Eskimo PointNUpolitician
[67] 2 June 1950Belcher IslandsNUpolitician
[68] PangnirtungNUmusician and RCMP
[69] Broughton IslandNUpolitician
[70] 1926PutuqsuqniqNU2005Baker LakeNUartist, daughter of Jessie Oonark
[71] Ennadai LakeNUcharged with, but acquitted of, murder, child neglect and causing the death of one of her children
[72] 1932PangnirtungNU2000politician
27 September 1960PangnirtungNUpolitician
[73] 23 January 1936Chesterfield InletNUlawyer, politician, and former sportsman
PangnirtungNUpolitician
[74] 13 August 1958Spence BayNUDecember 1972Hottah LakeNTsaved the life of Marten Hartwell after an aircraft crash
[75] 1928Repulse BayNU1984sculptor and jewelry artist
[76] 1951Eskimo PointNU27 August 2011ArviatNUpolitician
c. 1954Eskimo PointNUpolitician
Igloolikactress, filmmaker
27 November 1957KapuivikNUproducer and director
[77] 1964Cape ParryNTartist, stone carvings
[78] 1954Sachs HarbourNTInuit rights activist, politician
[79] 1955Rankin InletNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1959 / 1960Rankin InletNUpolitician
[80] 27 April 1948Repulse BayNUchildren's writer
2 May 1950Repulse BayNU19 January 2011Repulse BayNUpolitician
IqaluitNUactress
[81] NutakNLpolitician
[82] NLpolitician
[83] 1941Fort RossNUpolitician, business man
[84] film and television producer
[85] 15 April 1931Bernard HarbourNU23 January 2009Cambridge BayNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
[86] 17 March 1957Repulse BayNUpolitician
[87] 1945George RiverQCfirst Inuk bush pilot in eastern Canada
[88] c. 194817 November 2009TorontoONfilmmaker, composer, carver
c.1740LabradorNL1 October 1795NainNLvisited England, interpreter
[89] 1954 / 1955PangnirtungNUpolitician
IqaluitNUmusician
[90] politician
IgloolikNUmusician, actress
[91] 1918Eskimo PointNU1983Eskimo PointNUartist
1968 / 1969Baker LakeNUpolitician
[92] 1900QC1984QCartist
[93] early 20th centuryPangnirtungNUfounder of Iqaluit
[94] 12 November 1925Baillie IslandNT5 May 2001HolmanNTartist
IgloolikNUwriter
[95] Coral HarbourNUpolitician
17 March 1957Pelly BayNUpolitician
Coral HarbourNUpolitician
[96] 1944Back RiverNUpolitician, artist, son of Jessie Oonark
Broughton IslandNUpolitician
[97] 10 May 1947Pond InletNU22 April 2006Pond InletNUpolitician
[98] NainNLpolitician
[99] 26 May 1964PangnirtungNUpolitician, Premier of Nunavut
12 January 1928near AklavikNT10 July 1997Frobisher BayNUpolitician, community leader, head of Project Surname
[100] 2 March 1906Chantrey InletNU7 March 1985ChurchillMBartist, mother of Janet Kigusiuq and William Noah
[101] 6 January 1931Devon IslandNUMay 2021Inuit elder
[102] fl. 1921angakkuq (shaman), poet
1955 / 1956PangnirtungNUpolitician
[103] 1920Eskimo PointNU1980Eskimo PointNUsculptor
[104] 7 March 1946Chesterfield InletNUsinger-songwriter and guitarist
[105] 1943Clyde RiverNU20 April 2007200 km south of Clyde RiverNUpolitician
[106] 1893Cape DorsetNU3 November 1969Cape DorsetNUartist
IgloolikNUwriter
1961Spence BayNUpolitician
[107] 1940Greenlandfirst woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
[108] 1960ArkisserniaqGreenlandlawyer and sealskin clothing designer
[109] 14 November 1953Clyde RiverNUartist
[110] 1950PaulatukNTartist
2 September 1902Nottingham IslandNU30 September 1973Cape DorsetNUphotographer, sculptor, artist and historian
[111] 19 December 1982Frobisher BayNUactor
[112] 28 May 1955TuktoyaktukNTpolitician
[113] 11 May 1969Cape DorsetNU19 September 2016OttawaONartist
[114] 1 January 1935IkerasakNU23 November 2010OttawaONsculptor and printmaker
[115] 26 June 1938Sarruq IslandNU18 December 2002Cape DorsetNUartist, daughter of Pitseolak Ashoona and mother of Annie Pootoogook
[116] NLpolitician
[117] 4 February 1916KamadjuakNU28 December 1992Cape DorsetNUartist
politician
[118] politician
[119] 15 April 1946Chantrey InletNUpolitician, carver
[120] 25 February 1964Nunatak IslandNUgraphic artist
Baker LakeNUpolitician
[121] 1915SalluitQC1982graphic artist and printmaker
c. 1950Pelly BayNUpolitician
[122] late 1950sNUwriter
[123] 12 January 1952IgloolikNUpolitician
[124] 1948near AkulivikQCsinger-songwriter, carver
c. 1954IgloolikNUpolitician
[125] 1 January 1914near InukjuakQC13 July 1993helped preserve Inuit language and traditional culture, wrote an Inuktitut dictionary and an encyclopedia on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
[126] 1967Frobisher BayNUpolitician
[127] 24 May 1975Happy Valley-Goose BayNLpolitician
22 December 1966William's HarbourNLpolitician
[128] 1942Cape DorsetNUartist
[129] 1916 / 1917KilaparutuaNU2009artist
1946 / 1947politician
politician
8 December 1960politician
[130] 19 June 1967InuvikNTactor
[131] Frobisher BayNUpolitician
[132] 1889RigoletNL20 November 1917MasnièresFrancesniper in the First World War
[133] 1939Arctic BayNUpolitician
[134] 21 May 1943Garry Lake19 December 2013KugaarukNUartist
1991 / 1992actress and entertainer
Baker LakeNUpolitician
[135] 1947KangiqsualujjuaqQCpolitician, diplomat, Governor General-designate of Canada
[136] 1941AklavikNT3 February 2007politician
[137] c. 1925Chesterfield InletNUreligious figure
14 March 1950Eskimo PointNUpolitician
[138] 5 May 1975Cambridge BayNUthroat singer, artist
[139] c. 1893Qugaaluk River area or north of PuvirnituqQC1976printmaker and sculptor
30 January 1953northwest of IgloolikNUpolitician
1956Cambridge BayNUpolitician, Premier of Nunavut
Chesterfield InletNUmusician
27 May 1963Cape DorsetNUwriter and artist
1955Coral HarbourNUpolitician
[140] 1948AklavikNTmusician
[141] 1941Princess Mary LakeNUartist
[142] 1916KareakNU1981Rankin InletNUsculptor
[143] politician
c. 1838Cape SearleNU31 December 1876GrotonCTguide, wife of Ebierbing
9 December 1934Chantrey InletNU7 November 2010Baker LakeNUartist
[144] 2 February 1983ChurchillMBhockey player
18 August 1963Rankin InletNUpolitician
28 February 1975Igloolikactress, filmmaker
[145] NUreligious figure, both a Christian and a traditional angakkuq (shaman)
[146] 1934NunallaMB2012ArviatNUartist
[147] 1910Chantrey Inlet/Back RiverNU2002artist
Spence BayNUpolitician
[148] 29 January 1845HebronNL13 January 1881ParisFrancehuman zoo exhibit
[149] fl. 1920NUangakkuq (shaman)
[150] 1959IgloolikNUactor, filmmaker, and sculptor
[151] IgloolikNUmusician, circus performer
[152] 19th centuryIgloolik areaNUangakkuq (shaman), oral poet
[153] 1 December 1953Fort ChimoQCpolitician, activist
29 June 1944Fort ChimoQCpolitician
[154] 3 March 1950politician
[155] 1933Apex, IqaluitNUNovember 2008first elected Inuk legislator in Canada

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: Johnny Ned Adams: Chevalier (2006) . Ordre national du Québec / National Order of Quebec . Government of Quebec.
  5. Web site: Allocution du premier ministre du Québec, M. Jean Charest, lors de la cérémonie de remise des insignes de l'Ordre national du Québec . Speech by the Premier of Québec, Mr. JeanCharest at the awards ceremony of the National Order of Quebec . Gouvernement du Québec . 20 June 2006 . fr.
  6. News: Susan Aglukark – A Leading Voice in Canadian Music . First Nations Drum . 20 December 2000.
  7. Web site: Biographies: Susan Aglukark (1967-) . Heroines.ca . Merna M. Forster . 2004.
  8. QIA Announces New Executive Committee . Qikiqtani Inuit Association . 11 January 2013 .
  9. Web site: Costume Designer – Script Consultant - Actor - Cultural Advisor . Arnait Video Productions . 2016.
  10. Web site: About Manasie . 2024-06-13.
  11. Book: Hicks. Jack. White. Graham. Made in Nunavut: An Experiment in Decentralized Government. 2015. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-3106-2. 93.
  12. Web site: Nunavut Votes 2004 Akulliq Profile. CBC News . 2016-10-05.
  13. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/she-opens-her-throat-and-the-north-comes-out-87318917.html She opens her throat and The North comes out
  14. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/Outfitter_says_action_will_kill_his_sport-hunting_business_and_hurt_communi/ Outfitter says action will kill his sport-hunting business and hurt community income
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