List of Canadian Inuit


This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit are a group of culturally similar Canadian Aboriginals inhabiting the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.
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
10 January 1955Arctic BayNUpolitician, second Premier of Nunavut
1697LabradorNLLabradorNLinterpreter
22 June 1934Fort ChimoQCpolitician who was a member of the Senate of Canada
1960Fort ChimoQCpilot, a businessman and a former mayor of the village of Kuujjuaq
27 January 1967ChurchillMBmusician
28 June 1967InuvikNTpolitician, Minister of Health and Minister of Environment
1965Cape DorsetNUpolitician
IgloolikNUfilmmaker and costume designer, cofounder of Arnait Video Productions
1957/1958Gjoa HavenNUpolitician
11 April 1944Southampton IslandNUpolitician
25 December 1938Pelly BayNUpolitician
ResoluteNUmusician and television journalist
1953Pond InletNUpolitician and business man
1 May 1933Fort ChimoQC2 March 2011ResoluteNUcarver
26 September 1950Repulse BayNUpolitician
Okkak BayNLpolitician
31 July 1951MakkovikNLpolitician
1966/1967TuktoyaktukNTpolitician
19541998film producer and screenwriter
1951Gjoa HavenNUpolitician
1898Ellice RiverNU1990Cambridge BayNUfur trader and trading post operator
1914Bathurst InletNU1971Repulse BayNUsculptor
2 April 1946SanikiluaqNUcarver, politician
26 June 1939Lake HarbourNUcarver, politician
28 November 1963Lake HarbourNU30 April 2002KimmirutNUpolitician
1946IgloolikNUprintmaker, painter, and drawer
IqaluitNUproducer and director
Baker LakeNUpolitician
6 October 1952Clyde RiverNUpolitician
April 1948Coral HarbourNUpolitician
3 October 1927IkirasaqaNU8 January 2013Cape DorsetNUartist
1961Cape DorsetNUartist
Nottingham Island NU1983artist
SalluitQCfirst Inuk diocesan bishop, Bishop of the Arctic
1870IgloolikNUafter 1922angakkuq
Baker LakeNUpolitician
24 January 1964IgloolikNUpolitician
politician
25 August 1994MontrealQCactor
1947Dawson InletNUpolitician
LabradorNLLabradorNLvisited England, smallpox carrier
4 March 1940AklavikNTpolitician, Premier of the Northwest Territories
c. 1943Richmond GulfQCpolitician, disc jockey
1944Coral HarbourNUpolitician, prominent figure in the negotiations that led to the creation of Nunavut
QuaqtaqQCsinger
CharlottetownNLpolitician
c. 1837Cumberland SoundNUc. 1881guide, husband of Tookoolito
North West RiverNLpolitician
1955CoppermineNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1954/1955politician
c. 1950sPond InletNUpolitician
Clyde RiverNUpolitician, author
Pond InletNUpolitician
1915ItinikNU1989artist
1929QirnituartuqQCartist, illustrator, and printmaker
19373 July 2002IgloolikNUbusiness pioneer and politician
15 July 1953CoppermineNUpolitician
29 June 1930Baillie IslandNT5 July 2013SourisMB
21 June 1851ForteauNL14 December 1896ParrsboroNSfirst Inuk priest
Melissa Haney1981InukjuakQCfirst female Inuk pilot to reach the rank of captain
10 August 1956AklavikNTpolitician, Commissioners of the Northwest Territories
22 May 1946QaktutNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1950NapaktoktokNUpolitician
IgloolikNUmusician
1968/1969ChurchillMBpolitician
26 June 1946Ports PointNUpolitician
Pond InletNU2 June 1968ResoluteNUfeatured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill
1978NUsinger/songwriter
1922NeeouleeutalikNU2005Cape DorsetNUsculptor
1951NuvuqquqNU8 September 2007OttawaONgraphic artist, political and satirical cartoonist and writer, photographer, and Inuktitut translator
2 July 1954Clyde RiverNUpolitician
22 August 1947Lyon InletNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
5 February. 1955Hall BeachNUpolitician
1977SalluitQCpop singer, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker and activist
Chesterfield InletNUactor, athlete
19 January 1950Chesterfield InletNUpolitician. first Inuk to be elected as an MP
IgloolikNUfilmmaker and actor, cofounder of Arnait Video Productions
c. 1997IgloolikNUactor, grandson of Madeline Ivalu
22 June 1983Frobisher BayNUpolitician
15 March 1968Mary's HarbourNLpolitician, leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
1901Tahiryuak LakeNT7 May 1984HolmanNTgraphic artist, angakkuq
10 December 1957Eskimo PointNUpolitician
2 June 1950Belcher IslandsNUpolitician
PangnirtungNUmusician and RCMP
Broughton IslandNUpolitician
1926PutuqsuqniqNU2005Baker LakeNUartist, daughter of Jessie Oonark
Ennadai LakeNUcharged with, but acquitted of, murder, child neglect and causing the death of one of her children
1932PangnirtungNU2000politician
27 September 1960PangnirtungNUpolitician
23 January 1936Chesterfield InletNUlawyer, politician, and former sportsman
PangnirtungNUpolitician
13 August 1958Spence BayNUDecember 1972Hottah LakeNTsaved the life of Marten Hartwell after an aircraft crash
1928Repulse BayNU1984sculptor and jewelry artist
1951Eskimo PointNU27 August 2011ArviatNUpolitician
c. 1954Eskimo PointNUpolitician
27 November 1957KapuivikNUproducer and director
1964Cape ParryNTartist, stone carvings
1954Sachs HarbourNTInuit rights activist, politician
1955Rankin InletNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut
1959/1960Rankin InletNUpolitician
27 April 1948Repulse BayNUchildren's writer
2 May 1950Repulse BayNU19 January 2011Repulse BayNUpolitician
IqaluitNUactress
NutakNLpolitician
NLpolitician
1941Fort RossNUpolitician, business man
15 April 1931Bernard HarbourNU23 January 2009Cambridge BayNUpolitician, Commissioner of Nunavut, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
17 March 1957Repulse BayNUpolitician
c. 194817 November 2009TorontoONfilmmaker, composer, carver
c.1740LabradorNL1 October 1795NainNLvisited England, interpreter
1954/1955PangnirtungNUpolitician
IqaluitNUmusician
politician
IgloolikNUmusician, actress
1918Eskimo PointNU1983Eskimo PointNUartist
1968/1969Baker LakeNUpolitician
1900PuvirnituqQC1984PuvirnituqQCartist
early 20th centuryPangnirtungNUfounder of Iqaluit
12 November 1925Baillie IslandNT5 May 2001HolmanNTartist
IgloolikNUwriter
Coral HarbourNUpolitician
17 March 1957Pelly BayNUpolitician
Coral HarbourNUpolitician
1944Back RiverNUpolitician, artist, son of Jessie Oonark
Broughton IslandNUpolitician
10 May 1947Pond InletNU22 April 2006Pond InletNUpolitician
NainNLpolitician
26 May 1964PangnirtungNUpolitician, Premier of Nunavut
12 January 1928near AklavikNT10 July 1997Frobisher BayNUpolitician, community leader, head of Project Surname
2 March 1906Chantrey InletNU7 March 1985ChurchillMBartist, mother of Janet Kigusiuq and William Noah
fl. 1921angakkuq, poet
1955/1956PangnirtungNUpolitician
1920Eskimo PointNU1980Eskimo PointNUsculptor
7 March 1946Chesterfield InletNUsinger-songwriter and guitarist
1943Clyde RiverNU20 April 2007200 km south of Clyde RiverNUpolitician
1893Cape DorsetNU3 November 1969Cape DorsetNUartist
IgloolikNUwriter
1961Spence BayNUpolitician
1940Greenlandfirst woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
1960ArkisserniaqGreenlandlawyer and sealskin clothing designer
14 November 1953Clyde RiverNUartist
1950PaulatukNTartist
2 September 1902Nottingham IslandNU30 September 1973Cape DorsetNUphotographer, sculptor, artist and historian
19 December 1982Frobisher BayNUactor
28 May 1955TuktoyaktukNTpolitician
11 May 1969Cape DorsetNU19 September 2016OttawaONartist
1 January 1935IkerasakNU23 November 2010OttawaONsculptor and printmaker
26 June 1938Sarruq IslandNU18 December 2002Cape DorsetNUartist, daughter of Pitseolak Ashoona and mother of Annie Pootoogook
NLpolitician
4 February 1916KamadjuakNU28 December 1992Cape DorsetNUartist
politician
politician
15 April 1946Chantrey InletNUpolitician, carver
25 February 1964Nunatak IslandNUgraphic artist
Baker LakeNUpolitician
1915SalluitQC1982graphic artist and printmaker
c. 1950Pelly BayNUpolitician
late 1950sNUwriter
12 January. 1952IgloolikNUpolitician
1948near AkulivikQCsinger-songwriter, carver
c. 1954IgloolikNUpolitician
1 January 1914near InukjuakQC13 July 1993helped preserve Inuit language and traditional culture, wrote an Inuktitut dictionary and an encyclopedia on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
1967Frobisher BayNUpolitician
24 May 1975Happy Valley-Goose BayNLpolitician
22 December 1966William's HarbourNLpolitician
1942Cape DorsetNUartist
1916/1917KilaparutuaNU2009artist
1946/1947politician
politician
8 December 1960politician
19 June 1967InuvikNTactor
Frobisher BayNUpolitician
1889RigoletNL20 November 1917MasnièresFrancesniper in the First World War
1939Arctic BayNUpolitician
21 May 1943Garry LakeNU19 December 2013KugaarukNUartist
Baker LakeNUpolitician
1947KangiqsualujjuaqQCpolitician, diplomat
1941AklavikNT3 February 2007politician
c. 1925Chesterfield InletNUreligious figure
14 March 1950Eskimo PointNUpolitician
5 May 1975Cambridge BayNUthroat singer, artist
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
1948AklavikNTmusician
1941Princess Mary LakeNUartist
1916KareakNU1981Rankin InletNUsculptor
politician
c. 1838Cape SearleNU31 December 1876GrotonCTguide, wife of Ebierbing
9 December 1934Chantrey InletNU7 November 2010Baker LakeNUartist
2 February 1983ChurchillMBhockey player
18 August 1963Rankin InletNUpolitician
NUreligious figure, both a Christian and a traditional angakkuq
1934NunallaMB2012ArviatNUartist
1910Chantrey Inlet/Back RiverNU2002artist
Spence BayNUpolitician
29 January 1845HebronNL13 January 1881ParisFrancehuman zoo exhibit
fl. 1920NUangakkuq
1959IgloolikNUactor, filmmaker, and sculptor
19th centuryIgloolik areaNUangakkuq, oral poet
1 December 1953Fort ChimoQCpolitician, activist
29 June. 1944Fort ChimoQCpolitician
3 March 1950politician
1933Apex, IqaluitNUNovember 2008first elected Inuk legislator in Canada