Kivalliq Region

Kivalliq ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ (Inuktitut)
Region
Kivalliq Region
Arviat Baker Lake Chesterfield Inlet Coral Harbour Naujaat Rankin Inlet Whale Cove Ukkusiksalik NP Communities of the Kivalliq
Location in Nunavut
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Regional centre	Rankin Inlet
Area  (2021)[1]
• Total	434,331.16 km2 (167,696.20 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Total	11,045
• Density	0.025/km2 (0.066/sq mi)

The Kivalliq Region (/kɪˈvælɪk/; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional centre is Rankin Inlet. The population was 11,045 in the 2021 Canadian census, an increase of 6.1% from the 2016 Census.^[1]

Before 1999, the Kivalliq Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories. Although the Kivalliq name became official in 1999, Statistics Canada continued to refer to the area as the Keewatin Region in publications such as the Census until 2021.^[2] Most references to the area as "Keewatin" have generally been phased out by Nunavut-based bodies, as that name was originally rooted in a region of northwestern Ontario derived from a Cree dialect, and only saw application onto Inuit-inhabited lands because of the boundaries of the now-defunct District of Keewatin.