Communities
| Inuvialuit communities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | English translation | 2006 population | Inuvaluit | First Nations | Métis | Other Aboriginal | non-Aboriginal | |
| Aklavik | "barren-ground grizzly place" | 594 | 350 | 185 | 10 | 0 | 40 | |
| Inuvik | "place of man" | 3,484 | 1,335 | 630 | 160 | 0 | 1,260 | |
| Paulatuk | "place of coal" | 294 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Sachs Harbour | traditionally called Ikahuak, meaning "where you go across to" | 122 | 105 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 15 | |
| Tuktoyaktuk | "resembling a caribou"; formerly known as Port Brabant | 870 | 705 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 145 | |
| Ulukhaktok | "a large bluff where we used to collect raw material to make ulus", formerly known as Holman | 398 | 360 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
The area of the land covered by the Inuvialuit Settlement Region is 521,707.68 km2 (201,432.46 sq mi). Aklavik (Aklavik Indian Band, Ehdiitat Gwich’in Council) and Inuvik (Nihtat Gwich’in Council) are shared with the Gwich’in people who are represented by the Gwich’in Tribal Council.
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