Does anyone really live way up in Northern Canada like in the northern Nunavut Province?

Question

If so, what goes on up there? How does one make a living? Cant imagine there is much of an economy

Answer 1

right here! i just recently relocated to windsor so i can work year round. but i come from N.W.T. spent my whole life north of 60 deg. N lat. came down here to work 8 months of the year. most of the ice roads are only open 4 months a year. in case you can't tell yet i'm a trucker. most of my runs involved scientific equipment supplies and portable buildings. i'm not sure what scientists make but i made $50K last year in the four months.(and i'm returning home for 4 months every year to do it again.). they work year round and are scientists, not truckers. do the math. there are, i believe about 37000 ppl who call N.W.T. home. the economy is very strong. there's mining for minerals,(lots of gold and diamonds) there is also large deposits of petroleum and natural gas. the only drawbacks are that it gets very cold and the winter nights are LOOONG. but hey, we get all kinds of daylight in the summer.(but it's still so very cold) i could go on and on but i wont bore you anymore. just know that there are a few of us who are nuts enough to live north of 60.
peace.

Answer 2

Nunavut has a population of almost 30 000.

Many of the Inuit still live off the land following their traditional economy; hunting, trapping, gathering and fishing. Increasingly carving and artistic pursuits are becoming staple economic activities throughout much of the north. The annual economic value of subsistence harvesting in Nunavut is estimated between $30 million and $50 million a year. Official estimates put the arts and crafts industry at more than $20 million per year, with more than 2,500 people deriving all or part of their income from this industry.

A limited wage economy exists in Nunavut, but there is a difference in the way residents participate; 60 per cent of Nunavut's adult Inuit population is in the labor force, although 28 per cent of that group is unemployed. Ninety-one per cent of Nunavut's small non-aboriginal population is in the labor force, with a four per cent unemployment rate.

Nunavut relies on federal transfer payments for at least 90 per cent of its revenue. Government employment is a mainstay of the wage economy with many of Nunavut's small businesses and retail outlets established to support government needs, or those of public servants.

Mining contributes 500 jobs to Nunavut's wage economy, but non-residents fill more than 85 per cent of these jobs. Lead, zinc, silver, and gold are all mined in Nunavut.

Construction has been growing as the governmental infrastructure has been established. A more self-reliant construction industry is developing which helps Inuit-owned businesses in Nunavut benefit from federal and territorial contracts.

Several fishing and meat processing plants operate in Nunavut.

Answer 3

Population of Nunavut is around 30,782 and is the size of
Western Europe....

You can go to www.nunavut.business.ca and that site
gives you all the information you may need