Society urges Nunavut Elders to complete census – Nunatsiaq News

May 7, 2026

Census underway since May 4, and Pairijiit Tigummiaqtikkut wants Nunavut Elders to participate

The Iqaluit Elders Society is urging Nunavut elders and their families to complete the 2026 census, which began collecting data from Canaidans on Monday.

Previous censuses do not accurately reflect the number of elders in Nunavut, which affects funding available to the territory, Pairijiit Tigummiaqtikkut said in a news release.

“We have so much apathy out there, mistrust as well,” the society’s executive director Monica Ell-Kanayuk said in an interview. “Let’s go beyond that and say ‘I’m worth something. I need to be counted.’”

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