Iqaluit
Population 7,429 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Canada
- January: 5 h 33 of daylight
- February: 8 h 40 of daylight
- March: 11 h 41 of daylight
- April: 15 h of daylight
- May: 18 h 14 of daylight
- June: 20 h 43 of daylight
- July: 19 h 33 of daylight
- August: 16 h 22 of daylight
- September: 13 h 04 of daylight
- October: 9 h 54 of daylight
- November: 6 h 40 of daylight
- December: 4 h 26 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide.jpg?w=400)
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Toonik Tyme
April
The annual spring festival, is held for a week in early April. It involves a large variety of community events, including snowmobile and ski races, traditional games, concerts and feasts
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Alianait Arts Festival
June
This annual festival, held in late June, is a celebration of Inuit arts and culture. It draws musicians and other performers from all over the Arctic
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Iqaluit); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.