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href='/about/'>Organization</a></span><span class='breadcrumb-item'><a href='/about/states/'>Arctic States</a></span></small></nav><h1>Canada</h1></div></div><div class='submenu bg-light' id='submenu'><h5><a href='/about/states/'>Arctic States</a></h5><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/canada/' class='current'>Canada</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/denmark/' class=''>The Kingdom of Denmark</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/finland/' class=''>Finland</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/iceland/' class=''>Iceland</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/norway/' class=''>Norway</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/russian-federation/' class=''>The Russian Federation</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/sweden/' class=''>Sweden</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/about/states/the-united-states/' class=''>The United States</a></div></div> <section class='container'> <div class='container border-bottom pb-3 textblock'> <div class='lead'></div> <h3>Quick Facts</h3> <p><strong>Arctic and Northern Territory</strong><br /> Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, and Northern parts of numerous provinces, including Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Québec</p> <p><strong>Arctic and Northern Population</strong><br /> Approximately 150,000</p> <p><strong>Permanent Participants with Canadian constituents</strong><br /> Arctic Athabaskan Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and Gwich’in Council International</p> </div> </section> <section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><div class='bg-transparent depth-1'> <div class='textblock'><h2>Canada and the Arctic region</h2> <p>Nearly 40 percent of Canada’s land mass is considered Arctic and Northern, consisting of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, and the northern parts of several provinces. Canada’s Arctic is home to approximately 150,000 inhabitants, of which more than half are Indigenous. Although Canada’s Arctic region is vast, less than one percent of Canada’s population lives there.</p> <h3>Indigenous Peoples</h3> <p>Indigenous Permanent Participants who live in Canada include the Athabaskan, Inuit and Gwich’in. The Athabaskan and Gwich’in peoples in Canada live primarily in the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Inuit in Canada live in 53 communities across Inuit Nunangat – the northern regions of Canada. Canadian Arctic Indigenous peoples are represented in the Arctic Council through three Permanent Participants organizations: Arctic Athabaskan Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council and Gwich’in Council International.</p> <h2>Canada in the Arctic Council</h2> <p>Canada held the first Chair of the Arctic Council from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2013-2015. Canada’s primary priorities related to the Arctic include addressing socio-economic and cultural development, environmental protection and climate change, and strengthening relations with Indigenous peoples. Specifically, during its first Arctic Council Chairmanship, Canada’s priorities included:</p> <ul> <li>Youth development in the Arctic, including social, environmental and economic issues affecting children</li> <li>Developing closer partnerships with Indigenous peoples and Arctic States to address common challenges and opportunities</li> <li>Cooperation between Indigenous Peoples and Arctic States</li> </ul> <p>Throughout its most recent Arctic Council Chairmanship, Canada’s priorities included:</p> <ul> <li>Development for the people of the North</li> <li>Mental wellness in Arctic communities</li> <li>Integrating Indigenous knowledge of Arctic peoples into the work of the Council</li> <li>Environmental protection, including the reduction of black carbon and methane</li> </ul> <h3>Key accomplishments include:</h3> <ul> <li>Canada aided in the establishment of the Arctic Economic Council, an independent forum for business-to-business cooperation</li> <li>Canada heavily aided in the development of an action plan to prevent oil pollution in the Arctic</li> <li>An Arctic Council Framework for enhanced black carbon and methane emissions reductions</li> <li>Assisted in the establishment of the open-access archive project to enhance the public’s accessibility to the Arctic Council’s work</li> </ul> <p>The Arctic Council was established in Canada in 1996 with the signing of the Ottawa Declaration.</p></div> </div></div><div class='col-md-3'> <div class='mb-3 p-4'> <img src='/site/assets/files/2910/robert_sinclair_-_photo.360x360.jpg' alt='Robert Sinclair' loading='lazy' class='img-fluid mb-3 rounded-circle'> <h5>Robert Sinclair</h5> <em>Senior Arctic Official</em> <div><a href='mailto:Robert.Sinclair@international.gc.ca'>Email</a> </div><p class='small'><p><strong>Contact for press inquiries</strong><br /> Media Relations Office of Canada<br /> + 1 613 995 1874<br /> <a href="mailto:media@international.gc.ca">media@international.gc.ca</a></p></p> </div></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_break bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='w-100'></div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><div class='bg-transparent depth-1'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Chairmanships</h3> <p><strong>1996–1998</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11374/86">1998 Iqaluit declaration</a></li> <li><a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/1563">1998 Iqaluit Ministerial documents</a></li> </ul><p><strong>2013–2015</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11374/662">2015 Iqaluit declaration</a></li> <li><a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/376">2015 Iqaluit Ministerial documents</a></li> <li><a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/655">SAO meeting documents</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Next Arctic Council Chairmanship: 2029-2031</strong></p></div> </div></div><div class='col-md'><div class='bg-transparent depth-1'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Learn more</h3> <p><strong>Government of Canada</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Main page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.international.gc.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Global Affairs Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs.html">Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Polar Knowledge Canada</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Territorial Governments</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.gov.nt.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Northwest Territories</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gov.nu.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nunavut</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gov.yk.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Yukon</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Provincial Governments (that engage with Canada on the Arctic Council)</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.btcrd.gov.nl.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrif.gouv.qc.ca/en/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Québec</a></li> </ul></div> </div></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_projects bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><section><h3 class='text-center'>Featured projects</h3><section class='recommended mb-5'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md-3 bg-dark bg-image border' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,51,51,1) 0%, rgba(82,82,82,.5) 80%, rgba(82,82,82,0) 100%), url(/site/assets/files/3262/img_4437.480x480.jpg)'><a 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