Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 14 : Language and Culture (13-17)

Official Languages Act for Nunavut

January 1, 2008

Nunavut adopted the Official Languages Act for Nunavut, which recognizes Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French as the official languages of the territory. In 2013, it adopted the Inuit Language Protection Act, the first legislative instrument in Canada devoted to protecting and revitalizing an Aboriginal language.