An application can be submitted to incorporate a community as a city under the CTVA at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. The proposed city must have a minimum assessed land value of $200 million or an exception made by the Minister. Iqaluit is the only city in Nunavut, with 7,429 residents and a land area of in 2021. It incorporated as a city on April 19, 2001.
