More than 700 comments that flooded in under a Feb. 2 Facebook post from Nunavut MP Lori Idlout, asking Nunavummiut how many of them had been on a housing waiting list and for how long. The federal government announced in January a plan to build 750 homes in the territory in co-ordination with the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Former Nunavut premier P.J. Akeeagok announced the territorial government’s plan in 2022 to alleviate the housing shortage. Called Nunavut 3000, the goal was to build 3,000 units by 2030 for $2.6 billion. The federal government’s January announcement will count toward this goal.
Over 60 per cent of Nunavummiut live in public housing. Nearly half of those homes — 45 per cent — are considered to be overcrowded, according to a May 2025 report from the auditor general of Canada.