New report measures infrastructure gap between Nunavut and Canada

A new study confirms that infrastructure across Nunavut lags well behind that in the rest of Canada, according to Nunatsiaq News.

Nunavut’s Infrastructure Gap, a report prepared by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and released this week, shows that only 14 per of Nunavik residents have access to a regular health-care provider, compared to 85 per cent of Canadians. Nunavut is the only province or territory with no highway or railroad access, and Nunavut is the only province or territory where there is no access to internet speeds over 25 megabits per second. Eighty-five per cent of Nunavut’s water treatment infrastructure is considered to be in poor condition, and Nunavut has the highest rate of overcrowded housing in Canada, with the highest number of occupants per dwelling at 3.1 people per home, compared to the national average of 2.3

The report calls for immediate and major investments from the federal government to start to bring the territory up to national standards.