The Canadian Constitution Act of 1982, sections 25 and 35 recognized the Inuit as a distinctive group of aboriginal peoples in Canada.

As a result the Canadian government usage has replaced the ( locally ) defunct term Eskimo with Inuit ( Inuk in singular ).

The preferred term in Canada's Central Arctic is Inuinnaq, and in the eastern Canadian Arctic Inuit.

* Canadian Council on Learning, State of Inuit Learning in Canada

Long regarded as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, the place chosen had traditionally been named Iqaluit – " place of many fish " in Inuktitut – but Canadian and American authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it abuts.

Greenland census estimates place the number of speakers of Inuit dialects there at roughly 50, 000, while Canadian estimates are at roughly 35, 000.

In Canada, the word Inuktitut is routinely used to refer to all Canadian variants of the Inuit traditional language, and it is under that name that it is recognised as one of the official languages of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

* McGrath, Melanie ( 2006 ) The Long Exile, A True Story of Deception and Survival Amongst the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic, Harper-Collins

Canadian whaling is carried out in small numbers by various Inuit groups around the country and is managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

While Canada left the IWC in 1982, the only species currently harvested by the Canadian Inuit that is covered by the IWC is the bowhead whale.

Customary law was non-existent in Inuit society before the introduction of the Canadian legal system.

Further, included in Canada's constitution are the various treaties between the Crown and Canadian First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, who view these documents as agreements directly and only between themselves and the reigning monarch, illustrating the relationship between sovereign and aboriginals.

In the Inuit language Inuktitut, throat singing is called katajjaq, pirkusirtuk or nipaquhiit depending on the Canadian Arctic region.

Ellesmere Island ( Inuit: Umingmak Nuna, meaning " land of Muskox ") is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

The Royal Canadian Mint's $ 20 silver coin, launched on July 18, 2007 has evoked one of the darkest moments in the history of polar exploration and rankled Canada's main Inuit organization.

The Innu should not be confused with the Inuit, a distinct people who live in the Canadian Arctic.

Prior to this, as late as the 1970s and early 80s, First Nations and Inuit in Canada, as Native Americans in the United States, were forced into residential schools imposed on them by the Canadian government to integrate indigenous cultures into European-Canadian society.

The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement was ratified by the Inuit in November 1992, signed by the Prime Minister of Canada on May 25, 1993, and passed by the Canadian Parliament in June of the same year.

Pitseolak Ashoona, ( 1904 or 1907 or 1908 – 1983 ; Inuktitut syllabics: ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious authenticity in her works.

Illustrating life pre-contact, “ the things we did long ago before there were many white men ”( Inuit Art, Canadian Encyclopedia ).

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The Inuvialuit live in the western Canadian Arctic region.

Lil ' Suzy released several 12-inch singles and performed live on the Canadian live dance music television program Electric Circus.

In July 2011, fellow Canadian superstar Michael Bublé confirmed in a live video chat with fans that he recorded a duet of ' White Christmas ' with Twain for his 2011 Christmas album.

CBC live television coverage of the event noted that, when Prince Charles saluted, he performed the Canadian form of the salute with a cupped hand ( the British " naval salute "— appropriate, as he did his military service as an officer in the Royal Navy ), adopted by all elements of the Canadian Forces after unification in 1968, rather than the British ( Army ) form with the palm facing forward.

* In May 2003, after a cow with BSE was discovered in Alberta, Canada, the American border was closed to live Canadian cattle, but was reopened in early 2005.

The story deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English accented Hungarian man, his Canadian nurse, a Canadian-Italian thief, and an Indian sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian villa.

The format was shortened to a half-hour, removed local content, added a laugh track and replaced music videos with live performances from popular Canadian artists at the time, including Trooper, Max Webster, Ian Thomas and disco singer Alma Faye Brooks.

A Canadian citizen whose children live in Canada and California, Hailey made his home in Lyford Cay, an exclusive residential resort on New Providence Island in the Bahamas with his second wife Sheila ( who wrote " I Married a Best-Seller " published in 1978 ).

" In the event, his name appeared on the spines of nearly 200 million books, accumulating a fortune that enabled him to live in luxury alongside the likes of Sean Connery, billionaire Joe Lewis and Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard.

CBC Records is a Canadian record label which distributes CBC programming, including live concert performances and album transcripts of news and information programming such as the Massey Lectures, in album format.

In 2004, retired Canadian Senator Jean-Robert Gauthier, a hard-of-hearing person, filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against Radio-Canada concerning captioning, particularly the absence of real-time captioning on newscasts and other live programming.

Stewart left the band when he was offered the chance to manage a drum store in Scotland before the following live tour, to be replaced by French Canadian Denis Clement on Drums.

Kingston was recognized as one of the " best places to live and work in Canada for young professionals " The city ranked # 4 on a list of 27 Canadian cities with a population of 100, 000 or more in a study of the likes and dislikes of professionals between the ages of 20-40.

Matthew Good, a Canadian musician, makes reference to Malcolm Lowry and Under the Volcano in his live album release Live at Massey Hall in the introduction to his song " I'm a Window ".

" California Jam " hit the Canadian Top 40, peaking at No. 36, and Klaatu, though they played no live dates, promoted their music by making a television appearance in Canada on the Keith Hampshire-hosted show Music Machine.

As Canada's largest retailer, it is said that 90 percent of all Canadians live within a 15-minute drive of a Canadian Tire store ; that nine out of ten adult Canadians shop at one at least twice a year ; and that 40 percent of Canadians shop at Canadian Tire every week.

* The Trio ( Oscar Peterson album ), a live 1961 album featuring a jazz trio led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

Eventually, Angélil and Dion married in an extravagant wedding ceremony in December 1994, which was broadcast live on Canadian television.

All the World's a Stage is a double live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976.