Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5Only 34% of electors voted in Nunavut in 2021, fewer than in 99% of Canada’s ridings
For local government, Arviat is a hamlet. Who leads Arviat’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Nunavut. Arviat is in Nunavut, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Lori Idlout of the Liberal Party of Canada. Without an open map of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Arviat is in.
What stands out in how Arviat is governed
A close federal race
The 2021 winner in Nunavut finished 11.8 points ahead of the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada), a closer race than 69% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Arviat has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
At the 2021 federal election, 99% of the country’s ridings out-voted Nunavut. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Arviat, a hamlet in Nunavut, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.nu.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Arviat’s council; Kivalliq is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Arviat, from the most recent elections.
- 1Arviat councilHamlet
- 2Legislative Assembly of Nunavut–
- 3House of CommonsNunavut
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Arviat votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Arviat council | 23 October 2023 | – |
| Legislative Assembly of Nunavut | 27 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut was last elected on 27 October 2025, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. In Nunavut, municipalities last voted on 23 October 2023.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.nu.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Lori Idlout represents Nunavut in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Nunavut · Liberal Party of Canada · member since 11 March 2026 · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
With Lori Idlout, the Liberal Party of Canada counts 1 of the 1 MPs elected in Nunavut.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Nunavut, the 2021 vote favoured the New Democratic Party with 48%, 11.8 points clear of the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada). Lori Idlout was first elected in 2021; the current Parliament is Lori Idlout’s 2nd. Lori Idlout was elected for the New Democratic Party in 2025 and has sat with the Liberal Party of Canada since 11 March 2026.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
The New Democratic Party kept Nunavut in 2021 with Lori Idlout
Nunavut as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
The 2019 vote had elected Mumilaaq Qaqqaq of the New Democratic Party, with 41%. Lori Idlout won the 2021 race in Nunavut for the New Democratic Party, polling 48% and beating Pat Angnakak (Liberal Party of Canada) by 849 votes.
All 3 candidates in Nunavut, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Idlout | New Democratic Party | 3,427 | 47.7% |
| Pat Angnakak | Liberal Party of Canada | 2,578 | 35.9% |
| Laura Mackenzie | Conservative Party of Canada | 1,184 | 16.5% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Arviat is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.nu.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
Questions about how Arviat is run
Who is the MP for Arviat?
Arviat is in Nunavut, represented by Lori Idlout (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Arviat in the 2021 federal election?
Lori Idlout (New Democratic Party) took Nunavut in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MLA for Arviat?
Arviat’s riding isn’t placed on this page; the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut’s members page lists every MLA by riding.
Who heads the council in Arviat?
Ask the municipality itself: Arviat, a hamlet, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).