A little more than two years after the Government of Nunavut announced its Nunavut 3000 housing plan, 394 units are complete and 322 units are under construction across the territory.

Lorne Kusugak, the minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corp.,  announced updates to Nunavut 3000 at the fall sitting of the Legislative Assembly. Photo by Arty Sarkisian

Nunatsiaq News spent several weeks working with Nunavut Housing Corp. staff to get detailed information about progress toward the $2.6-billion goal to build 3,000 units in Nunavut by 2030.

The data is compiled below in an interactive map.

The housing corporation is the recipient of the largest share of the GN’s 2025-26 capital spending plan, released Oct. 24, getting $109.7 million out of $353.8 million of estimated capital projects.

Finance Minister Lorne Kusugak gave an update on the total completed builds on Oct. 29 in the legislative assembly. The majority are public housing units, with 38 dedicated to staff housing.

Housing is something that is near and dear to all our hearts, Kusugak, who is also the minister responsible for Nunavut Housing Corp., said after MLAs questioned him on the progress of Nunavut 3000.

Nunavut 3000 was unveiled in October 2022.

Nunavut Housing Corp. and NCC Development Ltd. are directly responsible for construction of nearly half of all the planned homes, of which around 1,400 are to become public housing units.

The majority of the cost is paid for by the Nunavut government and Inuit associations, with $900 million coming from the private sector.

Approximately 900 units are to be co-investments between Nunavut Housing Corp. and partners such as Inuit organizations, not-for-profits, community organizations and private sector companies.

In December 2023, for example, trade students in Rankin Inlet turned over a public housing unit to Nunavut Housing Corp., which is included as part of Nunavut 3000.

In 19 out of 25 communities, the need for public housing was classified as “critical” by the housing corporation in its 2023–24 annual report.

The shortage is most severe in Kinngait, where the number of public housing units would have to increase by 89 per cent to have enough capacity for all the people on the housing wait lists. It’s followed by Rankin Inlet with a need for an 80 per cent increase.

Sanikiluaq and Grise Fiord are in the best shape, according to the report. Both are in need of a 29 per cent increase in the public housing stock.

The previous government built a couple hundred houses. We’re building a couple hundred houses a year, Kusugak said on Oct. 29.

I know I’ve said we will stumble, we will fall, but we will get back up again and we will keep going.

Map shows the number of houses anticipated and constructed right now, along with their completion dates. Red communities are in "critical" need of housing, according to the housing corporation. Light blue in "high" and dark blue in "less critical."

Source: Nunatsiaq News

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