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==Populated islands== Of the more than 36,000 islands, only 11 are populated. Baffin Island, the largest, also has the largest population of 13,309.<ref name=2021censusNU/> The population accounts for 67.37 per cent of the 19,355 people in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], 56.51 per cent of the population of the Arctic Archipelago, and 35.38 per cent of the population of Nunavut.<ref name=2021censusNU/><ref name=2021censusNWT/> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Island ! Population<ref name=2021censusNU/><ref name=2021censusNWT/> ! Area<ref name="Canada"/><ref name="size">{{cite web |url=http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm |title=Islands By Land Area |publisher=Islands.unep.ch |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220003634/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm}}</ref><ref name="mil">{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector13.Hudson Strait |work=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=14β15 |access-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024235001/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |archive-date= 24 October 2004}}</ref><br>(km2) ! Area<br>(sq mi) ! Density<br>(km2) ! Density<br>(sq mi) |- |[[Baffin Island]] || align=right| 13,039 || align=right| 507,451 || align=right| {{cvt|507451|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|13039|507451|km2|prec=3|disp=num}} || align=right| {{Pop density|13039|507451|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Banks Island]] || align=right| 104 || align=right| 70,028 || align=right| {{cvt|70028|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|104|70028|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|104|70028|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Broughton Island (Nunavut)|Broughton Island]] || align=right| 593 || align=right| 127.6 || align=right| {{cvt|127.6|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|593|127.6|km2|disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|593|127.6|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]] || align=right| 183 || align=right| 6,995 || align=right| {{cvt|6995|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|183|6995|km2|disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|183|6995|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Dorset Island]] || align=right| 1,396 || align=right| {{cvt|8|sqmi|disp=number}} || align=right| 8 || align=right| {{Pop density|1396|8|sqmi||disp=num|flip=on|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1396|8|sqmi|km2|flip=on|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Ellesmere Island]] || align=right| 144 || align=right| 196,236 || align=right| {{cvt|196236|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|144|196236|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|144|196236|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Flaherty Island]] || align=right| 1,010 || align=right| 1,585 || align=right| {{cvt|1585|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1010|1585|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1010|1585|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Igloolik Island]] || align=right| 2,049 || align=right| 114.5 || align=right| {{cvt|114.5|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|2049|114.5|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|2049|114.5|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[King William Island]] || align=right| 1,349 || align=right| 13,111 || align=right| {{cvt|13111|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1349|13111|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1349|13111|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Southampton Island]] || align=right| 1,038 || align=right| 41,214 || align=right| {{cvt|41214|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|1349|13111|km2||disp=num|prec=3}}|| align=right| {{Pop density|1349|13111|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |- |[[Victoria Island]] || align=right| 2,168 || align=right| 217,291 || align=right| {{cvt|217291|km|disp=number}} || align=right| {{Pop density|2168|217291|km2||disp=num|prec=3}} || align=right| {{Pop density|2168|217291|km2|sqmi|prec=3|disp=num}} |}
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