The unborn baby spends around 38 weeks in the uterus, but the average length of pregnancy, or gestation, is counted at 40 weeks. Pregnancy is counted from the first day of the womanâs last period, not the date of conception which generally occurs two weeks later.
Residents must cope with a cost of living that can be significantly higher than many other places in Canada. The average household income in the Nunavut area is between $32,000 and $35,000 per year. However, the minimum wage stands at $11.00/hr, the highest in Canada.bout 56 percent of Nunavut's residents are under the age of 25. Located well into the Arctic, the average temperature in Nunavut in January is -30Â°C and in July is 15Â°C. Because of its latitude, the capital Iqaluit experiences 24 hours of daylight per day in June, and six hours per day in December.
Nunavut is an enormous territory, so the weather varies widely from place to place. First time visitors to Nunavut should know that it does not have a temperate climate. This is the Arctic, which is much colder on average than most of the populated regions of the world. Temperatures vary widely by community. The average temperature in Kugluktuk is the warmest in Nunavut, sometimes rising to 30Â°C in the summer and ranging from -15Â°C to -40Â°C in the winter. The coldest community in Nunavut is Grise Fiord, where summer temperatures can sometimes rise above freezing to 5Â°C and winter temperatures frequently drop to -50Â°C. Spring temperatures are more consistent throughout the territory, with average daytime highs between -20Â°C and -10Â°C.