Nunavut Court of Justice Northwest Territories and the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. Besides court proceedings in Iqaluit the judges travel as a circuit court to communities throughout the territory to conduct cases. Nunavut Court of Justice The Nunavut Court of Justice (short: "NUCJ"; , "Nunavuumi Iqkaqtuijikkut"; Inuinnaqtun: "Nunavunmi Maligaliuqtiit") is the superior court and territorial court of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is administered from the Nunavut Justice Centre (Building #510) in Iqaluit. It was established on April 1, 1999 as Canada's only "unified" or single-level court with the consent of Canada, the Office of the Interim Commissioner of Nunavut and
1992 Northwest Territories jurisdictional boundaries plebiscite 1992 Northwest Territories jurisdictional boundaries plebiscite A plebiscite on the boundary between Northwest Territories and the new territory of Nunavut was held in the Northwest Territories on 4 May 1992. The proposed border was approved by 54% of voters. A second referendum later in the year gave the final approval to the creation of the new territory. A 1982 referendum had approved the division of the Northwest Territories and the creation of a new territory, later to become Nunavut. The federal government gave a conditional agreement to the plan seven months later. In December 1991 the federal government reached an