Commissioner of Nunavut provinces, but, they represent the Government of Canada not the monarch therefore, they are not viceroys. Commissioner of Nunavut The Commissioner of Nunavut (; Inuinnaqtun: "Kamisinauyuq Nunavunmut"; ) is the Government of Canada's representative in the territory of Nunavut. The current commissioner since June 23, 2015 is Nellie Kusugak, the fifth since the establishment of Nunavut in 1999. The commissioner is appointed to represent the Canadian federal government and performs many of the same duties of lieutenant governors in Canadian provinces, such as swearing in members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and approving territorial legislation. However, unlike a lieutenant
Vehicle registration plates of Nunavut Vehicle registration plates of Nunavut The Canadian territory of Nunavut was formed in April 1999, by the splitting of the Northwest Territories. At the time of division, the governments of both territories agreed to Nunavut continuing to use the NWT's polar bear-shaped license plates, which had been in use since 1970. Although the design of the plates was shared, the government of the NWT held the copyright. Nunavut's version of the plate differed from the NWT's in the name of the jurisdiction at the bottom and the addition of an "N" suffix after the numbers. In 2010, the government of