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Nunavut stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.

The bylaws stand in the founding documents, with the name, the purposes and the head office.

A Nunavut society begins on an application — its name, its purposes and the community where its work is chiefly carried on, which become its constitution — with by-laws covering every matter section 5 lists, sent to the Registrar with the fee. A change to the by-laws takes no effect until the Registrar registers it. Binds: Nunavut societies (Societies Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. S-11).

The law’s own words

“by (a) making and subscribing "an application, in the prescribed form, setting out the intended name of the society and the purpose or purposes for which incorporation is desired"; (b) subscribing "to by-laws agreed upon by them for the government of the society containing provisions for all the matters set out in section 5"; and (c) transmitting "to the Registrar the application and by-laws, together with the prescribed fee."”

Societies Act (Nunavut), s. 2 · Read it at Nunavut Legislation · Verified 2026-11-11

“No rescission, alteration or addition referred to in subsection (1) has any effect until it has been registered by the Registrar.”

Societies Act (Nunavut), s. 6 · Read it at Nunavut Legislation · Verified 2026-11-11

“The Application for Incorporation must be completed with the name of the society, the objects of the society, and the community in Nunavut in which the operations of the society are to be chiefly carried on. These three items will become the constitution of the society and must be considered as separate and distinct from the by-laws.”

Societies Act (Nunavut) — Legal Registries Division, Department of Justice, Corporate Registries Guide: Societies · Read it at Nunavut Legal Registries · Verified 2026-11-11