GN services during the holiday closure

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December 12, 2025

All Government of Nunavut (GN) offices will be closed from 5 p.m. on December 23, 2025, to 8:30 a.m. on January 2, 2026, except for designated facilities that must stay open. Those facilities are:

Health

Iqaluit Health Services

The Qikiqtani General Hospital (QGH) will remain open with full inpatient, pharmacy, and emergency services.

The following Iqaluit Health Services will be open at a reduced capacity:

ambulatory care clinics (QGH clinics and family practice)
rehabilitation services
Iqaluit case management
public health services
home and community care services
diagnostic imaging
health records
environmental services
biomedical services
materials management
central sterilizing and reprocessing
surgical services for emergencies only (no scheduled surgeries)
laboratory services

Qikiqtaaluk, Kivalliq and Kitikmeot Region Health Services

Community health centres will operate on emergency services during the holiday closure period with 24/7 on-call services for urgent and emergency care remaining available.

Postponed services:

Routine clinics such as chronic disease management, well-child and well-woman/well-man clinics.

The following core services at community health centres will be maintained:

Prenatal clinics for high-risk clients.
Urgent and emergency appointments.
Medical travel services.
Community members are advised to call ahead before visiting the health centre.

Health centre staff are deemed essential and thus will work during the holiday closure dates, as scheduled by their supervisor.

Continuing care centres and Elders’ facilities will be fully operational during the holiday closure period.

Public Health

Public health nurses, regional communicable disease coordinators, TB coordinators, and support staff will work at reduced capacity.

TB programs and TB care delivery will function at full capacity.

Lab and Diagnostic Imaging

Kitikmeot laboratory and diagnostic imaging services remain open for emergent, urgent, and necessary testing requirements only. Routine collection and testing of lab work will be suspended during this period.

Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk laboratory and diagnostic imaging services remain fully operational during the holiday closure.

Mental Health and Addictions

Mental health nurses and consultants will function at full capacity.

Mental health and addictions paraprofessional staff will be off while remaining available to be called in at the discretion of the mental health regional manager.

Medical Travel, Duty Travel and Boarding Homes

Baffin medical travel: 866-371-3305
Kivalliq medical travel: 844-886-8020
Kitikmeot medical travel: 844-886-8010
Health duty travel: 844-975-5971
Boarding homes will operate at full capacity:
- Churchill – Iglualuk Boarding Home.
- Edmonton – Larga House.
- Ottawa – Larga House Baffin.
- Winnipeg – Kivalliq Inuit Centre.
- Yellowknife – Larga Kitikmeot Boarding Home.
- Iqaluit – Tammaativvik Boarding Home.