The Canadian Armed Forces launched Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT on Aug. 25. It is scheduled to continue until Sept. 25 in and around Resolute Bay. National Defence says more than 350 personnel are participating, including Canadian Rangers, alongside the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Coast Guard and Joint Task Force North. Source↗

The department lists surveillance training, air and land mobility exercises, movement of heavy equipment, and combined air, land and maritime activities among the planned work. The announced Terry Fox Run on Sept. 4 and Community Relations Day on Sept. 5 have already passed. Source↗

Residents and travellers near Resolute Bay may notice increased military aircraft, vehicles, equipment movements and activity on the land and nearby waters through Sept. 25. The federal release does not announce road closures, public travel restrictions, navigation exclusions or changes to local services.

The operation is part of the Canadian Armed Forces’ annual Operation NANOOK program. The department says the NUNAKPUT portion focuses on presence and surveillance along the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during the summer sailing season. Source↗

The exercise is scheduled to end Sept. 25, 2026. Atiilu News Desk has not found a later public notice setting out additional community events, travel advisories or operational restrictions for Resolute Bay.

Status: underway, not a proposed exercise.

Location: in and around Resolute Bay, Nunavut.

Dates: Aug. 25 to Sept. 25, 2026.

Participants: more than 350 Canadian Armed Forces personnel, including Canadian Rangers.

Activities identified by National Defence: surveillance training; air and land mobility exercises; heavy-equipment movement; and integrated air, land and maritime work.

The federal announcement frames the activity as readiness, surveillance and Arctic-presence work. It does not identify a new local infrastructure project, public funding commitment, procurement, emergency, or public access restriction.