National Defence says Operation NANOOK-QIMAAVIVUT began July 30 and will continue through September 2026. Small military-engineering teams are to assess infrastructure and conduct reconnaissance near Resolute Bay, including airfield-condition surveys across the Arctic. Separately, the department says Operation NANOOK-TUUGAALIK began Aug. 14 and will run through October, involving HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, the Canadian Coast Guard, other federal departments and naval forces from the United States, France and Denmark. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗ ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The Resolute Bay work may inform future military mobility, airfield and operational-support planning in remote northern areas. The maritime activity means a greater federal and allied presence in Arctic waters, but National Defence has not announced a Nunavut construction project, funding decision or new public service as part of these two releases.

QIMAAVIVUT is scheduled to end in September 2026. TUUGAALIK is scheduled to continue through October 2026. National Defence says its findings from QIMAAVIVUT will support future planning and identify infrastructure, mobility and sustainment requirements; it has not published resulting project commitments or a timetable for decisions. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The original records support planned assessments near Resolute Bay, but do not specifically identify current QIMAAVIVUT work in Iqaluit or Pangnirtung. The source candidate’s framing that both operations continue only “until September” is incomplete: TUUGAALIK is scheduled through October. National Defence says TUUGAALIK activities include patrols, surveillance, community engagement and refuelling in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, while QIMAAVIVUT includes engineering reconnaissance, infrastructure assessments and airfield surveys. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗