agency industry beverages founded rankin inlet 1999 headquarters rankin inlet canada key people chris d arcy assistant deputy minister of finance financial management products alcoholic beverages revenue cad1 173 760 2009 number of employees 17 website department of finance the nunavut liquor commission regulates the distribution purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages in the canadian territory of nunavut . the retail arms is referred to as nunavut liquor management . it is the smallest and newest liquor control agency in canada . the agency came into existence as a result of the creation of nunavut and transfer of responsibility for liquor control under the territory s liquor act . from 1999 to 2005 the northwest territories liquor commission was responsible for liquor control and sales . the agency currently has two warehouses and no liquor stores . 1 with no retail locations alcohol purchases are made by mail order to the agency and are flown to the locations across nunavut . individuals require a permit to order and ship liquor into nunavut . 2 it also provides licensed premises in rankin inlet and iqaluit . 3 bulk orders from breweries are not permitted . 4 the tight restrictions on liquor access have not prevented bootlegging and drinking problems in the territory . 2 references edit liquor commission . nunavut department of finance . 2010 . retrieved july 21 2012 . a b kathryn blaze carlson april 23 2010 . liquor control nunavut residents are turning to the underground market for alcohol . national post . retrieved july 21 2012 . provincial fact sheets . association of canadian distillers . 2008 . archived from the original on december 7 2008 . retrieved july 21 2012 . kent driscoll july 4 2005 . beer war brews . northern news service . retrieved july 21 2012 . v t e provincial and territorial alcoholic beverage authorities of canada retail and or licensing bc liquor stores sask liquor mlcc manitoba lcbo ontario saq quebec alcool nb liquor nslc peilcc nlc newfoundland nwt liquor nunavut liquor ylc yukon licensing only liquor control and licensing branch british columbia alberta gaming and liquor commission alcohol and gaming commission of ontario r gie des alcools des courses et des jeux quebec alcohol and gaming authority nova scotia liquor licensing board northwest territories liquor licensing board nunavut retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nunavut liquor commission & oldid 739211802 categories government agencies established in 1999canadian provincial alcohol departments and agenciescompanies based in nunavutalcohol monopolies1999 establishments in nunavut navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 11 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view