Truly. Really though, the biggest difference is just matter of scale. The US has 10x the amount of people that Canada does. Nunavut has 40,000 residents, Alaska has 736,000.
I'm Canadian and know some people who've spent time in Nunavut and life there seemed cold, lonely, dark, and expensive. My understanding is that once you're in Iqaluit, you aren't even able to drive to any other towns, they're generally not connected by real roads, nor would you be able to bring enough gas. Life in Alaska, especially near the cities, seems much more like the rest of rural Canada by comparison.
alaska has 736,000 but now subtract the populations of juneau (fairly well linked to BC and WA by coastal barge service and alaska marine highway), and other SE alaska coastal towns with tug+barge cargo service, the anchorage metro area and road system, and fairbanks area.
anchorage and fairbanks have normal road links to BC and the rest of the continent, albeit long and costly for fuel.
very different cargo movement situation from what's categorized as a "fly in" community which is accessible only by airplane during 75% of the year and ice roads during the other 25%.
the remote fly in communities in alaska are closer to nunavut in terms of cargo movement costs.
I'm Canadian and know some people who've spent time in Nunavut and life there seemed cold, lonely, dark, and expensive. My understanding is that once you're in Iqaluit, you aren't even able to drive to any other towns, they're generally not connected by real roads, nor would you be able to bring enough gas. Life in Alaska, especially near the cities, seems much more like the rest of rural Canada by comparison.