- Ikaluktutiak Co-op Ltd. in Cambridge Bay: $5.99/kg for all sizes. - Grise Fiord Inuit Co-op Ltd.: $7.99/kg for regular, $9.79/kg for Butterball, $10.99/kg for stuffed Butterball. - Northern Store in Clyde River: $8.75/kg for 3-7 kg turkey, $9.25/kg for 7-9 kg turkey. - NorthMart in Iqaluit: $5.45/kg regular, or - $7.43/kg for Butterball turkey. - Yellowknife Co--op: $3.57/kg for Butterball turkey. Grade A turkeys 7kg and under $2.84/kg, 7kg and over $2.18/kg. - Loblaws at Queens Quay Market in Toronto: $5.49/kg for Butterball. $3.73/kg for Grade A.

A stuffed Butterball turkey, top of the line according to some, is $10.99 per kilogram in Grise Fiord.

"The turkeys taste so much better with high prices. We have to eat every little bit. We don't just throw it away. Even the bones are passed on to the dogs," said Ragilee Attagootak, office clerk at the Grise Fiord Inuit Co-op. Even the average Butterball turkey, minus the stuffing and fancy trimmings, costs $9.79/kg in Attagootak's community.

Turkeys at the Northern Store in Clyde River are a little less expensive. A bird weighing between three and seven kilograms will cost $8.75/kg. A bird weighing between seven and nine kilograms is $9.25/kg.

Loassie Tassugat, grocery manager for the Northern, put the turkeys out last week. He said the price seems to go up every year. "I think it's the freight and the cost of petroleum that keeps going up. That's why they're so expensive," he said.

One of the best turkey prices in the territory was found in Cambridge Bay. Pat Johnson, Ikaliktutiak Co-op retail manager, said turkeys of all sizes sell for $5.99/kg. Though the price is cheap for Nunavut, Cambridge Bay's turkeys still climbed $1/kg in price since last year.

To save a few dollars, grocers suggest shopping early.