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It’s nonpolar because it’s an ionic compound. Which is like, a really really extreme polar [polar is slightly +/-] but ionic compounds are so ‘polar’ in a sense that the charge difference in compound is actually no longer just slightly but fully +/-. Therefore, carbonate being a polyatomic ion, is nonpolar. I don’t know if that made ANY sense.
