The Northwest Territories is a territory in Northern Canada. 45,074 people live there as of 2025.[5] It is 1,171,918 square kilometers.
Northwest Territories
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| Coordinates: 67°N 121°W / 67°N 121°W[2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Confederation | July 15, 1870[a] (5th, with Manitoba) |
| Capital | Yellowknife |
| Largest city | Yellowknife |
| Largest metro | Yellowknife |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary system, with consensus government |
| • Commissioner | Gerald Kisoun |
| • Premier | R. J. Simpson (consensus government) |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
| Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
| House seats | 1 of 338 (0.3%) |
| Senate seats | 1 of 105 (1%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,346,106 km2 (519,734 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,183,085 km2 (456,792 sq mi) |
| • Water | 163,021 km2 (62,943 sq mi) 12.1% |
| • Rank | Ranked 3rd |
| 13.5% of Canada | |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 41,070[3] |
| • Estimate (2025 Q1) | 45,074[5] |
| • Rank | Ranked 11th |
| • Density | 0.03/km2 (0.08/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Northwest Territorian[6] FR: Franco-Ténois(e) |
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| GDP | |
| • Rank | 11th |
| • Total (2017) | C$4.856 billion[9] |
| • Per capita | C$108,065 (1st) |
| HDI | |
| • HDI (2021) | 0.930[10]—Very high (4th) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal abbr. | NT |
| Postal code prefix | |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-NT |
| Flower | Mountain avens |
| Tree | Tamarack larch |
| Bird | Gyrfalcon |
| Rankings include all provinces and territories | |
The capital of the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife. Yellowknife was the capital since 1967. The Northwest Territories have many geographical features, like the Great Bear Lake, the Mackenzie River and Nahanni River, which is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Northwest Territories entered the Canadian Confederation in 1870. The Hudson's Bay Company gave the land to the Dominion of Canada. The Northwest Territories have one person in the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate. A lot of parts of the Northwest Territories were given to other provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. In 1999, the eastern part of the Northwest Territories became the territory of Nunavut.
Notes and references
change- ↑ Given to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Territoires du Nord-Ouest". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Northwest Territories". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Land and freshwater area, by province and territory". February 1, 2005. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Population estimates, quarterly". Statistics Canada. March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ↑ The terms Northwest Territorian(s) Hansard, Thursday, March 25, 2004 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, and (informally) NWTer(s) Hansard, Monday, October 23, 2006 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, occur in the official record of the territorial legislature Archived June 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. According to the Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (ISBN 978-0-19-541619-0; p. 335), there is no common term for a resident of Northwest Territories.
- ↑ "Official Languages Act (Northwest Territories" (PDF). Government of the Northwest Territories. 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Official Languages of the Northwest Territories". Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory (2017)". Statistics Canada. September 17, 2019. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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