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The Northwest Territories is a territory in Northern Canada. 45,848 people live there as of 2025.[5] It is 1,171,918 square kilometers.

Territory
Coordinates: 67°N 121°W / 67°N 121°W / 67; -121[2]Coordinates: 67°N 121°W / 67°N 121°W / 67; -121[2]
CountryCanada
ConfederationJuly 15, 1870[a] (5th, with Manitoba)
CapitalYellowknife
Largest cityYellowknife
Largest metroYellowknife
Government
 • TypeParliamentary system, with consensus government
 • CommissionerGerald Kisoun
 • PremierR. J. Simpson (consensus government)
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Federal representationParliament of Canada
House seats1 of 338 (0.3%)
Senate seats1 of 105 (1%)
Area
[4]
 • Total1,346,106 km2 (519,734 sq mi)
 • Land1,183,085 km2 (456,792 sq mi)
 • Water163,021 km2 (62,943 sq mi)  12.1%
 • RankRanked 3rd
 13.5% of Canada
Population
 (2021)
 • Total41,070 [3]
 • Estimate 
(2025 Q4)
45,848 [5]
 • RankRanked 11th
 • Density0.03/km2 (0.08/sq mi)
GDP
 • Rank11th
 • Total (2017)C$4.856 billion[9]
 • Per capitaC$108,065 (1st)
HDI
 • HDI (2021)0.930[10]—Very high (4th)
Time zoneUTC−07:00
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00
Postal abbr.
NT
Postal code prefix
X0, X1 (Yellowknife)
ISO 3166 codeCA-NT
FlowerMountain avens
TreeTamarack larch
BirdGyrfalcon
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

  1. ↑ Given to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company.
  1. ↑ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Place names - Territoires du Nord-Ouest. www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ Template:Cite cgndb
  3. ↑ Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories (February 9, 2022)Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ Land and freshwater area, by province and territory (February 1, 2005). Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Population estimates, quarterly (December 17, 2025)Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Official Languages Act (Northwest Territories (1998)Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ Official Languages of the Northwest TerritoriesPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory (2017) (September 17, 2019)Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  10. ↑ Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab. globaldatalab.org. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

Northwest Territories Media

  • Northwest Territories topographic location map

  • Köppen climate types in the Northwest Territories

  • The various Dene subdivisions including the Got'iné (labelled here as "North Slavey"), Tłı̨chǫ ("Dogrib"), Gwichʼin, and others

  • Map of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Inuvialuit Nunangit

  • Members of the Coppermine expedition caught by a storm in Coronation Gulf, August 1821

  • Map of the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land, 1859

  • A proclamation concerning the formation of the North-West Territories, from recently transferred territories to the Canadian government

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    The census classifies Indigenous Canadians as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.

  • Sign for an eye clinic in Yellowknife with all 11 official territorial languages

  • Aerial view of the Diavik Diamond Mine in the North Slave Region

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