Northwest Territories

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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.

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Northwest Territories
  • Territoires du Nord-Ouest  (French)[1]
  • Denendeh  (Athapascan languages)
  • Nunatsiaq  (Inuinnaqtun)
  • ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ  (Inuktitut)
Coat of arms of Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 67°N 121°W[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
  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[4]
  Estimate 
(2025 Q1)
45,074[5]
  RankRanked 11th
  Density0.03/km2 (0.08/sq mi)
DemonymsNorthwest Territorian[6]
FR: Franco-Ténois(e)
Official languages
[7][8]
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
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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.

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