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.
Northwest Territories
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Coordinates: 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[4] |
• 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) |
Official languages |
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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 | X0, X1 (Yellowknife) |
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.
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