The
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
of Canada contains 33 official communities.
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Communities
The following are communities recognised by the Government of the Northwest Territories. All of them are also recognized as census subdivision
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s by Statistics Canada
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Other
Ndilǫ
Ndilǫ is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The small Dene community is located on the edge of Yellowknife on the tip of Latham Island. It had a population of approximately 321 people in 201 ...
, (formerly Rainbow Valley, until 1991) part of the Akaitcho Territory Government
The Akaitcho Territory Government is a First Nations organization representing the Dene people of the Northwest Territories, Canada. , and represented by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is a band government in the Northwest Territories. It represents the Yellowknives people, namesake of the territorial capital Yellowknife. Its membership primarily resides in two communities: Ndilǫ, bordering t ...
. It is located at on Latham Island, Yellowknife.Yellowknives Dene First Nation
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Other census subdivisions
Other places
* Canol Camp
*Discovery
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* Fort Confidence
* Old Fort Providence
* Pine Point
*Port Radium
Port Radium is a mining area on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
It included the settlement of Cameron Bay as well as the Eldorado (also called Port Radium) and Echo Bay mines. The name Port Radium did n ...
* Rayrock
*Tungsten
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Regional populations
See also
*List of cities in Canada
This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.
Capital cities
Alberta
To qualify as a city in Alberta, a su ...
*List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is the most populous of Canada's three territories with 41,070 residents as of 2021 and is the second-largest territory in land area at . The Northwest Territories' 24 municipalities cover only of the territo ...
References
External links
Place names in the NWT
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