North Slave Region
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Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
- Frame Lake
- Great Slave
- Kam Lake
- Range Lake
- Yellowknife Centre
- Yellowknife North
- Yellowknife South
Behchokǫ̀ (sub-office)
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The North Slave Region or Tłicho Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the most populous of the five regions, with a population of almost 23,000. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Yellowknife and a sub-office in Behchokǫ̀.[1] With the exception of Yellowknife, the communities are predominantly First Nations.
Communities
The North Slave Region includes the following communities:
Community | Demographics (2016) | ||||||
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Name[3] | Type[4] | Census[5] | Aboriginal Population Profile[6] | ||||
Official | Traditional | Total | First Nations | Métis | Inuit | Other | |
Behchokǫ̀ | Tlicho community government | 1,874 | 1,720 | 60 | 10 | 160 | |
Dettah | T'èɂehda | Designated authority | 219 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Gamèti | Tlicho community government | 278 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Łutselk'e | Designated authority | 303 | 270 | 0 | 10 | 35 | |
Ndilǫ | Yellowknives community | Included in Yellowknife | |||||
Wekweètì | Tlicho community government | 129 | 120 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
Whatì | Tlicho community government | 470 | 440 | 10 | 0 | 25 | |
Yellowknife | Sǫ̀mbak'è | City | 19,569 | 3,200 | 1,280 | 625 | 17,550 |
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Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)[7] |
Notes
^ a: 2001 estimated population. Included with Yellowknife
References
- ^ a b North Slave Region
- ^ Government of the Northwest Territories. "About Municipal and Community Affairs". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide". Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Yellowknife: Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Differences in Community Government Structures" (PDF). Maca.gov.nt.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data".
- ^ "Aboriginal Population Profile, 2016 census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Population Estimates By Community from the GNWT
External links
Download coordinates as:
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- GPX (all coordinates)
- GPX (primary coordinates)
- GPX (secondary coordinates)
- North Slave Region at Municipal and Community Affairs
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- Inuvik
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- Atkinson Point (BAR-D)
- Cape Parry (PIN-MAIN)
- Clinton Point (PIN-1)
- Horton River (Malloch Hills) (BAR-E)
- Keats Point (PIN-1BD)
- Liverpool Bay (BAR-DA1)
- Nicholson Peninsula (BAR-4)
- Pearce Point (PIN-A)
- Storm Hills (BAR-BA3)
- Tuktoyaktuk (BAR-3)
- Tununuk Camp (BAR-C)
trading posts
- Alberta (1882-1905)
- Assiniboia (1882-1905)
- Athabasca (1882-1905)
- Franklin (1895-1999)
- Keewatin (1905-1999)
- Mackenzie (1895-1999)
- Saskatchewan (1882-1905)
- Ungava (1895-1920)
- Yukon (1895-1898)
Category:Northwest Territories
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62°48′09″N 116°02′47″W / 62.80250°N 116.04639°W / 62.80250; -116.04639 (North Slave Region centred on Behchoko)