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In 1874, NWT ceded land to the expansion of the province of Ontario. In 1876, NWT ceded land to the creation of District of Keewatin. In 1880, NWT gained the British Arctic Territories, transferred to Canada from the United Kingdom. In 1881, NWT ceded land to the expansion of Manitoba. In 1881, Canada had 2 territories and 7 provinces
The Northwest Territories has four communities incorporated as towns. [3] Hay River is the territory's largest town by population and land area with 3,169 residents and 122.4 km 2 (47.3 sq mi) respectively. [2] Norman Wells is the smallest town by population at 673 residents while Inuvik is the smallest by land area at 62.68 km 2 (24.20 sq mi). [2]
The Northwest Territories [b] is a federal territory of Canada.At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km 2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. [3]
The Northwest Territories – The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km 2 (442,000 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 41,786, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. [1] Its estimated population as of 2018 is 44,445. [2]
List of communities in the Northwest Territories. 5 languages. ... Population 2016 [2] % change from 2011 Location ... Communities in Canada's provinces and territories.
Its western boundary is approximately 50 km (31 mi) west of the Mackenzie Highway (NWT Highway 1), and its eastern boundary is approximately halfway through Wood Buffalo National Park. Its claimed land slightly overlaps in the west with claims by the Kaʼaʼgee Tu Band of the Dehcho First Nations. Half of its population lives in Hay River Reserve.
Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. [1] One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back ...
With the exception of Nunavut prior to 1996, the population figures largely reflect modern provincial boundaries; prior to 1996, the population of modern Nunavut is reported with Northwest Territories. Although the census has worked to count First Nations populations since 1871, the it is likely Indigenous Canadians are undercounted by the ...