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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]
Once the population of free men living within the territory rose to 5000, the federal government allowed residents to elect a legislature. The legislature, or General Assembly, consisted of two houses, a Legislative Council (five members chosen by Congress) and a House of Representatives consisting of 22 members elected by the male freeholders ...
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]
Name [3] Former name/date of change [3] Translation [3] Governance Municipality [4] Administrative region Census division Population 2016 [2] % change from 2011 Location Aklavik
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 ...
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2.