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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 ...
The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada. It has an area of 1,171,918 square kilometres and a population of 41,786 as of the 2016 Canadian census . Population history
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 shaded area of the map was split from the Northwest Territories in 1999 to form the new territory of Nunavut. In 1975, the territorial government once again became a fully elected body. In 1984, the Canadian Government agreed to transfer the responsibility for naming places to the territories. [ 19 ]
Pages in category "History of the Northwest Territories" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1871 there was an enumeration of the Indigenous population within the limits of Canada at the time, showing a total of only 102,358 individuals. [33] From 2006 to 2016, the Indigenous population has grown by 42.5 percent, four times the national rate. [34]
The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land.. Due to the lack of development, exploration, and cartographic limits of the time, the exact boundaries, ownership, and administration of the region were not precisely defined when the territory was extant.
This category is for people who were significantly residents of the Northwest Territories, as defined at the time, from 1870 until the present. In earlier periods all of Alberta and Manitoba and Nunavut were in the Northwest Territories, so people who lived in those areas during those times who made significant contributions or it constitutes a ...