List of parishes in the Northwest Territories

Municipalities by province and territory

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This list includes the parishes in the Northwest Territories of Canada . There are currently 33 parishes.

The territory is divided into the following regions:

• Dehcho region
• Inuvik region
• North Slave Region
• South Slave Region
• Sahtu region

List of cities

The following table shows the parishes in the territory, their region and parish status, and their population figures from the respective censuses from Statistics Canada , Canada's national statistics agency. The table only contains the locations that have the municipality status of City , Town or Village .

local community	region	Community status	population
			01991	01996	02001	02006	02011	02016
Fort Simpson	Dehcho	Village	1,142	1,257	1,163	1,216	1,238	1,202
Fort Smith	South slave	Town	2,480	2,441	2,185	2,364	2,496	2,542
Hay River	South slave	Town	3,253	3,611	3,510	3,648	3,606	3,528
Inuvik	Inuvik	Town	3,206	3,296	2,894	3,484	3,463	3,243
Norman Wells	Sahtu	Town	627	798	666	761	727	778
Yellowknife	North slave	City	15,179	17,275	16,541	18,700	19,234	19,569

List of official municipalities

The other recognized municipalities have the status

• Charter community
• Designated authorities
• Hamelt
• Self government

list

Aklavik Behchokò Colville Lake Déline Dettah Enterprise Fort Good Hope Fort Liard Fort McPherson

Fort Providence Fort Resolution Gametì Jean Marie River Kakisa Kátł'odeeche Łutselk'e Nahanni Butte Paulatuk

Sachs Harbor Sambaa K'e Tsiigehtchic Tuktoyaktuk Tulita Ulukhaktok Wekweètì Whatì Wrigley

List of other settlements

Anderson River Buffalo River Camlaren Canol Cape Parry Fort Collins

Kittigazuit Marten House Mold Bay Pine Point Port radium Rat River

Reindeer Depot Reliance Rocher River Salt River Tungsten

See also

• List of cities in Canada

Individual proof

1. ^ Municipal and Community Affairs. Government of Northwest Territories , accessed September 15, 2019 . 
2. ^ Statistics Canada
3. ^ Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census. In: Statistics Canada . December 23, 2013, accessed September 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ 2001 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . February 1, 2007, accessed September 15, 2019 . 
5. ↑ 2006 Community Profiles. In: Statistics Canada . January 5, 2015, accessed September 15, 2019 . 
6. ^ Census Profile, 2011 Census. In: Statistics Canada . November 27, 2015, accessed September 15, 2019 . 
7. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. In: Statistics Canada . February 9, 2017, accessed September 15, 2019 .