Northwast Territories
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| Northwast Territories Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French) Nunatsiaq (Inuinnaqtun) ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuktitut) |
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| Motto: (Nae offeecial motto)[1] | |||||
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| Caipital | Yellowknife | ||||
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| Lairgest ceety | Yellowknife | ||||
| Lairgest metro | Yellowknife | ||||
| Offeecial leids | Chipewyan, Cree, Inglis, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tłįchǫ[2] | ||||
| Demonym | Northwest Territorian[3] | ||||
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| Commissioner | George Tuccaro[4] | ||||
| Premier | Bob McLeod (Consensus govrenment, nae pairty affiliations) | ||||
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||||
| Federal representation | In Canadian pairlament | ||||
| Hoose seats | 1 o 308 (0.3%) | ||||
| Senate seats | 1 o 105 (1%) | ||||
| Confederation | 15 Julie 1870 (Hudson's Bay Company cedes territory tae Canadae) (6t) | ||||
| Aurie [5] | Ranked 3rd | ||||
| Total | 1,346,106 km2 (519,734 sq mi) | ||||
| Laund | 1,183,085 km2 (456,792 sq mi) | ||||
| Watter (%) | 163,021 km2 (62,943 sq mi) (12.1%) | ||||
| Proportion o Canadae | 13.5% o 9,984,670 km2 | ||||
| Population | Ranked 11t | ||||
| Total (2011) | 41,462 [6] | ||||
| Densitie (2011) | 0.04 /km2 (0.10 /sq mi) | ||||
| GDP | Ranked 11t | ||||
| Total (2006) | C$4.103 billion[7] | ||||
| Per caipita | C$76,000 (1st) | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| Postal | NT | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CA-NT | ||||
| Time zone | UTC-7 | ||||
| Postal code prefix | X0, X1 (Yellowknife) | ||||
| Flouer | Mountain avens | ||||
| Tree | Tamarack Larch | ||||
| Bird | Gyrfalcon | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.gov.nt.ca | ||||
| Rankins include aw provinces an territories | |||||
The Northwast Territories (NWT; Inglis: Northwest Territories, French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO) is ane o three federal territories o Canadae. The Northwast Territories entered the Canadian Confederation 15 Julie 1870, but the current borders wur formit 1 Aprile 1999, wi the creation o Nunavut.
It haed a population o 41,462 as o the 2011 census, showin little chynge frae the 2006 census.[6]
In 1967, as a result o recommendations bi the Carrothers Commission, Yellowknife became the caipital.
While neebourin Nunavut is maistly Airctic tundra, the Northwast Territories haes a slichtly wairmer climate an is maistly boreal forest (taiga), although aboot hauf o the territory is north o the tree line.
References[edit]
- ↑ What is the official motto of the Northwest Territories?. Assembly.gov.nt.ca. Retrieved on 22 Februar 2011. .
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlang - ↑ The terms Northwest Territorian(s) Hansard, Thursday, March 25, 2004, and (informally) NWTer(s) Hansard, Monday, October 23, 2006, occur in the official record of the territorial legislature. According to the Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (ISBN 0-19-541619-8; p. 335), there is no common term for a resident of Northwest Territories.
- ↑ Northern News Services. New commissioner sworn in. Nnsl.com. Retrieved on 22 Februar 2011. .
- ↑ Land and freshwater area, by province and territory
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses. Statcan.gc.ca (2012-02-08). Retrieved on 8 Februar 2012. .
- ↑ Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory. 0.statcan.ca (November 4, 2010). Retrieved on 22 Februar 2011. .
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