Northwest Territories

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federal territory subnational administrative division territory of Canada

The Northwest Territories is a vast, sparsely populated federal territory in northern Canada known for its subarctic and Arctic landscapes, Indigenous cultures, and natural resources.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canadian Northwest	1
NWT	1
North-West Territories	1
North-West Territories (Canada)	1
Northwest Territories (part)	1
Northwest Territories (parts)	1
Northwest Territories in meetings with the federal government of Canada	1
Northwest Territory	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal territory ⓘ subnational administrative division ⓘ territory of Canada ⓘ
areaRankInCanada	3 ⓘ
borderedBy	Alberta ⓘ Arctic Ocean ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Nunavut ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
capital	Yellowknife ⓘ
contains	Great Bear Lake ⓘ Great Slave Lake ⓘ Mackenzie River ⓘ Nahanni National Park Reserve ⓘ Wood Buffalo National Park ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
demographics	sparsely populated ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dene ⓘ Inuit ⓘ Métis ⓘ
hasClimate	Arctic climate ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	consensus government ⓘ
hasOfficialMotto	“Latitude 60° North – Land of the Midnight Sun” (commonly associated slogan) ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of Canada ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code	CA-NT ⓘ
joinedCanada	1870 ⓘ
knownFor	Aurora Borealis ⓘ Indigenous cultures ⓘ diamond mining ⓘ natural resources ⓘ
largestCity	Yellowknife ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic region ⓘ Northern Canada ⓘ subarctic region ⓘ
officialLanguage	Chipewyan ⓘ Cree ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Gwich’in ⓘ Inuvialuktun ⓘ surface form: Inuinnaqtun Inuktitut ⓘ Inuvialuktun ⓘ Dene ⓘ surface form: North Slavey South Slavey ⓘ Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	NT ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle	Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic Archipelago → administeredBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Old Northwest → alsoKnownAs → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Territory

Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Nunavut → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Saskatchewan → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Yukon → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ

British Columbia → borders → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Yukon Territory → borders → Northwest Territories ⓘ

BC → bordersTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ

subject surface form: British Columbia

Alberta → createdFrom → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: North-West Territories

Mackenzie River → deltaLocatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Canadian Shield → extendsAcross → Northwest Territories ⓘ

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → hasAbbreviation → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: NWT

Alberta → hasBorderWith → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → hasJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Northern Canada → hasPart → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Beaufort Sea → hasShorelineIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → headOfGovernmentFor → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → highestLegislativeAuthorityIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Mountain Time Zone → includesCanadianTerritoryPartially → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Rupert's Land → includesPresentDayTerritoryOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Territories (parts)

English-speaking Canada → includesProvinceOrTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Pacific Time Zone → includesStateOrProvince → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Territories (part)

Dene → inhabitsRegion → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Cree language → isOfficialLanguageOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Atlantic Time Zone → isUsedInTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ

NT → jurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → legislativeBodyFor → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Inuvialuit Settlement Region → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Mackenzie River → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Nahanni National Park Reserve → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Inuktitut → officialLanguageOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Nahanni National Park Reserve → provinceOrTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Inuvialuktun → recognizedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Chipewyan → region → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Alexander Mackenzie → regionOfActivity → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Northwest

NT → represents → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → represents → Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Territories in meetings with the federal government of Canada

Nunavut → separatedFrom → Northwest Territories ⓘ

German Canadians → significantPopulationIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Mackenzie River → sourceLocatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Cree language → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Gwich’in → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Inuktitut → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ

Inuvialuktun → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ