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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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Northwest Territories canonical 163
North-West Territories 10
Canadian Northwest 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 (189)

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

Canadian Shield → extendsAcross → Northwest Territories ⓘ
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → hasAbbreviation → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWT
Old Northwest → alsoKnownAs → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Territory
Pacific Time Zone → includesStateOrProvince → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Territories (part)
Gwich’in → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
British Columbia → borders → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Saskatchewan → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Alberta → hasBorderWith → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Alberta → createdFrom → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Territories
Nunavut → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut → separatedFrom → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuktitut → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuktitut → officialLanguageOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone → includesCanadianTerritoryPartially → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Beaufort Sea → hasShorelineIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Dene → inhabitsRegion → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Atlantic Time Zone → isUsedInTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
German Canadians → significantPopulationIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Mackenzie River → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Mackenzie River → sourceLocatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Mackenzie River → deltaLocatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
BC → bordersTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
subject surface form: British Columbia
Yukon → borderedBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago → administeredBy → Northwest Territories ⓘ
English-speaking Canada → includesProvinceOrTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Cree language → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Cree language → isOfficialLanguageOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Northern Canada → hasPart → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuvialuit Settlement Region → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Rupert's Land → includesPresentDayTerritoryOf → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Territories (parts)
Rupert's Land → successorTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Territories (Canada)
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → locatedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Loucheux → traditionalTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → recognizedIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Kutchin → traditionalTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Tłı̨chǫ → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Yukon Territory → borders → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Alexander Mackenzie → regionOfActivity → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Northwest
Chipewyan → region → Northwest Territories ⓘ
NT → represents → Northwest Territories ⓘ
NT → jurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → legislativeBodyFor → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → highestLegislativeAuthorityIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → headOfGovernmentFor → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Premier of the Northwest Territories → hasJurisdiction → Northwest Territories ⓘ