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

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.

Northern Athabaskan languages → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Tłı̨chǫ → spokenIn → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Rupert's Land → successorTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-West Territories (Canada)
Kutchin → traditionalTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ
Loucheux → traditionalTerritory → Northwest Territories ⓘ