North Slave Region Explained

Official Name:	North Slave Region
Settlement Type:	Administrative region
Image Map1:	NWT Locator North Slave.svg
Mapsize1:	200
Map Caption1:	Location within the Northwest Territories
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Territory
Subdivision Name1:	Northwest Territories
Subdivision Type2:	Federal riding
Subdivision Name2:	Northwest Territories
Subdivision Type3:	Territorial ridings
Subdivision Name3:	Monfwi Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Seat Type:	Regional offices
Seat:	Yellowknife Behchokǫ̀ (sub-office)
Leader Title1:	Administrator
Leader Title2:	Councillors
Established Title:	Established
Population Total:	23144
Population As Of:	2016
Utc Offset:	−07:00
Timezone Dst:	MDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−06:00
Blank Name:	Highways
Blank Info:

The North Slave Region or Tłicho Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the most populous of the five regions, with a population of almost 23,000. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Yellowknife and a sub-office in Behchokǫ̀.^[2] With the exception of Yellowknife, the communities are predominantly First Nations.

Communities

The North Slave Region includes the following communities:

Communities of the North Slave Region
Community			Demographics (2016)
Name^[3]		Type^[4]	Census^[5]	Aboriginal Population Profile^[6]
Official	class=unsortable	Type^[4]	Traditional	Total	First Nations	Métis	Inuit	data-sort-type="number"	Other
Behchokǫ̀		Tlicho community government
Dettah	T'èɂehda	Designated authority
Gamèti		Tlicho community government
Łutselk'e		Designated authority
Ndilǫ		Yellowknives community
Wekweètì		Tlicho community government
Whatì		Tlicho community government
Yellowknife	Sǫ̀mbak'è	City

Notes

External links

North Slave Region at Municipal and Community Affairs

62.8025°N -116.0464°W

Notes and References

Web site: About Municipal and Community Affairs. Government of the Northwest Territories. en. 2019-06-17.
https://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/north-slave-region North Slave Region
Web site: Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide . . Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories . Yellowknife . https://web.archive.org/web/20160113110003/http://www.pwnhc.ca/cultural-places/geographic-names/community-names/ . 2016-01-13 . live . 2016-01-13.
Web site: Differences in Community Government Structures. PDF. Maca.gov.nt.ca. 18 December 2014.
Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data.
Web site: Aboriginal Population Profile, 2016 census. 1 July 2019. Statistics Canada.