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List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories

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at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. After consultation with community residents and groups, the application can be approved if 60% of the eligible electors vote to approve the incorporation. The
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at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. In the case of a town however, the proposed town's minimum assessed land value must be $ 50 million unless an exception is made by the Minister. The Northwest
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at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, if the proposed city has a minimum assessed land value of $ 200 million or if an exception is made by the Minister. The only city in the Northwest Territories
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enables an application to incorporate as a village at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. The proposed village's minimum assessed land value must be $ 10 million unless an exception is made by the
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At the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, an application can be submitted to incorporate a community as a hamlet under the
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Half of the population of the Northwest Territories (49.5%) resides in Yellowknife, the largest municipality in the territory at 20,340 residents. The least populous municipality is
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Minister. The only village in the Northwest Territories is Fort Simpson. It had a population of 1,100 residents and a land area of 77.89 km (30.07 sq mi).
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is the territory's largest community government by population and land area at 1,746 residents and 74.96 km (28.94 sq mi) respectively.
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is the territory's largest charter community by population with 573 residents and largest by land area at 79.39 km (30.65 sq mi).
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is the territory's largest town by population and land area with 3,169 residents and 122.4 km (47.3 sq mi) respectively.
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is its only village. Of the remaining 22 municipalities, three of them are charter communities, four are community governments of the
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is Yellowknife. It had a population of 20,340 residents and a land area of 103.37 km (39.91 sq mi) in the
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is the smallest by population with 573 residents and smallest by land area at 47.25 km (18.24 sq mi).
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territory in land area at 1,127,712 km (435,412 sq mi). The Northwest Territories' 24
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Yellowknife incorporated as a municipal district in 1953 prior to incorporating as a city in 1970.
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is the smallest by land area at 9.04 km (3.49 sq mi). The fourth community is
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is the smallest hamlet by population at 75 residents while the smallest by land area is
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cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass but are home to 96% of its population.
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An application to incorporate as a community charter can be submitted under the
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Like cities, an application to incorporate as a town can be submitted under the
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is the smallest community government by population at 109 residents while
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Four community governments were established through the enactment of the
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is the largest by land area at 452.87 km (174.85 sq mi).
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is the smallest by land area at 62.68 km (24.20 sq mi).
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is the capital of the Northwest Territories and its only city, while
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Distribution of the Northwest Territories' 24 municipalities by type
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at 452.87 km (174.85 sq mi), while the smallest is
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Tsiigehtchic incorporated as a charter community under the name
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is the smallest town by population at 673 residents while
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Territories has four communities incorporated as towns.
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with 75 residents. The largest municipality by area is
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is the largest by population with 937 residents and
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in 1993 prior to incorporating as a hamlet in 2024.
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Index

Map of Canada with Northwest Territories highlighted in red
Northwest Territories
Canada
Map showing locations of all municipalities of the Northwest Territories
Skyline of downtown Yellowknife
Yellowknife
Street in Hay River
Hay River
View of Richardson Mountains from Inuvik
Inuvik
Dwellings in Behchokǫ̀ on the shore of Great Slave Lake
Behchokǫ̀
Tlicho
Northwest Territories
most populous
three territories
2021
second-largest
municipalities
Yellowknife
Fort Simpson
Tlicho people
Enterprise
Fort Resolution
Gamèti
2021 Census
Hay River
Norman Wells
Inuvik
Tuktoyaktuk

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