Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada and has a small population of 43,000 residents, living in 33 communities. It has a land area of about 1,127,712 km² and a population of 41,070 residents (2021). The Northwest Territories is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada.

It is bordered by the territories of Nunavut to the east and Yukon to the west, and by the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the south; it also touches Manitoba to the southeast.

Geographical features include Great Bear Lake, the largest lake entirely within Canada, and Great Slave Lake, the deepest body of water in North America, as well as the Mackenzie River and the canyons of the Nahanni National Park Reserve. Territorial islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago include Banks Island, Borden Island, Prince Patrick Island, and parts of Victoria Island and Melville Island. Its highest point is Mount Nirvana near the border with Yukon at an elevation of 2,773 m.