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Yellowknife
Yellowknife is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe, who were known as the "Copper Indians" or "Yellowknife Indians", today incorporated as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. They traded tools made from copper deposits near the Arctic Coast. Modern Yellowknives members can be found in city and in the adjoining, primarily Indigenous communities of Ndilǫ and Dettah. The city's population was 20,340 per the 2021 Canadian census. Of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Chipewyan language, Dene Suline, Dogrib language, Dogrib, Slavey language, South and North Slavey, English, and French. In the Dogrib language, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of the first quarter of 2025 is 45,074. Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and the only city in the territory; its population was 20,340 as of the 2021 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission. The Northwest Territories, a portion of the old North-Western Territory, entered the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870. At first, it was named the North-West Territories. The name was changed to the present Northwest Territories in 1906. Since 1870, the territory has been divided four times to create new provinces and territories or enlarge existing ones. Its current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowknife Centre
Yellowknife Centre is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 2023 election 2019 election 2015 election 2011 election 2007 election 2003 election 1999 election 1979 election See also * List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... Notes References External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories {{Authority control Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts Yellowknife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowknife South
Yellowknife South is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 2023 election 2019 election 2015 election 2011 election 2007 election 2003 election 1999 election 1979 election By-election reasons #October 31, 1988 Ted Richard appointed to Northwest Territories Supreme Court. See also * List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... Notes References External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories {{coord missin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Slave Region
The North Slave Region or ''Tłicho Region'' is one of five List of regions of the Northwest Territories, 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. With the exception of Yellowknife, the communities are predominantly First Nations in Canada, First Nations. Communities The North Slave Region includes the following communities: Communities of the North Slave Region Climate Notes References External links North Slave Region at Municipal and Community Affairs {{coord, 62, 48, 09, N, 116, 02, 47, W, region:CA-NT_type:adm1st_scale:10000000, display=title, name=North Slave Region centred on Behchokǫ̀ North Slave Region, Regions of the Northwest Territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Yellowknife
This is a list of mayors of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada List *Jock McNiven 1953–1954 *Gordon A. Allen 1954–1955 *Fred W. Henne 1956–1957 *Ted Horton 1958–1963 *John Havelock Parker, John Parker 1964 – February 1967 *C. M. "Chet" Wilkinson March – December 1967 *Fred W. Henne 1968–1973 *Robert M. Findlay 1974–1975 *Fred W. Henne 1976–1979 *Michael Ballantyne 1980–1983 *Don Sian 1984–1985 *Michael McGrath 1986–1987 *Pat McMahon 1988–1994 *David Lovell 1994–2000 *Gordon Van Tighem 2000–2012 *Mark Heyck 2012–2018 *Rebecca Alty 2018–2025 *Ben Hendriksen 2025–2026 Election results 2025 2022 2018 2015 2012 2009 2006 2003 2000 References {{reflist Lists of mayors of places in Canada, Yellowknife Mayors of Yellowknife, Lists of people from the Northwest Territories, Mayors of Yellowknife Northwest Territories politics-related lists, Mayors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada (after Great Bear Lake), List of lakes by depth, the deepest lake in North America at , and the List of lakes by area, tenth-largest lake in the world by area. It is long and wide. It covers an area of in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from to and up to making it the List of lakes by volume, 10th or 12th largest by volume. The lake shares its name with the First Nations in Canada, First Nations peoples of the Dene family called Slavey by their enemies the Cree. Towns situated on the lake include (clockwise from east) Łutselk'e, Fort Resolution, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Hay River, Hay River Reserve, Behchokǫ̀, Yellowknife, Ndilǫ, and Dettah. The only community in the East Arm is Łutselk'e, a hamlet of about 350 people, largely Chipewyan Indigenous peoples of the Dene Nation, and the abandoned winter camp and Hudson's Bay Company post Fort Reliance, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In The Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is the most populous of Canada's three territories with 41,070 residents as of 2021 and is the second-largest territory in land area at . The Northwest Territories' 24 municipalities cover only of the territory's land mass but are home to of its population. According to the ''Cities, Towns and Villages Act'' (''CTVA''), the ''Hamlets Act'' and the ''Charter Communities Act'' (''CCA''), all of which were enacted in 2003, a municipality is an area within a city, town, village, hamlet or charter community that was established or continued by a legislative order. The ''Tlicho Community Government Act'' (''TCGA''), enacted in 2004, also considers community governments as municipal corporations alongside charter communities, cities, hamlets, towns and villages. Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and its only city, while Fort Simpson is its only village. Of the remaining 22 municipalities, three of them are charter communities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowknife North
Yellowknife North is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife, the territorial capital. It encompasses Old Town, Niven Heights, some of downtown, and a large rural hinterland centred on the Ingraham Trail. The district previously existed from 1975 to 1999, but was dissolved at the 1999 election. The riding was recreated for the 2015 election, from part of the former district of Weledeh. ''Northern Journal'', June 2, 2014. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 2023 election 2019 election |
Julie Green
Julie Green is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2015 election. She represented the electoral district of Yellowknife Centre. Green was re-elected in 2019. She was acclaimed to the Executive Council in August 2020 and was subsequently appointed Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister Responsible for Seniors and Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities. Green was one of only two women elected in the 18th Assembly. A resolution passed unanimously on International Women's Day 2018 kicked off the reform process by setting goals to increase women's representation to 20 per cent by 2023 and 30 per cent by 2027. The Legislative Assembly created a special committee to explore ways to meet these goals. Green toured 10 communities with a committee of MLAs to gather ideas for improvement. An interim report tabled in March 2019 made seven recommendations to be implemented before the 2019 election. A fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Slave
Great Slave is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. The district has existed twice, the first incarnation (under the district name of Great Slave Lake) existed from 1975 and was abolished in 1979 when it was split between Great Slave East and Rae-Lac La Martre. The second incarnation was created in 1999 from the old Yellowknife North riding. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 2023 election 2019 election 2015 election 2011 election 2007 election 2003 election 1999 election 1975 election Notes See also * List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kam Lake
Kam Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife. A larger-than-usual property tax increase in 2014 saw the area re-zoned by the city of Yellowknife and some of the restrictions around residential building in the industrial area modified. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 2023 election 2019 election 2015 election 2011 election 2007 election 2003 election 1999 election Notes See also * List of Northwest Territories territorial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ... References External links Website of the Legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylund Johnson
Rylund Johnson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2019 election. He represented the electoral district of Yellowknife North. Political positions Johnson is a member of the federal Green Party, describing himself as a part of the "millenial green wave addressing political apathy." He proposed that the Northwest Territories Power Corporation bring in revenue through district heating, which would therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Johnson is an advocate for drug decriminalization following similar actions in the city of Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit .... Johnson also supports a system of guaranteed basic income and advocated for the implementation of such a system with fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
