The South Slave Region is one of five
administrative regions in the
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 territorie ...
of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of seven communities with the regional office situated in
Fort Smith and a sub-office in
Hay River.
[South Slave Region]
/ref>[Some government departments, such as the Bureau of Statistics, exclude Fort Providence, Hay River Dene 1 and Kakisa and put them in the Deh Cho Region. However, Municipal and Community Affairs indicates they are part of the South Slave Region] With the exception of Enterprise and Hay River the communities are predominantly Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...
, mainly First Nations
First nations are indigenous settlers or bands.
First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to:
Indigenous groups
*List of Indigenous peoples
*First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...
.
Communities
The South Slave Region includes the following communities:
Communities of the South Slave Region
Climate
Notes
References
External links
South Slave Region at Municipal and Community Affairs
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Regions of the Northwest Territories