Editing Northwest Territories (section)

===Communities===
{{Main|List of communities in the Northwest Territories|List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Five largest municipalities by population
!Municipality
!2016
|-
|[[Yellowknife]]<ref name="CYZF"/>
|19,569
|-
|[[Hay River, Northwest Territories|Hay River]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6105016&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&SearchText=Hay%20River&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6105016&TABID=1&type=0 |title=2011 Community Profiles – Hay River |publisher=www12.statcan.ca |date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
|3,528
|-
|[[Inuvik]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6101017&TABID=1&type=0 |title=2016 Community Profiles – Hay River |publisher=www12.statcan.ca |date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628152548/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6101017&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|3,243
|-
|[[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&SearchText=Behchok%C3%B2&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6103031&TABID=1&type=0 |title=2011 Community Profiles – Fort Smith |publisher=www12.statcan.ca |date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
|2,542
|-
|[[Behchokǫ̀]]<ref name="bech2011">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&SearchText=Behchok%C3%B2&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6103031&TABID=1&type=0 |title=Census Profile |date=October 6, 2020 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1,874
|}
As of 2014, there are 33 official communities in the NWT.<ref name="maca">{{cite web |url=http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/communitylist |title=Communities |access-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120143540/https://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/communitylist |url-status=live }}</ref> These range in size from Yellowknife with a population of 19,569<ref name="CYZF">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6106023&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Yellowknife&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6106023&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref> to [[Kakisa]] with 36 people.<ref name="kakisa">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6104005&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Kakisa&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6104005&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref> Governance of each community differs, some are run under various types of First Nations control, while others are designated as a city, town, village or hamlet, but most communities are [[Municipal government in Canada|municipal corporations]].<ref name="maca"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/resources/Differences_in_Comm_Govt_Structure.pdf |title=Differences in Community Government Structures |access-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-date=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030148/http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/resources/Differences_in_Comm_Govt_Structure.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Yellowknife is the largest community and has the largest number of Aboriginal peoples, 4,520 (23.4%) people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=995&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Yellowknife&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1 |title=Yellowknife [Census agglomeration] |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref> However, [[Behchokǫ̀]], with a population of 1,874,<ref name="bech2016">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchok%20&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301131609/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchok%20&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> is the largest First Nations community, 1,696 (90.9%),<ref name="behc">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchok%20&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Aboriginal%20peoples&TABID=1 |title=Behchokò – Aboriginal population |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628033512/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Inuvik]] with 3,243 people<ref name="YEV2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225070154/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> is the largest Inuvialuit community, 1,315 (40.5%).<ref name="CYEV">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |title=search: Inuvik |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225070154/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6101017&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Inuvik&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is one [[Indian reserve]] in the NWT, [[Hay River Reserve]], located on the south shore of the [[Hay River (Canada)|Hay River]].