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{{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=Norman Wells,Sahtu | lat=65.281111 | long=-126.831389| label_size=75 | marksize=6|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=Fort Simpson,Dehcho | lat=61.863056 | long=-121.35 | label_size=75 | marksize=6|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=Yellowknife,North Slave | lat=62.44222 | long=-114.394722 | label_size=75 | marksize=6| position=right}}
{{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=Fort SmithSouth Slave | lat=60.005278 | long=-111.890556 | label_size=75 | marksize=6| position=top}}
}}| Dehcho Region| Fort Simpson| 2,073| Inuvik Region| Inuvik | 6,372| North Slave Region| YellowknifeBehchokǫ̀ (sub-office)| 23,144| Sahtu Region| Norman Wells| 2,554| South Slave Region

Provinces and territories of Canada>Territory| territory = Northwest Territories| start_date =| current_number = 5| number_date =| population_range = 2,073 (Dehcho Region) — 23,144 (North Slave Region)| area_range =	Administrative division>Administrative region	List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories>Municipalities}}The Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories is subdivided into administrative regions in different ways for various purposes. Administrative regions The Government of the Northwest Territory's Department of Municipal and Community Affairs divides the territory into five regions. Other services have adopted similar divisions for administrative purposes, making these the de facto regions of the territory. These divisions have no government of their own, but the Northwest Territories' government services are decentralized on a regional basis.Some government departments make slight changes to this arrangement. For example, the Health and Social Services Authority groups Fort Resolution with the North Slave Region, and divides South Slave Region into two regions: Hay River and Fort Smith. The Department of Natural Resources uses the same borders, but calls the Inuvik Region "Beaufort Delta".{| class="wikitable sortable"! Region! Regional offices(s)Regional Offices! Population (2016) ! Map
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Fort Smith, Northwest Territories>Fort SmithHay River (sub-office)| 7,764	150px)

Indigenous regions

Land and self-government treaties with First Nations, Inuvialuit (Inuit), and Métis groups give their governments a significant amount of authority to manage land use within agreed-upon areas. These areas are each much larger than the area fully owned by the indigenous government. Within each of these areas, the indigenous nation has jurisdiction over several areas of law, and land use is effectively co-governed by the territorial government and indigenous government.A treaty also exists with the Salt River First Nation, but it establishes reserves rather than a joint land use area.{| class="wikitable sortable"! Region! Indigenous government! Land claims! Self-government! Notes! Map| Acho Dene Koe Territory| Acho Dene Koe First Nation| An agreement-in-principle was signed 5 February 2014.| Self-government discussions are in early stages.| Land claimed includes land in the NWT, Yukon, and British Columbia. The NWT portion is in the southwest of the province, surrounding the hamlet of Fort Liard. || Akaitcho Territory| Akaitcho Territory Government A comprehensive agreement is in discussion {{as oflc=yes}}| North Slave Region east of Wekʼèezhìı and the eastern half of South Slave Region. The southern part of the region is in Treaty 8 territory, and the northern part is known as Chief Drygeese Territory. North Slave Métis Alliance also has claim to the area. The eastern portion of the land overlaps with claims by the Ghotelnene K’odtineh Dene.| | Dehcho Region| Dehcho First Nations| none2021|lc=yes}}Kaʼaʼgee Tu First Nation>Kaʼaʼgee Tu Band claims land farther east. The claim overlaps the Acho Dene Koe Territory in the southwest and overlaps with Katlʼodeeche Gotʼi Ndee in the east.| | Gwichʼin Settlement Area| Gwichʼin Tribal Council

• Nihtat Gwichʼin| Gwichʼin Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1992)| Gwichʼin Tribal Council is negotiating a self-government agreement for all of Gwichʼin except the Nihtat Gwichʼin in Inuvik, which is negotiating its own agreement.| Borders the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and the communities of Aklavik and Inuvik fall under both land claims. Overlaps with land claimed by First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, which is based in Yukon.150px)

| Inuvialuit Settlement Region| Inuvialuit Regional CorporationAbout IRC| Inuvialuit Final Agreement (1984)| In negotiation.Yukon. It borders the Gwichʼin Settlement Area and the communities of Aklavik and Inuvik fall under both land claimsHTTPS://WWW.GWICHIN.CA/GWICHIN-SETTLEMENT-REGION DATE=16 DECEMBER 2013ACCESS-DATE=26 DECEMBER 2020, HTTPS://WWW.EIA.GOV.NT.CA/EN/PRIORITIES/CONCLUDING-AND-IMPLEMENTING-LAND-CLAIM-AND-SELF-GOVERNMENT-AGREEMENTS/GWICHIN >TITLE=CONCLUDING AND IMPLEMENTING LAND CLAIM AND SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS - GWICH'INACCESS-DATE=26 DECEMBER 2020, HTTPS://IRC.INUVIALUIT.COM/LANDS/INUVIALUIT-LAND-ADMINISTRATION >TITLE=INUVIALUIT LAND ADMINISTRATIONACCESS-DATE=26 DECEMBER 2020, HTTPS://WWW.EIA.GOV.NT.CA/EN/PRIORITIES/CONCLUDING-AND-IMPLEMENTING-LAND-CLAIM-AND-SELF-GOVERNMENT-AGREEMENTS/INUVIALUIT >TITLE=CONCLUDING AND IMPLEMENTING LAND CLAIM AND SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS - INUVIALUITACCESS-DATE=26 DECEMBER 2020, ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT CANADA >TITLE=POST-1975 TREATIES (MODERN TREATIES) WEBSITE=OPEN GOVERNMENT DATE=4 JUNE 2015, 150px)| Katlʼodeeche Gotʼi Ndee| Kʼatlodeeche First Nationnone| South of Great Slave Lake. Its western boundary is approximately 50 km west of Highway 1, and its eastern boundary is approximately halfway through Wood Buffalo National Park. Its claimed land slightly overlaps in the west with claims by the Kaʼaʼgee Tu Band of the Dehcho First Nations. Half of its population lives in Hay River Reserve.| South Slave Metis Region| NWT Metis Nation| an agreement-in-principle has been signed| in early stages.| Located in the South Slave Region, with current Metis councils based in Hay River, Fort Smith, and Fort Resolution. It claims two cabin sites that overlap with land claims made by Kʼatlodeeche First Nation.|| Sahtu Settlement Region| For land claims:

• Sahtu Tribal Council

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For self-government:

• Behdzi Ahda' First Nation (Colville Lake)
• Délı̨nÄ™ Got’ı̨nÄ™ Government
• K’ahsho Got’ine Self Government Secretariat (Fort Good Hope)
• Norman Wells Land Corporation
• Yamoria Community Secretariat (Tulita)| Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1993)| In Délı̨nÄ™ district, the DélįnÄ™ Final Self-government Agreement is already in place. Each other district is in the process of negotiating their own self-government agreements.| Has the same borders as the Sahtu region. Subdivided into the DélįnÄ™ District, Tulita District, and K’asho Got’ine District.150px)

| Wekʼèezhìı| Tłı̨chǫ GovernmentTłįchǫ Land Claims and Self-government Agreement| Comprises the western half of North Slave Region, excluding the city of Yellowknife. Also called Tłįchǫ Region, after the people who live there, but this is distinct from "Tłįchǫ lands", which are the lands within Wekʼèezhìı that are fully owned by the Tłįchǫ Government.150px)

Census divisions

Statistics Canada divides the territory into six census divisions. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. They are listed below with their most populous municipality on the right:

• Region 1 – Inuvik
• Region 2 – Norman Wells
• Region 3 – BehchokÇ«Ì€
• Region 4 – Fort Simpson
• Region 5 – Fort Smith
• Region 6 – Yellowknife

Former census divisions

(File:Northwest Territories Regions pre 1999.png|300px|thumb|Administrative regions prior to 1999)

1999-2011

Prior to the 2011 census, there were two census divisions. The former census division of Inuvik was considerably larger than the administrative region of the same name.

• Fort Smith Region – Fort Smith
• Inuvik Region – Inuvik

Before 1999

Prior to the division of the NWT and the creation of Nunavut in 1999, there were five census divisions. Their boundaries were altered somewhat as part of the adjustment.

• Baffin Region
• Fort Smith Region
• Inuvik Region
• Keewatin Region
• Kitikmeot Region

See also

• List of regions of Nunavut

References

{{reflist}}{{Subdivisions of Northwest Territories}}{{Canada topic|List of regions of}}