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Northwest Territories population 2026

Q: What is the population of Northwest Territories in 2026?

The latest official figure is 45,904, for 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada). Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter.

Northwest Territories has 45,904 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2026, 127 fewer than a year earlier (−0.28%). It is 12th of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories by population, home to 0.1% of Canada’s people.

Northwest Territories in numbers

Population: 46 thousand 1 July 2026
Change in a year: −0.28% −127 people
Change since 2021: +2.97% from 45 thousand
Share of Canada: 0.1% 12th of 13 provinces and territories
Population density: 0per km² 1,346,106 km²

That is about as many people as American Samoa (45 thousand).

Population of Northwest Territories by year

45.9k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2000	40,480
2001	40,850
2002	41,698
2003	42,598
2004	43,306
2005	43,399
2006	43,185
2007	43,396
2008	43,385
2009	43,171
2010	43,292
2011	43,493
2012	43,624
2013	43,774
2014	43,851
2015	44,247
2016	44,624
2017	44,656
2018	44,536
2019	44,442
2020	44,504
2021	44,579
2022	44,626
2023	44,611
2024	45,274
2025	46,031
2026	45,904

Year	Population	Change	%
2026	45,904	−127	−0.28%
2025	46,031	+757	+1.67%
2024	45,274	+663	+1.49%
2023	44,611	−15	−0.03%
2022	44,626	+47	+0.11%
2021	44,579	+75	+0.17%
2020	44,504	+62	+0.14%
2019	44,442	−94	−0.21%
2018	44,536	−120	−0.27%
2017	44,656	+32	+0.07%
2016	44,624	+377	+0.85%
2015	44,247	+396	+0.90%
2014	43,851	+77	+0.18%
2013	43,774	+150	+0.34%
2012	43,624	+131	+0.30%

Northwest Territories among Canada’s provinces and territories

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Provinces and territories of Canada by population
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1	Ontario	16,262,121	+0.28%	38.9%	15
2	Quebec	9,067,114	+0.18%	21.7%	6
3	British Columbia	5,710,598	+0.14%	13.7%	6
4	Alberta	5,101,050	+1.52%	12.2%	8
5	Manitoba	1,517,379	+0.58%	3.6%	2
6	Saskatchewan	1,278,402	+0.96%	3.1%	2
7	Nova Scotia	1,103,419	+0.75%	2.6%	20
8	New Brunswick	883,522	+1.01%	2.1%	12
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	552,462	+0.41%	1.3%	1
10	Prince Edward Island	182,989	+0.77%	0.4%	33
11	Yukon	50,356	+2.45%	0.1%	0
12	Northwest Territories	45,904	−0.28%	0.1%	0
13	Nunavut	43,091	+2.33%	0.1%	0

Questions

What is the population of Northwest Territories in 2026?

The latest official figure is 45,904, for 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada). Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter.

Is Northwest Territories’s population growing or shrinking?

It shrank by 127 people (−0.28%) in the latest year, and has changed +2.97% since 2021.

How does Northwest Territories rank in Canada?

Northwest Territories is 12th of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories, with 0.1% of the people. Ontario is the largest, with 16.3 million.

What is the population density of Northwest Territories?

About 0 people per km², on 1,346,106 km². Total area including inland water, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Northwest Territories?

Yellowknife, with about 20 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Total area including inland water, Wikidata. Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Canada, which uses a different method.

Cite this page: Northwest Territories population, Statistics Canada, 1 July 2026. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/canada/northwest-territories/

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