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  • Capital City: Yellowknife (18,700 pop.) (2006 CMA) (CMA population includes city and metro suburb areas)
  • Northwest Territory Population: 49,240 (2008 proj.)
  • Northwest Territory Population: (per square mile)
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  • Currency: Canadian Dollar (conversion rates)

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  • Yellowknife Facts  
  • Ethnicity: First Nations (36%), English (16%), Scottish (14%), Irish (12%), Inuit (11%), others 
  • GDP total: $4.103 billion (Canadian dollars) (11th) 
  • GDP per capita: GDP per capita $97,923 (Canadian dollars) (1st)
  • Land Sizes
  • Language: Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tlich Yatiì
  • Largest Cities: (by population) Yellowknife, Inuvik, Fort McPherson, Norman Wells, Tuktoyaktuk 
  • Name: The name was originally used to describe lands in the west and north of what is now modern-day Canada. Even though parts of those lands were merged into other provinces, the original name remains.
  • Territory Date: July 15, 1870
  • Dominion dates (all provinces and teritories)  

    Note: The Canadian Confederation, or the birth of Canada as a recognized nation, took place on July 1, 1867, and originally included the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.
  • Religion: Catholic (46%), Anglican Church of Canada (15%), United Church of Canada (6%), others
  • Symbols
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