The Inuvik Region or Beaufort Delta Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Inuvik.[1] Most of the communities are in the Beaufort Sea area and are a mixture of Inuit (Inuvialuit) and First Nations (mostly Gwich'in).
Inuvik Region | |
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Administrative region | |
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Country | Canada |
Territory | Northwest Territories |
Federal riding | Northwest Territories |
Territorial ridings | Inuvik Boot Lake Inuvik Twin Lakes Mackenzie Delta Nunakput |
Regional office[1] | Inuvik |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,372 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (DST) |
Formerly, there was also a Statistics Canada designated census division named Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories, which was abolished in the 2011 Canadian Census. The territorial extent of this census division was somewhat larger than the administrative region of the same name.
The Inuvik Region administrative entity includes the following communities:
Community | Demographics (2016) | ||||||
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Name[2] | Type[3] | Census[4] | Aboriginal population profile[5] | ||||
Official | Traditional | Total | First Nations | Métis | Inuit | Other | |
Aklavik | Akłarvik | Hamlet | 590 | 220 | 20 | 375 | 160 |
Fort McPherson | Teetł'it Zheh | Hamlet | 700 | 625 | 25 | 75 | 95 |
Inuvik | Inuuvik | Town | 3,243 | 880 | 80 | 1,460 | 1,375 |
Paulatuk | Paulatuuq | Hamlet | 265 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 55 |
Sachs Harbour | Ikaahuk | Hamlet | 103 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 35 |
Tsiigehtchic | Tsiigehtshik | Charter community | 172 | 135 | 0 | 35 | 50 |
Tuktoyaktuk | Tuktuujaqrtuuq | Hamlet | 898 | 70 | 0 | 795 | 175 |
Ulukhaktok | Ulukhaqtuuq | Hamlet | 396 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 40 |
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Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)[6] |
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Subdivisions of the Northwest Territories | |||||||
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Dehcho Region |
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Inuvik Region |
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North Slave Region |
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Sahtu Region |
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South Slave Region |
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