Northwest Territories

Infobox province or territory of Canada | name = Northwest Territories | settlement_type = Territory | other_name = | image_flag = Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg | image_shield = Coat_of_arms_of_Northwest_Territories.svg | image_map = Northwest Territories in Canada 2.svg | Label_map = yes | coordinates = | official_lang = | capital = Yellowknife | largest_city = Yellowknife | largest_metro = Yellowknife | Premier = Caroline Cochrane | government_type = Parliamentary system, with consensus government | Viceroy = Margaret Thom | ViceroyType = Commissioner | Legislature = Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | area_footnotes = | area_rank = 3rd | area_total_km2 = 1346106 | area_land_km2 = 1183085 | area_water_km2 = 163021 | PercentWater = 13.5 | population_demonym = Northwest TerritorianFR: Franco-Ténois(e) | population_rank = 11th | population_total = 41070 | population_ref = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_est = 45668 | pop_est_as_of = Q2 2023 | pop_est_ref = | DensityRank = 12th | Density_km2 = 0.035 | GDP_year = 2017 | GDP_total = C$4.856 billion | GDP_rank = 11th | GDP_per_capita = C$108,065 | GDP_per_capita_rank = 1st | HDI_year = 2018 | HDI = 0.908—Very high | HDI_rank = 5th | AdmittanceOrder = 5th, with Manitoba | AdmittanceDate = July 15, 1870 | HouseSeats = 1 | SenateSeats = 1 | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = −07:00 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | PostalAbbreviation = NT | PostalCodePrefix = X0, X1 (Yellowknife) | iso_code = CA-NT | website = | flower = Mountain avens | tree = Tamarack Larch | bird = Gyrfalcon The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-Western Territory and North-West Territories and namely shortened as Northwest Territory) is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2016 census population of 41,790, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of 2023 is 45,668.