Northern Canada
The North of Canada consists of three territories: Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. They extend into the Arctic, and have just over 100,000 inhabitants spread across a land area larger than India.
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Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a vast wilderness area that is a part of Northern Canada.
Northern Canada
- Region with about 114,000 residents
- Description: Region of Canada. Northern Canada is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- Also known as“North (Canada)”“Northern region (Canada)”“Territories (Canada)”
- Location
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Latitude of center
65.82° or 65° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
-107.08° or 107° 4′ 48″ west
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Northern Canada” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kanadako artikoa”
- Catalan: “Àrtic canadenc”
- Catalan: “Nord del Canadà”
- Central Kurdish: “باکووری کەنەدا”
- Chinese: “加拿大北部”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kanaday Zımey”
- Dutch: “Northern Canada”
- Esperanto: “Norda Kanado”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Kanada”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Kanada”
- French: “Nord canadien”
- German: “Norden”
- German: “Nordkanada”
- Hebrew: “המרחבים הצפוניים של קנדה”
- Hebrew: “צפון קנדה”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Kanada”
- Indonesian: “Kanada Utara”
- Italian: “Canada settentrionale”
- Japanese: “カナダ北極圏”
- Japanese: “カナダ北部”
- Japanese: “北カナダ”
- Japanese: “北部カナダ”
- Japanese: “極北 (カナダ)”
- Korean: “북부 캐나다”
- Korean: “캐나다 남부”
- Korean: “캐나다 북부”
- Latin: “Canada Septentrionalis”
- Malay: “Utara Kanada”
- Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ കാനഡ”
- Northern Sami: “Davvi-Kanada”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordlige Canada”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Canada”
- Norwegian: “Nordlige Canada”
- Persian: “شمال کانادا”
- Polish: “Północ Kanady”
- Portuguese: “Norte do Canadá”
- Portuguese: “Norte”
- Russian: “Северная Канада”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Kanada”
- Slovenian: “kanadski sever”
- Slovenian: “Sever”
- Slovenian: “Severna Kanada”
- Spanish: “Norte canadiense”
- Spanish: “Norte de Canadá”
- Swedish: “Nord canadien”
- Swedish: “Norra Canada”
- Swedish: “Norra Kanada”
- Swedish: “Northern Canada”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Kanada”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Канада”
- Urdu: “شمالی کینیڈا”
- Venetian: “Cànada setentrionałe”
- Western Frisian: “Noardlik Kanada”
- Western Panjabi: “شمالی کینیڈا”
- Yue Chinese: “加拿大北部”
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