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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Yellowknife and Whitehorse.
Yellowknife
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Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, on Yellowknife Bay. Yellowknife is the main entry point for visitors to NWT.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon. It has spectacular scenery, and easy access to the natural splendor and recreational opportunities around it, such as paddling on the Yukon River and hiking, biking, or skiing its many trails.
Iqaluit
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Iqaluit is the capital and largest settlement of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is on a southeastern inlet of Baffin Island. As of 2016, the population stood at just over 7,700 people.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Nunavut and Yukon.
Nunavut
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Nunavut is a territory in northern Canada which contains Canada's northernmost lands. With only 37,000 inhabitants, Nunavut covers a land area larger than Mexico, divided between mainland North America and an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
Yukon
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The Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. It is an area larger than Sweden, but with a population smaller than that of Sweden's 55th largest municipality.
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a vast wilderness area that is a part of Northern Canada. Summer in the NWT offers open water, camping, hot weather and the midnight sun.
Northern Canada
- Type: region with 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)”, and “Territories (Canada)”
- Location: Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
65.82° or 65° 49′ 12″ northLongitude of center
-107.08° or 107° 4′ 48″ westPopulation
114,000Wikidata ID
Q764146
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“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: “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”
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