Region 2, Northwest Territories

Region 2 is the name of a Statistics Canada census division, one of six in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was introduced in the 2011 census, along with Regions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, resulting in the abolition of the former census divisions of Fort Smith Region and Inuvik Region (the latter not to be confused with the modern-day administrative region of the same name).

Its territorial extent coincides very closely with the Sahtu Region administrative region.^[1][2]

The 2011 census reported a population of 2,341 and a land area of 220,751.92 km² (85,232.79 sq mi).^[3]

Main languages in the Region include English (71.6%) and Slavey (25.9%) ^[4]

Communities

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• Towns
  • Norman Wells

• Hamlets
  • Tulita

• Chartered communities
  • Deline
  • Fort Good Hope

• Settlements
  • Colville Lake

References

1. NWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources: Administrative Regions
2. Map: Region 2, Region (Census Division), Northwest Territories
3. "(Code 6102) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/tbt-tt/Lp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=0&PRID=0&PTYPE=101955&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2011&THEME=90&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
5. Geographic hierarchy: Region 2 (Region)

Coordinates: 65°16′52″N 126°49′53″W / 65.2811°N 126.8314°W