The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

Northwest Territories

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories

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! colspan="6" | Community

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! colspan="4" | Governance

! colspan="2" | Name

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! Indigenous<br>peoples

! First Nations, Inuit or<br>Métis organization

! Band / Nation / Region

! Territorial<br>region

! Official

! Traditional

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| Chipewyan || Akaitcho Territory Government || Deninu Kųę́ First Nation || South Slave || Fort Resolution || Denı́nu Kų́ę́

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| Chipewyan || Akaitcho Territory Government || Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation || North Slave || Łutselk'e || Łútsę̀lk'é

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| Chipewyan || Akaitcho Territory Government || Smith's Landing First Nation || South Slave || Fort Smith || Tthebacha

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| Chipewyan / Cree || Akaitcho Territory Government || Salt River First Nation || South Slave || Fort Smith || Tthebacha

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| Gwichʼin || Gwich'in Tribal Council || Aklavik First Nation (Ehdiitat Gwich'in Council) || Inuvik || Aklavik || Akłarvik

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| Gwichʼin || Gwich'in Tribal Council || Gwichya Gwich'in First Nation (Gwichya Gwich'in Council) || Inuvik || Tsiigehtchic || Tsiigehtshik

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| Gwichʼin || Gwich'in Tribal Council || Inuvik Native Band (Nihtat Gwich'in Council) || Inuvik || Inuvik || Inuuvik

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| Gwichʼin || Gwich'in Tribal Council || Tetlit Gwich'in First Nation (Tetlin Gwich'in Council) || Inuvik || Fort McPherson || Teetł'it Zheh

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Aklavik || Akłarvik

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Inuvik || Inuuvik

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Paulatuk || Paulatuuq

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Sachs Harbour || Ikaahuk

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Tuktoyaktuk || Tuktuujaqrtuuq

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| Inuit || Inuvialuit Regional Corporation || Inuvialuit Settlement Region || Inuvik || Ulukhaktok || Ulukhaqtuuq

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| Métis || Dehcho First Nations || Fort Providence Métis Council || South Slave || Fort Providence || Zhahti Kų́ę́

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| Métis || Dehcho First Nations || Fort Simpson Métis Nation || Dehcho || Fort Simpson || Łı́ı́dlı̨ Kų́ę́

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| Métis || North Slave Métis Alliance || Behchokǫ̀ Métis || North Slave || Behchokǫ̀ ||

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| Métis || North Slave Métis Alliance || Gamèti Métis || South Slave || Gamèti || Gahmı̨̀tı̀

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| Métis || North Slave Métis Alliance || Wekweeti Métis || South Slave || Wekweètì ||

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| Métis || North Slave Métis Alliance || Whatì Métis || South Slave || Whatì ||

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| Métis || Northwest Territory Métis Nation || Fort Resolution Métis Government || South Slave || Fort Resolution || Denı́nu Kų́ę́

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| Métis || Northwest Territory Métis Nation || Fort Smith Métis Council || South Slave || Fort Smith || Tthebacha

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| Métis || Northwest Territory Métis Nation || Hay River Métis Government Council || South Slave || Hay River || Xátł'odehchee

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| Sahtu || Sahtu Dene Council || Behdzi Ahda' First Nation || Sahtu || Colville Lake || K'áhbamı̨́túé

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| Sahtu || Sahtu Dene Council || Délı̨nę First Nation || Sahtu || Délı̨nę ||

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| Sahtu || Sahtu Dene Council || Fort Good Hope First Nation || Sahtu || Fort Good Hope || Rádeyı̨lı̨kóé

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| Sahtu || Sahtu Dene Council || Tulita Dene First Nation || Sahtu || Tulita || Tulı́t’a

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Acho Dene Koe First Nation || Dehcho || Fort Liard || Echaot'ı̨e Kų́ę́

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation || South Slave || Fort Providence || Zhahti Kų́ę́

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || K'atl'odeeche First Nation || South Slave || Hay River Reserve || Xátł'odehchee

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Jean Marie River First Nation || Dehcho || Jean Marie River || Tthek'éhdélı̨

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation || South Slave || Kakisa || K'ágee

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation || Dehcho || Fort Simpson || Łı́ı́dlı̨ Kų́ę́

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Nahɂą Dehé Dene Band || Dehcho || Nahanni Butte ||

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Pehdzeh Ki First Nation || Dehcho || Wrigley || Tthenáágó

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || Sambaa K'e First Nation || Dehcho || Sambaa K'e || Sambaa K’e

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| Slavey || Dehcho First Nations || West Point First Nation || South Slave || Hay River || Xátł'odehchee

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| Tłı̨chǫ || Tłı̨chǫ Government || Dechi Laot'i First Nations || North Slave || Wekweètì ||

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| Tłı̨chǫ || Tłı̨chǫ Government || Dog Rib Rae First Nation || North Slave || Behchokǫ̀ ||

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| Tłı̨chǫ || Tłı̨chǫ Government || Gameti First Nation || North Slave || Gamèti || Gahmı̨̀tı̀

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| Tłı̨chǫ || Tłı̨chǫ Government || Wha Ti First Nation || North Slave || Whatì ||

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| Yellowknives || Akaitcho Territory Government || Yellowknives Dene First Nation || North Slave || Dettah || T'èɂehda

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| Yellowknives || Akaitcho Territory Government || Yellowknives Dene First Nation || North Slave || Ndilǫ ||

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Nunavut

All communities in Nunavut are Inuit. There are no First Nations or Métis.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Indigenous peoples in Nunavut

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! colspan="5" | Community

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! colspan="3" | Governance

! colspan="2" | Name

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! Indigenous<br>peoples

! Community type

! Territorial<br>region

! Official

! Traditional / Inuktitut syllabics

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| Inuit || Settlement || Kitikmeot || Bathurst Inlet || Kingoak

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kitikmeot || Cambridge Bay || Iqaluktuuttiaq, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kitikmeot || Gjoa Haven || Urhuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kitikmeot || Kugaaruk || ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kitikmeot || Kugluktuk || ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kitikmeot || Taloyoak || ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Settlement || Kitikmeot || Umingmaktok ||

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Arviat || ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Baker Lake || Qamani’tuuq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Chesterfield Inlet || Igluligaarjuk, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Coral Harbour || Salliq, ᓴᓪᓕᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Naujaat || ᓇᐅᔮᑦ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Rankin Inlet || Kangiqtiniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ or Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Kivalliq || Whale Cove || Tikiraqjuaq, ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Arctic Bay || Ikpiarjuk, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Clyde River || Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Grise Fiord || Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Igloolik || ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ

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| Inuit || City || Qikiqtaaluk || Iqaluit (territorial capital) || ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Kimmirut || ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Kinngait || ᑭᙵᐃᑦ

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| Inuit || Settlement || Qikiqtaaluk || Nanisivik || ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Pangnirtung || ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Pond Inlet || Mitimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Qikiqtarjuaq || ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Resolute || Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Sanikiluaq, || ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ

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| Inuit || Hamlet || Qikiqtaaluk || Sanirajak || ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ

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Notes

  • Bathurst Inlet, Nanisivik, and Umingmaktok are not listed as official communities by the Government of Nunavut, but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada.
  • Inuktitut syllabics are not normally used in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk.

Yukon

Gwichʼin

  • Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Hän

  • Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation

Kaska Dena

  • Liard First Nation
  • Ross River Dena Council

Northern Tutchone

  • First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
  • Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
  • Selkirk First Nation
  • White River First Nation

Southern Tutchone

  • Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
  • Kluane First Nation
  • Kwanlin Dün First Nation
  • Ta'an Kwach'an Council

Tagish

  • Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  • Kwanlin Dün First Nation
  • Ta'an Kwach'an Council

Tlingit

  • Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  • Kwanlin Dün First Nation
  • Ta'an Kwach'an Council
  • Teslin Tlingit Council

Upper Tanana

  • White River First Nation

See also

  • Indigenous peoples in Yukon
  • List of Indigenous peoples

References

Further reading