In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Tsiigehtchic had a population of 138 living in 59 of its 73 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 172. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

In 2021, nobody identified as Métis or Inuit and twenty as non-Indigenous. The rest of the population (115 people) identified as First Nations. In the same census 20 people said that an Indigenous language (Gwichʼin) was their mother tongue and everybody else choose English. There were 15 people who said that Gwichʼin was the language most often used in the home.

During winter, vehicle traffic is over the ice, during the rest of the year, traffic is carried by the ferry MV Louis Cardinal.

The ferry stops at Tsiigehtchic, on the eastern bank of the Arctic Red River, and on the southwestern and northeastern banks of the Mackenzie River, connecting the two legs of the Dempster Highway. The community is one of the few in the NWT not to be served by a permanent airport.

thumb|1000px|center|Tsiigehtchic from the [[Dempster Highway, looking towards Inuvik]]

Steppe bison carcass

In early September 2007, near Tsiigehtchic, local resident Shane Van Loon discovered a carcass of a steppe bison, which was radiocarbon dated to c. 13,650 cal BP.

Services

Tsiigehtchic has a health centre. Royal Canadian Mounted Police services are provided through Fort McPherson.

See also

  • Arctic Red River Water Aerodrome

References

Further reading

  • Heine, Michael K. Gwichya Gwich'in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich'in; As Told by the Elders of Tsiigehtchic. Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.: Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, 2001.
  • Tsiigehtchic at the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute