Northwest Territories

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) : Yellowknife.

Northwest Territories

plural noun

1. a territory of NW Canada including part of Victoria Island and several other islands of the Arctic; comprised over a third of Canada's total area until Nunavut became a separate territory in 1999: rich mineral resources. Pop: 42 810 (2004 est). Area: 2 082 910 sq km (804 003 sq miles) NWT

Northwest Territories

1. Territory in northern Canada made up of several administrative districts, which include all the areas to the north of sixty degrees latitude between Hudson Bay and the Yukon and all the islands in Hudson Bay. Very sparsely populated, these territories make up more than one-third of Canada's total area.

Notes

In 1998, Canada carved a homeland for the Inuit people, known as Nunavut (“Our Land”), from the Northwest Territories.

Example Sentences

At the time this article was written, the Ungava district was part of the Northwest Territories.

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In the Northwest Territories dried meat, which formerly sold at 2d.

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It had spread all over the Northwest territories and finally reached Oklahoma.

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