Northwest Territories

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 61001 · Northwest Territories

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

41,070

2021 count

Median household income

$127,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age35.6

Average age36.4

Average household size2.7

Aged 0–1420.6%

Aged 15–6469.4%

Aged 65 and over10.0%

Aged 85 and over0.7%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$127,000

Average household income$144,800

Median individual income$56,800

Low income (LIM-AT)7.2%

Low income (LICO-AT)—

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate64.6%

Unemployment rate8.7%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)70.7%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree25.9%

High school diploma or equivalent24.3%

Any postsecondary credential49.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%

Housing

Owner households53.5%

Renter households46.1%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter8.8%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter15.6%

Owners in core housing need8.2%

Renters in core housing need18.9%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,740

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,450

Median dwelling value$352,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house56.5%

Semi-detached house7.0%

Row house10.7%

Apartment in a duplex2.4%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys16.5%

Apartment, five storeys or more2.0%

Language

Knows English only88.6%

Knows French only0.2%

Knows both official languages10.6%

Knows neither official language0.5%

Mother tongue English76.0%

Mother tongue French2.8%

Mother tongue neither English nor French17.1%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants10.3%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20212.0%

Non-permanent residents1.0%

Indigenous identity49.6%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van72.4%

Public transit0.8%

Walking19.4%

Bicycle1.5%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results