The Inuvik Region is one of five administrative regions

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 in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

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. The region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Inuvik. Most of the communities are in the Beaufort Sea

Beaufort Sea

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 area and are a mixture of Inuit

Inuit

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 (Inuvialuit

Inuvialuit

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) and First Nations

First Nations

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 (mostly Gwich'in).

The Inuvik Region is also the name of a larger Statistics Canada

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 designated census division, one of two in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

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 of Canada

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. The statistical area lies in the northern and western part of the Northwest Territories, with its main economic centre in the town of Inuvik. The 2006 census

Canada 2006 Census

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 reported a population of 9,192 and a land area of 522215.2 km² (201,628.4 sq mi).

Administrative Region communities

The Inuvik Region administrative entity includes the following communities:

Community name	Translation	Governance	Population 2006	% change from 2001	Location
Aklavik	barren-ground grizzly place	Hamlet	594	-6.0%
Fort McPherson Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway....	Teet'lit Zhen; at the head of the waters place	Hamlet	761	0.4%
Inuvik	place of man	Town	3,484	10.5%
Paulatuk	Paulatuuq; place of coal	Hamlet	294	2.8%
Sachs Harbour	Ikahuak; place to which you cross	Hamlet	122	7.0%
Tsiigehtchic	mouth of the iron river	Charter Community	175	-10.3%
Tuktoyaktuk	looks like a caribou	Hamlet	870	-6.5%
Ulukhaktok	where there is material for ulu Ulu An ulu is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Eskimo women, both Yupik and Inuit. It is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food and, if necessary, trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build an igloo... s	Hamlet	398	0.0%

Census Division communities

• Towns
  • Inuvik
  • Norman Wells
    Norman Wells, Northwest Territories
    Norman Wells is the regional centre for the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...
    
    
• Hamlets
  • Aklavik
  • Fort McPherson
    Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
    Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway....
    
    
  • Holman (Ulukhaktok)
  • Sachs Harbour
  • Tuktoyaktuk
  • Tulita
    Tulita
    Tulita, which in Dene language means "where the rivers or waters meet," is a hamlet in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was formerly known as Fort Norman, until 1 January 1996...
    
    
• Settlements
  • Colville Lake
    Colville Lake, Northwest Territories
    Colville Lake is a settlement corporation located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located 50 km north of the Arctic Circle, on a lake of the same name, and is northeast of Norman Wells.Population is 126 according to the 2006 Census, of which the majority...
    
    
  • Fort Good Hope
  • Paulatuk
• Chartered communities
  • Deline
  • Tsiigehtchic