Northern Canada
The North of Canada consists of three territories: Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. They extend into the Arctic, and have just over 100,000 inhabitants spread across a land area larger than India.Tap on the map to travel |
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Yellowknife
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Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, on Yellowknife Bay.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon. It has spectacular scenery, and easy access to the natural splendor and recreational opportunities around it, such as paddling on the Yukon River and hiking, biking, or skiing its many trails.Iqaluit
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Iqaluit is the capital and largest settlement of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Destinations
Nunavut
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Nunavut is a territory in northern Canada which contains Canada's northernmost lands.
Yukon
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The Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories.
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a vast wilderness area that is a part of Northern Canada.Northern Canada
- Type: region with 114,000 residents
- Description: Region of Canada. Northern Canada is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- Location: Canada, North America
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Latitude of centre
65.82° or 65° 49' 12" northLongitude of centre
-107.08° or 107° 4' 48" westPopulation
114,000Wikidata ID
Q764146Northern Canada Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Basque: Kanadako artikoa
- Catalan: Nord del Canadà
- Catalan: Àrtic canadenc
- Central Kurdish: باکووری کەنەدا
- Chinese: 加拿大北部
- Dimli (individual language): Kanaday Zımey
- Dutch: Northern Canada
- English: North (Canada)
- English: Northern region (Canada)
- English: Territories (Canada)
- Esperanto: Norda Kanado
- Estonian: Põhja-Kanada
- Finnish: Pohjois-Kanada
- French: Nord canadien
- German: Nordkanada
- Hebrew: המרחבים הצפוניים של קנדה
- Hebrew: צפון קנדה
- Inari Sami: Tave-Kanada
- Indonesian: Kanada Utara
- Italian: Canada settentrionale
- Japanese: カナダ北極圏
- Japanese: カナダ北部
- Japanese: 北カナダ
- Japanese: 北部カナダ
- Japanese: 極北 (カナダ)
- Korean: 북부 캐나다
- Korean: 캐나다 남부
- Korean: 캐나다 북부
- Latin: Canada Septentrionalis
- Malay: Utara Kanada
- Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കാനഡ
- Northern Sami: Davvi-Kanada
- Norwegian: Nordlige Canada
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordlige Canada
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Canada
- Persian: شمال کانادا
- Polish: Północ Kanady
- Portuguese: Norte
- Portuguese: Norte do Canadá
- Russian: Северная Канада
- Skolt Sami: Tâʹvv-Kanada
- Slovenian: Sever
- Slovenian: Severna Kanada
- Slovenian: kanadski sever
- Spanish: Norte canadiense
- Swedish: Nord canadien
- Swedish: Norra Canada
- Swedish: Norra Kanada
- Swedish: Northern Canada
- Turkish: Kuzey Kanada
- Ukrainian: Північна Канада
- Urdu: شمالی کینیڈا
- Venetian: Cànada setentrionałe
- Western Frisian: Noardlik Kanada
- Western Panjabi: شمالی کینیڈا
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Northern Canada. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.