Inuvik Region

This article is about the administrative region. For the former census division, see Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories (former census division).

Aklavik

Fort McPherson

Inuvik

Paulatuk

Sachs Harbour

Tsiigehtchic

Tuktoyaktuk

Ulukhaktok

Inuvik Region communities in the Northwest Territories

The Inuvik Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories. The region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Inuvik. Most of the communities are in the Beaufort Sea area and are a mixture of Inuit (Inuvialuit) and First Nations (mostly Gwich'in).

Formerly, there was also a Statistics Canada designated census division named Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories, which was abolished in the Canada 2011 Census. The territorial extent of this census division was somewhat larger than the administrative region of the same name.

Administrative Region communities

The Inuvik Region administrative entity includes the following communities:

Community name	Translation	Governance	Population 2011	% change from 2006	Location
Aklavik	barren-ground grizzly place	Hamlet	633	6.6%
Fort McPherson	Teet'lit Zhen; at the head of the waters place	Hamlet	792	2.1%
Inuvik	place of man	Town	3,460	-0.6%
Paulatuk	Paulatuuq; place of coal	Hamlet	313	6.5%
Sachs Harbour	Ikahuak; place to which you cross	Hamlet	112	-8.2%
Tsiigehtchic	mouth of the iron river	Charter Community	143	-18.3%
Tuktoyaktuk	looks like a caribou	Hamlet	854	-1.8%
Ulukhaktok	where there is material for ulus	Hamlet	402	1.0%