Northwest Territories
Demography
The NWT is one of two jurisdictions in Canada – Nunavut being the other – where Aboriginal peoples are in the majority, constituting 50.4% of the population.

Northwest Territories

Section Title: Demography
Table Section Text: The NWT is one of two jurisdictions in Canada – Nunavut being the other – where Aboriginal peoples are in the majority, constituting 50.4% of the population.

Year	Population	five-year % change	ten-year % change	Rank among provinces and territories

1871	48,000	n/a	n/a	6

1881	56,446	n/a	17.6	7

1891	98,967	n/a	75.3	7

1901	20,129	n/a	−79.7	11

1911	6,507	n/a	−67.7	11

1921	8,143	n/a	25.1	10

1931	9,316	n/a	14.4	10

1941	12,028	n/a	29.1	10

1951	16,004	n/a	33.1	11

1956	19,313	20.7	n/a	11

1961	22,998	19.1	43.7	11

1966	28,738	25.0	48.8	11

1971	34,805	21.1	51.3	11

1976	42,610	22.4	48.3	11

1981	45,740	7.3	31.4	11

1986	52,235	14.2	22.6	11

1991	57,649	10.3	26.0	11

1996	64,402	11.7	23.2	11

2001	37,360	−42.0	−35.2	11

2006	41,464	12.0	−35.0	11

2011	41,462	0.0	11.0	11

2016	41,786	0.8	9.9	11

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In 2016, the population was 41,786.

final_sentence: In 2016, the population was 41,786.