page_title: List of regions of the Northwest Territories
section_title: Before 1999
hierarchical_section_title: List of regions of the Northwest Territories / Census divisions with main populated places / Former census divisions / Before 1999
caption_attribution_description: Regions of Northwest Territories, Canada (as existing before 1999)
context_page_description: The regions of the Northwest Territories can refer to either the five administrative regions defined by the government of the Northwest Territories, or to the six census divisions defined by Statistics Canada. Though the territory's administrative regions have no government of their own, the Northwest Territories' government services are decentralized on a regional basis.
context_section_description: Prior to the division of the NWT and the creation of Nunavut in 1999, there were five census divisions.  Their boundaries were altered somewhat as part of the adjustment.
  Baffin Region, Northwest Territories
  Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories
  Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
  Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories
  Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories
  These regions are not to be confused with the former districts of the Northwest Territories.
caption: Administrative regions prior to 1999
exif: {}