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  Population
Dec 17, 2024
 
  GDP
May 2025
 
  Investment
Feb 2025
 
  Consumer Price Index
Dec 17, 2024
 
  Labour Force Survey
Dec 6, 2024
 
  Avg. Weekly Earnings
Nov 28, 2024
 
  Retail Trade
Nov 22, 2024
 
  Wholesale Trade
Dec 13, 2024
 
       
Population
44,731
Jul 2024
 
GDP ($2012 millions chained, in basic prices)
4,200
2023
 
Current Inflation Rate (12-month moving avg.)
1.9%
Oct 2024
 
Employment Rate
66.2%
Oct 2024
 
Average Weekly Earnings ($)
1,706
Aug 2024
 
Retail Trade (change from previous year)
44.2%
Aug 2024
 
Wholesale Trade (change from previous year)
63.8%
Sep 2024
 


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What's New

Consumer Price Index - October 2024 (11/19/2024)
Information released today by Statistics Canada indicates the Yellowknife All-Items Consumer Price Index in October rose by 2.4% compared to one year ago. By comparison, annual prices increased by 2.0% for Canada, 2.9% for Edmonton, 2.2% for Whitehorse and 1.5% for Iqaluit.
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Labour Force Survey Highlights - October 2024 (11/08/2024)
Statistics Canada estimates that in October 2024, out of 34,600 Northwest Territories residents aged 15 years and older, 22,900 were employed, a decrease of 800 persons from the previous month. Consequently, the employment rate declined by 2.3 percentage points to 66.2%, while the unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in October.
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Gross Domestic Product, Northwest Territories - 2023 Final (11/07/2024)
Statistics Canada has released initial 2023 estimates of income and expenditure accounts and revised 2023 estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Canada, the provinces and territories. NWT GDP decreased by 0.4% between 2022 and 2023. At the industry level, GDP declined in the mining, oil and gas extraction industry as oil & gas extraction and diamond mining fell by 33.5% and 2.1% respectively. In contrast, the construction industry increased by 7.0%.
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Northwest Territories Population by Age and Gender - July 2024 (09/25/2024)
On July 1, 2024, Statistics Canada estimated that 44,731 people were living in the Northwest Territories, an increase of 50 people from one year ago. The components of natural increase over the one-year period consisted of 481 births and 326 deaths, resulting in a net increase of 155 persons.
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Market Basket Measure - 2022 (06/19/2024)
Today Statistics Canada released 2022 poverty estimates for Yukon, Northwest Territories (NWT) and Nunavut using the Northern Market Basket Measure (MBM-N). Estimates for 2022 indicate 17.1% of the NWT population, or approximately 7,300 people, were in poverty. Due to variability of survey data, this estimate could be anywhere between 12.7% (lower bound) and 21.6% (upper bound).
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Northwest Territories Population - April 2024 (06/19/2024)
On April 1, 2024 Statistics Canada estimated that 44,920 people were living in the Northwest Territories. Between April 1, 2023 and April 1, 2024, the population in the Northwest Territories increased by 242 persons.
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Capital Expenditure Investments - 2024 Intentions (02/27/2024)
Statistics Canada has released 2024 investment intentions for private and public capital expenditures for Canada, the provinces and territories. Compared to 2023, overall 2024 capital expenditures for the Northwest Territories are expected to decrease by 11.2% to $898.8 million. Public expenditures are expected to decrease by 5.6% in 2024, while private expenditures are expected to decrease by 24.5%.
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