title: List of population centres in the Canadian territories
text: # List of population centres in the Canadian territories
  
  A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square $km^2.$
  
  The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.
  
  ## Northwest Territories
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed four population centres in the Northwest Territories.
  
  | Rank | Population centre | Size group | Population (2021) | Population (2016) | Change | Land area $(km^2)$ | Population density |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Yellowknife | Small | 19,673 | 19,141 | +2.8% | 18.11 | $1,086.3/km^2$ |
  | 2 | Inuvik | Small | 3,001 | 3,140 | −4.4% | 1.6 | $1,875.6/km^2$ |
  | 3 | Hay River | Small | 2,380 | 2,728 | −12.8% | 3.16 | $753.2/km^2$ |
  | 4 | Fort Smith | Small | 1,749 | 2,031 | −13.9% | 2.04 | $857.4/km^2$ |
  
  ## Nunavut
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed six population centres in Nunavut. The former population centre of Kugluktuk was retired.
  
  | Rank | Population centre | Size group | Population (2021) | Population (2016) | Change | Land area $(km^2)$ | Population density |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Iqaluit | Small | 6,991 | 7,323 | −4.5% | 10.48 | $667.1/km^2$ |
  | 2 | Arviat | Small | 2,766 | 2,581 | +7.2% | 2.42 | $1,143.0/km^2$ |
  | 3 | Rankin Inlet | Small | 2,698 | 2,608 | +3.5% | 2.86 | $943.4/km^2$ |
  | 4 | Baker Lake | Small | 1,653 | 1,690 | −2.2% | 1.56 | $1,059.6/km^2$ |
  | 5 | Cambridge Bay | Small | 1,403 | 1,619 | −13.3% | 0.85 | $1,650.6/km^2$ |
  | 6 | Gjoa Haven | Small | 1,110 | 1,197 | −7.3% | 0.7 | $1,585.7/km^2$ |
  
  ## Yukon
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed two population centres in Yukon.
  
  | Rank | Population centre | Size group | Population (2021) | Population (2016) | Change | Land area $(km^2)$ | Population density |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Whitehorse | Small | 24,513 | 21,770 | +12.6% | 35.97 | $681.5/km^2$ |
  | 2 | Dawson | Small | 1,092 | 957 | +14.1% | 1.05 | $1,040.0/km^2$ |
  