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PopulationFigure A.1 Population <strong>in</strong> NWT/Nunavut and <strong>Canada</strong>72,00031,800,000The comb<strong>in</strong>ed population <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>NWT/Nunavut was estimated at 69,000 <strong>in</strong>1999 (Figure A.1). Based on <strong>the</strong> 1996 census,<strong>the</strong>re was an <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> population <strong>of</strong> 19,000<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> NWT, account<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> 48% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> totalNWT population. In Nunavut, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong>population was 21,674 -- more than five times<strong>the</strong> non-<strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> population <strong>of</strong> 4,067.NWT/Nunavut68,00064,00060,00056,00068,81467,57067,778 67,61330,600,00030,567,96266,57530,296,58665,15730,008,41663,54929,671,89229,353,85429,400,00062,41229,035,98160,93028,703,14228,376,55058,904 28,030,86428,200,00027,700,8561990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 199927,000,000<strong>Canada</strong>In 1997-98, <strong>the</strong> overall number <strong>of</strong>people <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> NWT/Nunavut decl<strong>in</strong>ed slightly,probably because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> downturns <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>economy, <strong>in</strong> public and private capital<strong>in</strong>vestments, and because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> closures <strong>of</strong>some m<strong>in</strong>es. While <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> people <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> NWT/Nunavut decl<strong>in</strong>ed slightly <strong>in</strong> 1998,<strong>the</strong> population <strong>in</strong> 1999 <strong>in</strong>creased with <strong>the</strong>establishment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nunavut territory, whichprovided opportunities <strong>for</strong> employment andeconomic development. Relative to <strong>Canada</strong>,<strong>the</strong> NWT/Nunavut still have a faster grow<strong>in</strong>gpopulation. From 1990 to 1999, <strong>the</strong> populationNumber0-150-300-450-600-750-900NWT/Nunavut<strong>Canada</strong>Figure A.2 Annual Estimates <strong>of</strong> Net Migration<strong>in</strong> NWT/Nunavut1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98-38-231-223-180-691-813-846<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> NWT/Nunavut grew by an averageannual rate <strong>of</strong> 1.7%, while <strong>the</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Canadian population was 1.12%.Figure A.3 Population by Ethnicity<strong>in</strong> Yellowknife and NWTInter-prov<strong>in</strong>cial migration might<strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>the</strong> population growth rate <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>NWT/Nunavut. Based on <strong>the</strong> estimates <strong>of</strong>immigration, emigration and <strong>in</strong>terprov<strong>in</strong>cial/territorialmigration, <strong>the</strong>NWT/Nunavut experienced a net migrationloss every year s<strong>in</strong>ce 1991, with <strong>the</strong> greatestloss <strong>in</strong> 1997/98 (Figure A.2).Population40,00030,00020,00010,000039,46036,40519,25020,46019,00017,19517,15515,17912,57213,7802,6073,420Yellowknife 1991 Yellowknife 1996 NWT 1991 NWT 1996Total Population <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> Non-<strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong>125

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