{"id":1226,"date":"2022-03-16T19:28:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T22:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/territoires-du-nord-ouest\/"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:38:23","slug":"northwest-territories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/en\/northwest-territories\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Territories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t<div class=\"theme-immigration\" style='background-image: url( https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_097.jpg );'>\n\t\t<div class=\"left-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Northwest Territories<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-box d-lg-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_097.jpg\" alt=\"Northwest Territories\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bordered to the south by British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories (NWT), along with neighbouring Nunavut, forms the part of the Canadian Arctic that extends beyond the Arctic Circle. The NWT has 11 official languages: nine Indigenous languages, French and English. The main city is the capital, Yellowknife, with a population of 19,500, of which 1,100 are French-speaking. The municipalities of Hay River and Inuvik each have a population of just over 3,500, followed by Fort Smith (population 2,500).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"counter_count-1308972520\" class=\"counter-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"counter-box langcode-en\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"counter_1308972520_count-1\" data-fact=\" 3765\"> 3765<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Knowledge of French<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"counter-box langcode-en\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"counter_1308972520_count-2\" data-fact=\"1130\">1130<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>French first official language<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"theme-services pt_70\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-sm-2 row-cols-xl-4 gx-0 gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#la-vie-en-fran\u00e7ais\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"srv-box text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Life in French<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#immigration\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"srv-box text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2.png 234w, https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Immigration<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#a-quoi-vous-attendre\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"srv-box text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What to expect<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#en-savoir-plus\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"srv-box text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;la-vie-en-fran\u00e7ais&#8221;][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"section-header theme-common pt_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in French\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-1140040331\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Education<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest operates two schools that offer kindergarten to grade 12 as well as a preschool program: \u00c9cole Allain St-Cyr (Yellowknife) and \u00c9cole Bor\u00e9ale (Hay River).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csftno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-440220663\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Health<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_Sante1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Health\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several clinics in the Northwest Territories, as well as a territorial hospital (Yellowknife) and a regional hospital (Inuvik). It is mandatory for medical institutions to offer services in French; the territorial government has set up an interpretation service at hospitals and clinics for French-speakers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hss.gov.nt.ca\/en\/hospitals-and-health-centres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more informatio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-1190063428\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Economy and employment<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Conseil de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (CD\u00c9TNO) has a leading role in supporting employment and economic development in French. In particular, it provides assistance to job-seekers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdetno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conseil de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (CD\u00c9TNO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;immigration&#8221;][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"section-header theme-common pt_0 pb_0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2.png 234w, https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImmigration\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-46715872\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-2 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Employment<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_02.jpg\" alt=\"Employment\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to a 2016 study released by the Government of the Northwest Territories, the job sectors with the greatest demand over the next 15 years will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retail and wholesale trade<\/li>\n<li>Construction<\/li>\n<li>Finance<\/li>\n<li>Public administration<\/li>\n<li>Building operations and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Financial services, communications and other services for businesses<\/li>\n<li>Health, education, social and community services<\/li>\n<li>Restaurant and food services<\/li>\n<li>Human resources<\/li>\n<li>Natural resource development and fisheries operations<\/li>\n<li>Educational administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-1977538119\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Settlement services<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_03-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Settlement services\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration franco-t\u00e9noise offers mentoring and other services to newcomers to facilitate their arrival and integration. Their immigration service includes a welcome centre for French-speaking newcomers (Centre d&#8217;accueil des nouveaux arrivants).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationtno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Centre d\u2019accueil francophone &#8211; Immigration TNO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned previously, the CD\u00c9TNO provides economic-integration services for newcomers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdetno.com\/services\/immigration-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Conseil de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique des TNO (CD\u00c9TNO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Coll\u00e8ge nordique francophone offers general and occupation-specific language courses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/college-nordique.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Coll\u00e8ge Nordique Francophone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;big-headings&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-1038404297\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 has_shape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box has_shape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Welcoming Francophone Community<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_04.jpg\" alt=\"Welcoming Francophone Community\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@Communaute\u0301 francophone accueillante de Yellowknife_Festival e\u0301te\u0301\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yellowknife, the capital, is the cultural, economic, tourism and social hub of the Northwest Territories. The city has a number of interesting attractions, including the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, numerous hiking trails, and the Northern Lights, which are best seen between late August and mid-April. The Welcoming Francophone Community initiative is developing, among other things, new services in French, raising the status of immigration within the municipality and the population, and creating links between the established and new Francophone communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some figures:<\/strong><br \/>\n17% of the population knows French.<br \/>\n4% of immigrants have French as their first official language spoken.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationtno.com\/cfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;a-quoi-vous-attendre&#8221;][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"section-header theme-common pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/icon3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat to expect\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1646225665629{background-color: #71bfb1 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-332052033\" class=\"theme-common bg-transparent climat liststyle-1 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Climate<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_098.jpg\" alt=\"Climate\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gx-0 gy-5 row-cols-1 row-cols-sm-2 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col climat-box text-center gridcolumns-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Yellowknife and Hay River\n<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subtext\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Subarctic climate <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>17\u00b0C<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>on average in the summer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>-26\u00b0C<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>on average in the winter<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col climat-box text-center gridcolumns-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>In the north\n<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subtext\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inuvik experiences significant temperature variations depending on the season.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>14\u00b0C<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>on average in the summer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>-30\u00b0C<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>on average in the winter<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-241159066\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Geography<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_06.jpg\" alt=\"Geography\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rowcol\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>Southwest<\/b><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>boreal forest in the Mackenzie River Valley, home to the longest river in Canada <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rowcol\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>Northeast<\/b><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>tundra<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rowcol\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>Arctic Archipelago<\/b><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>uninhabited Arctic desert<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-1795623265\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Access<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"boxcontent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #82bdb1;\"><strong>The Yellowknife airport is the relay point between most major Canadian cities and other locations such as Inuvik and Fort Smith. <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Two highways connect Hay River and Yellowknife to Alberta and British Columbia.<br \/>\nFurther north, the Dempster Highway connects Whitehorse, Yukon to Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;en-savoir-plus&#8221;][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"section-header theme-common\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-636136706\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 noshape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box noshape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">Francophonie highlights<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_07.jpg\" alt=\"Francophonie highlights\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"boxcontent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Laurent Leroux, a French Canadian, was the first European to travel to Great Slave Lake in 1784 to establish, on behalf of the North West Company (a competitor of the Hudson&#8217;s Bay Company), the first two trading posts, Fort Resolution (1786) and Fort Providence (1790) more 300km from Yellowknife.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic guide Fran\u00e7ois Beaulieu, a M\u00e9tis, accompanied Alexander Mackenzie on his expedition in 1789 on the river that bears the latter\u2019s name. He was the oldest French Canadian in the Northwest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-seperator-row\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t<div id=\"pageblock-content-659022336\" class=\"theme-common liststyle-1 has_shape\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt_80 pb_80\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-cnt-box has_shape\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row gy-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 blockleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blocktitle\">History<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blockimg\" src=\"https:\/\/refugies.immigrationfrancophone.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TNO_FCFA_immigration_08.jpg\" alt=\"History\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blockright col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before the arrival of Europeans, the area that is now the Northwest Territories was already inhabited by the Dene people (particularly in the Mackenzie River Valley) and by the Inuit (on the northern coastal regions and the Arctic Archipelago). These peoples led a primarily nomadic existence, adapting to the area\u2019s harsh climate.<\/p>\n<p>In 1576, the explorer Martin Frobisher began the search for the Northwest Passage. Francophones were part of the many expeditions that explored the territory in subsequent centuries. With the expansion of the fur trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, trading posts appeared in the Mackenzie Valley. 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