Fort Smith
Thebacha | |
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Town | |
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| Motto: Perseverance | |
  Fort Smith  Fort Smith | |
| Coordinates: 60°00′19″N 111°52′58″W / 60.00528°N 111.88278°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | South Slave Region |
| Constituency | Thebacha |
| Census division | Region 5 |
| Town | 1 October 1966[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fred Daniels |
| • Senior administrative officer | Cynthia White |
| • MLA | Frieda Martselos |
| Area | |
| • Land | 24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,248 |
| • Density | 91.21/km2 (236.2/sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 1,749 |
| • Population Centre density | 855.8/km2 (2,217/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Postal code | X0E 0P0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone Exchange | 872 621 870 |
| GNBC Code | LAILN |
| - Living cost (2018) | 132.5A |
| - Food price index (2019) | 118.8B |
| Climate | Dfc |
| NTS Map | 75D4 Fort Smith |
| Website | fortsmith |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[5] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[6] Canada Flight Supplement[7] ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100[8] ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[8] | |
Fort Smith (Chipewyan: Thebacha "beside the rapids") is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the Alberta border along the 60th parallel north.
- ^ "Fort Smith". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Town of Fort Smith News (Volume 22)" (PDF) (PDF). Town of Fort Smith. September 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table Fort Smith Northwest Territories [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "NWT Communities - Fort Smith". Government of the Northwest Territories: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ^ "Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide". Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Yellowknife: Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Fort Smith - Statistical Profile (2008-2019)" (PDF). NWT Bureau of Statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 29, 2018.