Dene origins along the Mackenzie
Dene origin is reported by 11.8 percent of the population in private households across the Northwest Territories, against 0.04 percent across Canada.
Origin in this story: Dene, unspecified
About 9,650 people in Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan reported Dene, unspecified origin. · North
Dene is reported by 72.5 percent of the population in private households in Tulita, 67.7 percent in Fort Liard and 66.3 percent in Fort Good Hope.
The share is 60.2 percent in Déline, 31.8 percent in Fort Simpson and 27.7 percent in Behchokò.
South of the territorial boundary the share is 42.4 percent in La Loche, while across Saskatchewan it is reported by 0.5 percent of the population in private households.
Across Canada 16 dissemination areas report Dene above 50 percent of the population in private households.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
These are answers to the census question on ethnic or cultural origin, not the separate census measures of Indigenous identity, Indigenous ancestry or registered or treaty Indian status, and they must not be read as equivalent. Counts are randomly rounded and several reserves were incompletely enumerated and are blank on the map. See ‘Indigenous origins’ under About this map.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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