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Fort Providence

Field	Value
name	Fort Providence
native_name	Zhahti Koe, Zhahti Kue
native_name_lang	den
settlement_type	Hamlet
image_skyline	Fort Providence.jpg
image_caption	Fort Providence from the Mackenzie River
pushpin_map	Canada Northwest Territories#Canada
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Territory
subdivision_name1	Northwest Territories
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	South Slave Region
subdivision_type3	Constituency
subdivision_name3	Deh Cho
subdivision_type4	Census division
subdivision_name4	Region 4
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Danny Beaulieu
leader_title2	MP
leader_name2	Michael McLeod
established_title	Hamlet
established_date	1 January 1987
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	255.05
elevation_m	160
coordinates
population_as_of	2011
population_footnotes
population_total	695
population_density_km2	2.7
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−07:00
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−06:00
postal_code_type	Canadian Postal code
postal_code	X0E 0L0
area_code	867
blank_name	Telephone exchange
blank_info	699
blank2_name	Prices
blank3_name	- Living cost
blank3_info	137.5
blank4_name	- Food price index
blank4_info	134.7
footnotes	Sources:
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Canada Flight Supplement
2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100
2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100

Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement 2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100 2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 Fort Providence () is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located west of Great Slave Lake, it has all-weather road connections by way of the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway) branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and the Deh Cho Bridge opened November 30, 2012, near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie. The bridge replaced the ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.

Fort Providence hosts the annual Mackenzie Days celebrations in August each year.

History

Fort Providence was founded in the 1860s as a Catholic mission site. By 1868, the Hudson's Bay Company, which previously has a trading post at Big Island at the source of the MacKenzie River, moved the post to the location of the mission site. From that moment, the settlement was known as Fort Providence. In 1867, the Grey Nuns opened a boarding school and an orphanage in the settlement. Instruction languages were English and French, and most of the nuns originated from Quebec.

Demographics

|1976|602 |1981|605 |1986|588 |1991|645 |1996|748 |2001|753 |2006|727 |2011|734 |2016|695 |2021|618

|1996|774 |1997|828 |1998|843 |1999|842 |2000|837 |2001|819 |2002|803 |2003|824 |2004|801 |2005|799 |2006|757 |2007|744 |2008|742 |2009|752 |2010|748 |2011|771 |2012|778 |2013|789 |2014|788 |2015|798 |2016|788 |2017|770

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Providence had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 255.49 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In 2016, the majority of its population, 620, were Indigenous people, made up of 590 First Nations, Dene people, and 30 Métis.

First Nations

The Dene of the community are represented by the Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation and the Métis by Fort Providence Métis Nation. Both groups belong to the Dehcho First Nations.

Gallery

|File:Fort Providence Health Centre.jpg |Fort Providence Health Centre |File:Fort Providence Church.jpg |Our Lady of Providence RC Mission in Fort Providence |File:View of Providence Mission Indian Residential School showing new Roman Catholic Mission on the left, Fort Providence, NWT (13929395680).jpg |Providence Mission Indian Residential School showing new Roman Catholic Mission on the left, circa 1930 |File:Fort Providence Deh Cho Land Use Planning Committee & Dene Fur Clouds.jpg |Fort Providence Deh Cho Land Use Planning Committee & Dene Fur Clouds sign |File:Merv Hardie ferry from Fort Providence side 05.jpg |The Merv Hardie ferry in use before the bridge was opened. |File:Deh Cho Bridge 05.jpg |The Deh Cho Bridge

Climate

Fort Providence has a continental subarctic climate (Dfc) typical of the Northwest Territories' populated areas. It is marked by a long cold winter season and short, warm summers, that in many ways are warmer than expected for an area so far north. Transition seasons are extremely short, with temperatures rising and falling quickly in respective seasons.

References

(December 14, 2021). "Danny Beaulieu re-elected mayor of Fort Providence".
{{MACANT. fort-providence. Fort Providence. 13 January 2014
"Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide". Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories.
{{CFS
"Fort Providence - Statistical Profile (2001-2012)". NWT Bureau of Statistics.
"Brief History of Fort Providence". University of Alberta.
(May 1992). "1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order". [[Statistics Canada]].
(September 1987). "1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions". [[Statistics Canada]].
(April 1992). "91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts". [[Statistics Canada]].
(April 1997). "96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts". [[Statistics Canada]].
(August 15, 2012). "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Northwest Territories)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(August 20, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Northwest Territories)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(July 25, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Northwest Territories)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Northwest Territories)". [[Statistics Canada]].
[https://www.statsnwt.ca/population/population-estimates/commtotals_2001-2017.xlsx Population Estimates By Community] from the GNWT
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories". [[Statistics Canada]].
"Deh Gah Gotie Dene Band".
"Fort Providence Métis".
"Dehcho First Nations".

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