Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Fort Smith
Thebacha | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Motto: Perseverance | |
| Coordinates: 60°00′19″N 111°52′58″W / 60.00528°N 111.88278°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | South Slave Region |
| Electoral district | Thebacha |
| Census division | Region 5 |
| Town | 1 October 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dana Fergusson |
| • Senior administrative officer | Tracy Thomas |
| • MLA | Jay MacDonald |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 91.21 km2 (35.22 sq mi) |
| • Population Centre | 2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,248 |
| • Density | 24.6/km2 (64/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 | |
| 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 | Town of Fort Smith |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2018 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2019 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 | |
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.