The NWT is one of two jurisdictions in Canada – Nunavut being the other – where Aboriginal peoples are in the majority, constituting 50.3% of the population.
The Northwest Territories' Official Languages Act recognizes the following eleven official languages, which are more than in any other political division in the Americas:
Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, and Tłįchǫ
And like many minorities they dwell on the government plantation. Take away or change substantially the government programs and our crime problem almost disappears.