Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Fort Smith

*Thebacha*
Fort Smith Thebacha
Town
	Motto: Perseverance
	Fort Smith Fort Smith
	Coordinates: 60°00′19″N 111°52′58″W / 60.00528°N 111.88278°W
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	South Slave Region
Constituency	Thebacha
Census division	Region 5
Town	1 October 1966
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 (2021)
• 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.ca
	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.

^ "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 2021census was 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.

Fort Smith Thebacha
Town

Motto: Perseverance
Fort Smith Show map of Northwest Territories Fort Smith Show map of Canada
Coordinates: 60°00′19″N 111°52′58″W / 60.00528°N 111.88278°W / 60.00528; -111.88278^[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 ^[3]^[4]
• Land	24.6 km² (9.5 sq mi)
• Population Centre	2.04 km² (0.79 sq mi)
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Population (2021)^[3]^[4]
• 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)	132.5^A
- Food price index (2019)	118.8^B
Climate	Dfc
NTS Map	75D4 Fort Smith
Website	fortsmith.ca
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]