Northern Canada
Northern Canada (), colloquially
the North or
the Territories, is the vast northernmost region of
Canada, variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three
territories of Canada:
Yukon,
Northwest Territories and
Nunavut. This area covers about 48 per cent of Canada's total land area, but has less than 0.5 per cent of
Canada's population.
The terms "northern Canada" or "the North" may be used in contrast with ''the far north'', which may refer to the Canadian
Arctic, the portion of Canada that lies north of the
Arctic Circle, east of
Alaska and west of
Greenland. However, in many other uses the two areas are treated as a single unit.
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