Eating and staying in Northwest Territories
132 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 25 towns and suburbs in Northwest Territories.
Northwest Territories accounts for 0% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 12th-largest of the 13 regions by venue count. Those 132 venues sit across 25 named towns and suburbs, of which 1 carry at least 25 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is very concentrated: Yellowknife (72), Inuvik (13) and Fort Smith (10) hold 72% of everything between them. The remaining 24 places average 2.5 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 57% eating to 61% accommodation, against a national 81/19. That is a markedly higher share of accommodation than the country as a whole — the mark of a region that hosts visitors rather than only feeding residents.
43 venues in Northwest Territories carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on regional (4), sandwich (5) and pizza (7).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 11 venues here publish opening hours (8% against 21% nationally), 47 list a website, and 12 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Restaurants | 36 in Northwest Territories · 27% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 31,320 |
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| Hotels | 28 in Northwest Territories · 21% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 4,289 |
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 27 in Northwest Territories · 20% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 7,523 |
| Takeaways | 16 in Northwest Territories · 12% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 22,636 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 16 in Northwest Territories · 12% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 1,250 |
| Cafés | 13 in Northwest Territories · 10% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 13,367 |
| Motels | 7 in Northwest Territories · 5% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 2,062 |
| Bars | 5 in Northwest Territories · 4% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 2,361 |
| Pubs | 5 in Northwest Territories · 4% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 2,458 |
| Serviced apartments | 2 in Northwest Territories · 2% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 1,845 |
| Hostels | 1 in Northwest Territories · 1% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 264 |
Towns and suburbs in Northwest Territories
A further 24 smaller places in Northwest Territories carry fewer than 25 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.