The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada. They are divided amongst Arterial Class Highways, of which there are six; Collector Class Highways, of which there are 23; and closed highways, of which there are two. Only some places in the Northwest Territories can be reached by means of highways.
Arterial Class Highways
| Number | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Local names | Formed | Removed | Notes |
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| Highway 1 | 687 | 427 | Highway 35 | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road – Wrigley | Mackenzie Highway | 1949 | current | Longest highway in the territory |
| Highway 2 | 48.6 | 30.2 | Highway 1 – Enterprise | Northwest corner of Vale Island – Hay River | Hay River Highway; 104th Street (north Hay River) | 1949 | current | Shortest highway in the territory |
| Highway 3 | 338.8 | 210.5 | Highway 1 – Fort Providence | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | Yellowknife Highway; Frontier Trail | 1960 | current | Also known as the Great Slave Highway |
| Highway 5 | 267.0 | 165.9 | Highway 2 – Hay River | Highway 48 – Fort Smith | Fort Smith Highway | 1966 | current | Passes through Wood Buffalo National Park |
| Highway 7 | 254.1 | 157.9 | Highway 77 | Highway 1 – Fort Simpson | Liard Highway | 1984 | current | Packed dirt and gravel road |
| Highway 8 | 272.5 | 169.3 | Hwy 5 | Navy Road – Inuvik | Dempster Highway; Marine Bypass Road (Inuvik) | 1979 | current | Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Collector Class Highways
| Number | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Local names | Formed | Removed | Notes |
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| Aklavik Ice Road | 116 | 72 | Hansen Road – Aklavik | Highway 8 – Inuvik | — | — | Seasonal | |
| Canol Road | 357 | 222 | Norman Wells | Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border | 1943 | 1945 | Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road | |
| Colville Lake Winter Road | 165 | 103 | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | Colville Lake | c. 2008 | current | Seasonal | |
| Délîne Winter Road | 105.3 | 65.4 | Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | Délîne | — | — | Seasonal | |
| Dettah Ice Road | 6.3 | 3.9 | Drygeese Tili – Dettah | School Draw Avenue – Yellowknife | — | — | Seasonal | |
| Dettah Road | 11.3 | 7.0 | Ehs'doo Tili / It'o Tili – Dettah | Highway 4 | — | —
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| Fort Liard Access Road | 5.3 | 3.3 | Caragana Road / Valley Main Street – Fort Liard | Highway 7 | Valley Main Street | — | —
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| Fort McPherson Access Road | 1.1 | 0.68 | Highway 8 | Tadit Francis Avenue / Tetlit Gwich'in Road – Fort McPherson | Tetlit Gwich'in Road | — | —
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| Fort Providence Access Road | 5.4 | 3.4 | Highway 3 | O Street / DehCho Drive – Fort Providence | — | —
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| Highway 6 | 90.0 | 55.9 | Highway 5 | Great Slave Route – Fort Resolution | Fort Resolution Highway | — | — | Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point. |
| Fort Simpson Access Road | 3.4 | 2.1 | Highway 1 – Fort Simpson | 93rd Avenue – Fort Simpson | — | —
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| Gamètì Winter Road | 128.0 | 79.5 | Whatì Winter Road | Gamètì | — | — | Seasonal; previously Rae Lakes Ice Road | |
| Highway 4 | 69.2 | 43.0 | Highway 3 – Yellowknife | Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | Ingraham Trail | c. 1965 | current | Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed. |
| Inuvik Access Road | 0.6 | 0.37 | Highway 8 | Gwich'in Road / MacKenzie Road – Inuvik | MacKenzie Road | — | —
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| Highway 10 | 133.6 | 83.0 | Navy Road – Inuvik | Quimavik Road – Tuktoyaktuk | Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway | 2017 | current | Replaced the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Ice Road; construction began 2013, completed 2017 and opened in November. |
| Nahanni Butte Winter Road | 22.3 | 13.9 | Nahanni Butte | Highway 7 | — | — | Seasonal | |
| Sambaa K’e Winter Road | 126.0 | 78.3 | Sambaa K’e | Highway 1 | — | — | Seasonal | |
| Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | 568 | 353 | Highway 4 | Jericho Diamond Mine, Nunavut | 1982 | current | Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities | |
| Highway 9 | 97.0 | 60.3 | Highway 3 | Whatì Winter Road – Whatì | Tłı̨chǫ Highway | 2021 | current | Opened in November 2021. |
| Rae Access Road | 10.5 | 6.5 | Highway 3 | Degai Ma Tili / Donda Tili / Ohnda Tili – Behchokǫ̀ | Donda Tili | — | —
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| Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road | 187 | 116 | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | — | 2017 | Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway | |
| Wekweètì Winter Road | 235.0 | 146.0 | Whatì Winter Road | Wekweètì | c. 2019 | current | Seasonal | |
| Whatì Winter Road | 100 | 62 | Highway 3 – Behchokǫ̀ | Highway 9 – Whatì | — | 2021 | Seasonal; previously Lac La Martre Winter Road; closed when Highway 9 gave access to Whatì | |
| Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road | 486.4 | 302.2 | Highway 1 – Wrigley | Fort Good Hope | — | — | Connects to Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake. Thirty-four permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route. | |
| Yellowknife Access Road | 3.6 | 2.2 | 48th Street / 49th Avenue – Yellowknife | Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road – Yellowknife | 48th Street | — | —
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Local Highways
| Number | Length (km) | Length (mi) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Local names | Formed | Removed | Notes |
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| Canol Road | 357 | 222 | Norman Wells | Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border | 1943 | 1945 | Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road | |
| Canyon Creek Access Road | 14.0 | 8.7 | Canyon Creek | Mackenzie Valley Winter Road – Norman Wells | — | —
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| Cassidy Point Road | 4.1 | 2.5 | Highway 4 | Cassidy Point | — | —
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| Fort Smith Campground Access Road | 3.2 | 2.0 | — | — | — | —
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| Fish Camp Road | 0.7 | 0.43 | Highway 6 | — | — | —
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| Four Mile House Road | 2.5 | 1.6 | Highway 1 | Liard River | — | —
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| Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road | 0.34 | 0.21 | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | — | — | —
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| Great Slave Sailing Club Access Road | 0.25 | 0.16 | Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife | — | — | —
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| Hart Lake Access Road | 1.3 | 0.81 | Hart Lake | Highway 1 | — | —
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| Jean Marie River Access Road | 27.0 | 16.8 | Highway 1 | Jean Marie River | — | —
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| Kakisa Lake Access Road | 12.9 | 8.0 | Parking lot at Kakisa Lake | Highway 1 | — | —
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| Little Buffalo River Falls Access Road | 1.8 | 1.1 | Highway 5 | campsite at Little Buffalo River Falls | — | —
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| Nagel Channel Road | 7.2 | 4.5 | Fort Resolution | — | — | —
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| Prelude Lake West Access Road | 1.2 | 0.75 | Highway 4 | Prelude Lake Territorial Park | — | —
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| Prelude Lake East Access Road | 1.7 | 1.1 | Highway 4 | — | — | —
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| Salt River Access Road | 15.5 | 9.6 | Highway 5 | — | — | —
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| Sandy Lake Access Road | 12.9 | 8.0 | — | Highway 5 | — | —
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| Vee Lake Road | 5.0 | 3.1 | Highway 4 | parking lot at Vee Lake | — | —
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Access by community
The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:
- Behchoko (Rae-Edzo)
- Dettah
- Enterprise
- Fort Liard
- Fort McPherson
- Fort Providence
- Fort Resolution
- Fort Simpson
- Fort Smith
- Hay River
- Inuvik
- Jean Marie River
- Kakisa
- site of Pine Point
- Tsiigehtchic
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Wrigley
- Whatì
- Yellowknife
Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:
- Aklavik
- Colville Lake
- Deline
- Gamèti
- Hay River Reserve
- Fort Good Hope
- Nahanni Butte
- Norman Wells
- Trout Lake
- Tulita
- Wekweeti
Communities with no access by surface vehicle:
- Lutselk'e
- Paulatuk
- Sachs Harbour
- Ulukhaktok
See also
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