Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories

Current Weather

Typical abbreviation for Fort Simpson: Ft. Simpson (or less commonly used: Frt. Simpson)

The village of Fort Simpson is 470 feet [143.26 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Fort Simpson lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Fort Simpson, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Fort Simpson had a population of 1,216 people^<2>. This is an increase of 4.56% since the previous Census (with 1,163 people in 2001).

With 1,216 people, Fort Simpson represented 0.13% of the total population of Northwest Territories.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2006 Population	Change Since 2001
	Jean Marie River	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	81	62% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fort Simpson.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fort Simpson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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