Editing Whatì (section)

==Demographics==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title       = Federal census population history of Whati
| type        = Canada
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| width       =
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| percentages =
|1976|213
|1981|268
|1986|345
|[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]|392
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|418
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|453
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|460
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|492
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|470
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|543
| footnote    = 
| source      = [[Statistics Canada]]<br/><ref name=1981census>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf | title=1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=May 1992 | accessdate=February 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf | title=1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=September 1987 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf | title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=April 1992 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf | title=96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=April 1997 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=61 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Northwest Territories) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Northwest Territories) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=August 20, 2021 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Northwest Territories) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=July 25, 2021 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2016census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Northwest Territories) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2021census/>
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{{stack|{{Historical populations
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|cols=2
|title=Annual population estimates
|2001|491
|2002|486
|2003|481
|2004|490
|2005|491
|2006|480
|2007|491
|2008|480
|2009|488
|2010|494
|2011|490
|2012|507
|2013|505
|2014|513
|2015|533
|2016|529
|2017|522
|footnote= Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)<ref name=brost>[https://www.statsnwt.ca/population/population-estimates/commtotals_2001-2017.xlsx Population Estimates By Community] from the GNWT</ref>
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Whatì had a population of {{val|543|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|143|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|162|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:543-470}}|470|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|470|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|58.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|543|58.33|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000261 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 18, 2022}}</ref>

The majority of the population is Indigenous of which 445 were [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] and 10 were [[Métis in Canada|Métis]]. The main languages were [[Dogrib language|Dogrib]] and English with a few [[Slavey language|North Slavey]] speakers.<ref name="2016census"/>