![]() ![]() ![]() You can download the full data as a spreadsheet from Statistics Canada’s website. “Consequently, it is a relevant dimension in the analysis and delivery of policies and programs.” “Geographic proximity to service centres and population centres is an important determinant of socio-economic and health outcomes,” Statistics Canada stated. In a news release, Statistics Canada said the remoteness index is “part of a set of emerging and experimental geospatial concepts and indicators developed by the agency in collaboration with Indigenous Services Canada.” Sambaa K’e is a small fly-in community, accessible by winter road for only a short period of the year, that most NWT residents would likely consider harder than Fort Simpson to easily reach. Sambaa K’e, for reasons not immediately clear, appears in the index to be slightly less remote than Fort Simpson. ![]() Fort Liard has no qualifying population centre nearby, but might be considered the less remote option if you were trying to reach both communities from either Yellowknife or BC. ![]() Similarly, Tsiigehtchic (0.682) is considered less remote than Fort Liard (0.726), possibly by virtue of the Dempster Highway linking Tsiigehtchic to the population centre of Inuvik. Tuktoyaktuk, parked on the Arctic coast of the Northwest Territories and scoring 0.693, is considered less remote than Fort Simpson, a village that forms the largest community in the territory’s Dehcho region and has straightforward highway access to BC and Alberta, which scores 0.782. Statistics Canada’s methodology leads to a few conclusions that might raise eyebrows among residents. Iqaluit, scoring 0.479, is the most remote of the territorial capitals. Yukon capital Whitehorse scores 0.391, meaning it is less remote than Yellowknife. That makes it less remote than Terrace, BC according to Statistics Canada, but more remote than Revelstoke. The NWT’s capital, Yellowknife, has a remoteness index value of 0.406. Yukon’s most remote community is listed as Beaver Creek on the Alaska border, ranked 29th overall in Canada. Ulukhaktok ranks 14th in the overall remoteness list, Nahanni Butte is 16th, Tulita is 17th and Sachs Harbour is 18th. (There are other NWT communities with more than 1,000 people but, to be a population centre, a community must also have a population density of more than 400 people per square kilometre). In the Sahtu region, Colville Lake is one of the territory’s smallest communities, has no year-round road access, and is not easily reached from any of the population centres with more than 1,000 people in the NWT, given by Statistics Canada as Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith and Inuvik. The remoteness index declares the NWT’s most remote community – ranking 12th overall in Canada – to be Colville Lake. The top 10 is rounded out by Taloyoak and Kugluktuk in Nunavut, Berens River in Manitoba, Webequie and Wunnumin Lake in Ontario, and Kangiqsujuaq in Nunavik. Peawanuck, in Ontario, is in fourth place, scoring 0.969. Kugaaruk, again in Nunavut, places third with 0.980. In second place according to Statistics Canada is Resolute, also in Nunavut, with a score (rounded up) of 0.984. Grise Fiord gets a remoteness index value of 1, at the opposite end of the scale from Toronto. It is Canada’s northernmost civilian settlement, the result of the forced relocation of some Inuit families by the Canadian government in the 1950s. Grise Fiord, an Inuit hamlet on Ellesmere Island, was given the same honour in 2016 and retains the title now that the remoteness index has been updated with 2021 census data. Time to reveal the winner of Canada’s Most Remote Place. With a bit of extra math at the end, that becomes a remoteness index value from 0 to 1. In very simple terms, you then add up all the people in the population centres you can easily reach from a community, and divide that by the cost of getting to those population centres. If it’s a fly-in community, use prices available online to figure out the cost of a one-way trip by air.Figure out the cost of a one-way trip in a mid-sized road vehicle using Canadian Automotive Association data.Measure the distance by road from that community to population centres – 1,000 people or more – within 300 km (if there’s no population centre within 300 km, measure the distance to the nearest one).Take each community with a population in Canada.If that formula was meaningless to you, here’s a simpler way to explain how Statistics Canada calculates remoteness: If you understand that and want the full mathematical explanation, follow the link above. To scare you, here’s a key formula statisticians are using to work out remoteness: This week’s publication of the updated remoteness index comes with a helpful guide that explains how Statistics Canada reaches its remoteness figure for each community. ![]()
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