Kakisa

Kakisa^{[pronunciation?]} (Slavey language: K’agee^{[pronunciation?]}; between the willows) is a "Designated Authority"^[6] in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on Kakisa Lake, and is southeast of Fort Providence. Originally located at Tathlina Lake, the community moved, in 1962, to the present location in order to be closer to the Mackenzie Highway and is linked by a 13 km (8.1 mi) all-weather road.^[7]

Kakisa K'ágee
First Nation - Designated Authority (Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation)
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Coordinates: 60°56′24″N 117°24′51″W
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	South Slave Region
Constituency	Deh Cho
Census division	Region 4
Settled	1962
Government
• Chief	Lloyd Chicot
• Council Manager	Ruby Landry
• MLA	Ronald Bonnetrouge
Area [1]
• Land	94.80 km2 (36.60 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	36
• Density	0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0E 1G4A
Area code	867
Telephone exchange	825
- Living cost	137.5B
Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[2] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[3] Canada Flight Supplement[4] ^A Postal code shared with Hay River ^B 2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100[5]

Demographics

Federal census population history of Kakisa

Year	Pop.	±%
1976	40	—
1981	36	−10.0%
1986	30	−16.7%
1991	39	+30.0%
1996	36	−7.7%
2001	40	+11.1%
2006	52	+30.0%
2011	45	−13.5%
2016	36	−20.0%
2021	39	+8.3%
Source: Statistics Canada [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][1][15]

Annual population estimates

Year Pop. ±% 2001 49 —     2002 49 +0.0% 2003 39 −20.4% 2004 57 +46.2% 2005 53 −7.0% 2006 54 +1.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2007 55 +1.9% 2008 55 +0.0% 2009 56 +1.8% 2010 57 +1.8% 2011 56 −1.8% 2012 54 −3.6%
Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001–2012)[16]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kakisa had a population of 39 living in 14 of its 19 total private dwellings, a change of 8.3% from its 2016 population of 36. With a land area of 95.14 km² (36.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (1.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[15]

The majority of the community reported First Nations status. The main languages in the community are South Slavey and English.

Services

Royal Canadian Mounted Police services are provided through Fort Providence and no health services are available. There is a single grocery store, the "River Front Convenience Store-Motel" which serves visitors to the nearby Lady Evelyn Falls. Education, up to Grade 9, is provided by Kakisa Lake School.^[17][18]

First Nations

The Dene of the community are represented by the Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation and belong to the Dehcho First Nations.^[19][20]