Behchokǫ̀

{{Short description|Community in Northwest Territories, Canada}} {{use Canadian English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Behchokǫ̀ | other_name = ᐯᐊᑋᐟᗱᒼᑯ Rae-Edzo | settlement_type = Tłı̨chǫ Community Government | motto = Strong like two people | image_skyline = Raeedzo greatslavelake.jpg | image_caption = Behchokǫ̀ on Great Slave Lake | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Northwest Territories#Canada | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Territory | subdivision_name1 = Northwest Territories | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = North Slave | subdivision_type3 = Constituency | subdivision_name3 = Monfwi | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | leader_title = Chief | leader_name = Bertha Rabesca Zoe <ref name="CGDL"/> | leader_title1 = Senior Administrative Officer | leader_name1 = Pushp Seth <ref name="CGDL"/> | leader_title2 = MLA for Monfwi | leader_name2 = Jane Weyallon Armstrong | established_title = Tlicho Community Government | established_date = 4 August 2005<ref name=TCGA>{{cite web | url=http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/PDF/ACTS/Tlicho_Community_Gov.pdf | title=Tlicho Community Government Act, S.N.W.T. 2004, c.7 | publisher=Government of the Northwest Territories | type=PDF | pages=16–17 and 20 | date=August 4, 2005 | access-date=January 12, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018154024/http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/PDF/ACTS/Tlicho_Community_Gov.pdf | archive-date=October 18, 2013 }}</ref> | area_footnotes = <ref name=2016census/> | area_land_km2 = 75.17 | elevation_m = 179 | coordinates = {{coord|62|48|09|N|116|02|47|W|region:CA-NT|display=inline,title}} | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_total = 1,746 | population_density_km2 = 23.23 | timezone = MST | utc_offset = −07:00 | timezone_DST = MDT | utc_offset_DST = −06:00 | postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code | postal_code = X0E 0Y0 | area_code = 867 | blank_name = Telephone exchange | blank_info = 292, 371, 392 | blank2_name = Prices | blank3_name = - Living cost | blank3_info = 127.5{{ref|A|A}} | blank4_name = - Food price index | blank4_info = 143.9{{ref|B|B}} | footnotes = Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,<ref name="CGDL">{{MACANT|behchokǫ̀|Behchokǫ̀|2017-10-29}}</ref> Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,<ref name="pwhc">{{cite web |url= http://www.pwnhc.ca/cultural-places/geographic-names/community-names/#4/65.98/-119.97 |title= Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide |website= Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre |publisher= Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories |location= Yellowknife |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160113110003/http://www.pwnhc.ca/cultural-places/geographic-names/community-names/ |archive-date= 2016-01-13 |url-status= live |access-date= 2016-01-13}}</ref> Canada Flight Supplement<ref name="ReferenceA">{{CFS}}</ref> {{note|A|A}}2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100<ref name="comstat">{{cite web |url= https://www.statsnwt.ca/community-data/Profile-PDF/Behchoko.pdf |title= Behchoko - Statistical Profile (2006-2017) |publisher = NWT Bureau of Statistics |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134639/https://www.statsnwt.ca/community-data/Profile-PDF/Behchoko.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date= 2018-08-28}}</ref> {{note|B|B}}2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100<ref name="comstat"/> Elevation at the airport<ref name="ReferenceA">{{CFS}}</ref> }}

'''Behchokǫ̀''' ([bɛ́ht͡ʃʰókʰõ̀] or [bɛ́ht͡sʰókʰõ̀]; {{IPAc-en|lang|ˌ|b|ɛ|tʃ|oʊ|ˈ|k|oʊ}}<ref>{{Citation |title = Tłı̨chǫ Agreement|place = Ottawa|publisher = Queen's Printer for Canada|year = 2003|url = https://www.tlicho.ca/sites/default/files/documents/government/T%C5%82%C4%B1%CC%A8cho%CC%A8%20Agreement%20-%20English.pdf|isbn = 0662349717}}</ref>) (from the Tłı̨chǫ meaning "Behcho's place"), officially the ''Tłı̨chǫ Community Government of Behchokǫ̀,''<ref>[http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/resources/Differences_in_Comm_Govt_Structure.pdf Differences in Community Government Structures]</ref> is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Behchokǫ̀ is located on the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway), on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately {{convert|110|km|-1|abbr=on}} northwest of Yellowknife.<ref name="comdata">[https://www.statsnwt.ca/community-data/infrastructure/Behchoko.html NWT Bureau of Statistics - Behchokǫ̀]</ref>

== History == This area was territory of Dene peoples for thousands of years prior to European contact.

English explorer Samuel Hearne was the first European to encounter Dogrib-speaking people. In 1772 he was crossing their lands north of Great Slave Lake. Later, in 1789, trader Alexander Mackenzie traveled by canoe very close to their territory while trading with the Yellowknives, another First Nations people, along the north arm of the big lake.

The first trading post in this region was at the entrance of Yellowknife Bay, established in 1789 by the North West Company, a post known as Old Fort Providence. It was established for the benefit of both the Yellowknives and Dogrib Dene but it was not a significant trading centre and closed in 1823.

The Dogrib Dene were required to enter into trade with Hudson's Bay Company posts on the south side of Great Slave Lake at Fort Resolution at the mouth of the Slave River. Historically, the Dogrib and the Yellowknives Dene have quarrelled over territory and resources. By the 1830s, Edzo, the Dogrib leader, and Akaitcho, the Yellowknives leader, made peace. Afterwards, the Dogrib returned to their traditional hunting grounds in the north.<ref name="Communities">Communities ''Economic Reference Library; Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment''. pg 181.(2006).</ref>

Fort Rae was first established in 1852 by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) on a prominent peninsula on the north shore of the north arm of Great Slave Lake as a wintering provision post. It was named for Scotsman explorer John Rae, who was among the explorers looking for remains of Sir John Franklin's expedition in the Arctic. It became an important trading post for the Dogrib Dene.

In the early 20th century, free traders penetrated a monopoly previously held by the HBC. Ed Nagle and Jack Hislop opened a new trading post at the very northern tip of the north arm where Marian Lake connects to Great Slave Lake. As this location was much closer to many of the Dene families living on the land, it became their area of choice for trade. The HBC abandoned the old Fort Rae and set up a post next to Hislop and Nagle.<ref>Zinovich, Jordan. "Battling the Bay: The Turn of the Century Adventures of Fur Trader Ed Nagle." Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 1992.</ref>

As the community grew alongside increased services such as a mission-run hospital and church, the government viewed the topography of Fort Rae as unsuitable for expansion. In the 1950s they were concerned about runoff from animal and human wastes contaminating sources of drinking water, and the government proposed constructing a new settlement on more favourable terrain. The community became known as Edzo and was located on the west side of the Frank Channel opposite Fort Rae, a {{convert|24|km|abbr=on}} drive away.<ref name="comdata"/> Most of the Dene families refused to move from their community, so Rae ({{coord|62|49|43|N|116|03|08|W|region:CA-NT|name=Rae}}) and Edzo ({{coord|62|46|30|N|116|02|26|W|region:CA-NT|name=Edzo}}) (Rae-Edzo) became two separate communities although they were administered together.<ref>Grainge, Jack. "The Changing North: Recollections of an early environmentalist." Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, 1999.</ref>

The name ''Rae-Edzo'' was changed 4 August 2005 to Behchokǫ̀. The biggest names in Tłı̨chǫ history are Edzo, Bruneau, and Monfwi. All men were Dogrib chiefs at important periods in their cultural history; Edzo signed the peace pact with the Yellowknives Dene in the 1820s, Jimmy Bruneau was a long-standing chief in the 20th century, and Monfwi signed Treaty 11 with the Canadian Government in 1921 and created the Tłı̨chǫ annual assembly in 1932.

Before 2005 the community was unincorporated, and most local governance was provided by a First Nations band government, Dog Rib Rae First Nation. Under the terms of the Tłı̨chǫ Agreement, most responsibilities of Dog Rib Rae have been transferred to the Behchokǫ̀ Community Government. However, the First Nation is still recognized by the federal government for Indian Act enrollment.

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title = Federal census population history of Behchokò | type = Canada | align = right | width = | state = | shading = | percentages = |1971|1081 |1976|1158 |1981|1378 |1986|1378 |1991|1521 |1996|1662 |2001|1702 |2006|1894 |2011|1926 |2016|1874 |2021|1746 | footnote = | source = Statistics Canada <ref name=1976census>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf | title=1976 Census of Canada: Population - Geographic Distributions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=June 1977 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}</ref><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/amend.cfm | title=Population and Dwelling Count Amendments | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 4, 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/> }}}} {{stack|{{Historical populations |align=none |cols=2 |title=Annual population estimates |1996|1764 |1997|1755 |1998|1759 |1999|1755 |2000|1765 |2001|1785 |2002|1818 |2003|1870 |2004|1881 |2005|1936 |2006|1974 |2007|1983 |2008|1999 |2009|1993 |2010|1985 |2011|2021 |2012|2027 |2013|2024 |2014|2055 |2015|2109 |2016|2183 |2017|2227 |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> }}}} {{clear}} In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Behchokò had a population of {{val|1746|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|460|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|541|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1746-1874}}|1874|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1874|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|74.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1746|74.96|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>

=== Ethnicity === According to the 2016 Census the Indigenous population was made up of 1,695 First Nations and 50 Métis people.<ref name=2016census/> One of the four Tłı̨chǫ communities, it is the largest Dene community in Canada.<ref>[http://www.tlicho.ca/communities/Behchoko Behchokǫ̀] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731094154/http://www.tlicho.ca/communities/Behchoko |date=2019-07-31 }}. Although the Saskatchewan community of La Loche is listed with a populatipn of 2611 in 2011 with more than 95% of the population Dene speaking by Wikipedia. at the Tłı̨chǫ First Nations site</ref> Behchokǫ̀ was the site of the signing of the Tłı̨chǫ land claim agreement that brought about the Tlicho Government.<ref>[http://www.gov.nt.ca/MAA/newsreleases/tlicho_land_claim.htm Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212163741/http://www.gov.nt.ca/MAA/newsreleases/tlicho_land_claim.htm |date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Panethnic groups in the Community of Behchokǫ̀ (2001−2021) ! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Behchoko&DGUIDlist=2021A00056103031&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Geo2=CD&Code2=6103&SearchText=Behchoko&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6103031&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchoko&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6106031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchoko&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6106031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Rae-Edzo&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=6106031 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | Indigenous | 1,615 | {{Percentage | 1615 | 1730 | 2 }} | 1,755 | {{Percentage | 1755 | 1865 | 2 }} | 1,800 | {{Percentage | 1800 | 1910 | 2 }} | 1,770 | {{Percentage | 1770 | 1885 | 2 }} | 1,450 | {{Percentage | 1450 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | European{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}} | 75 | {{Percentage | 75 | 1730 | 2 }} | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 1865 | 2 }} | 100 | {{Percentage | 100 | 1910 | 2 }} | 105 | {{Percentage | 105 | 1885 | 2 }} | 95 | {{Percentage | 95 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | South Asian | 20 | {{Percentage | 20 | 1730 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | African | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1730 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1885 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | East Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1730 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1730 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | Middle Eastern{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1730 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | Latin American | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1730 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1865 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1910 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- | Other/multiracial{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1730 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1865 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 1910 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1885 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1545 | 2 }} |- ! Total responses ! 1,730 ! {{Percentage | 1730 | 1746 | 2 }} ! 1,865 ! {{Percentage | 1865 | 1874 | 2 }} ! 1,910 ! {{Percentage | 1910 | 1926 | 2 }} ! 1,885 ! {{Percentage | 1885 | 1894 | 2 }} ! 1,545 ! {{Percentage | 1545 | 1552 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" ! Total population ! 1,746 ! {{Percentage | 1746 | 1746 | 2 }} ! 1,874 ! {{Percentage | 1874 | 1874 | 2 }} ! 1,926 ! {{Percentage | 1926 | 1926 | 2 }} ! 1,894 ! {{Percentage | 1894 | 1894 | 2 }} ! 1,552 ! {{Percentage | 1552 | 1552 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}} |}

==Transportation==

The main street within Behchokǫ̀ is ''Donda Tili'', which connects to the Yellowknife Highway and then to either Yellowknife or south to Fort Providence and southern Canada. Three ice roads are available during winter to connect to Gamètì, Wekweètì and Whatì to the north and west.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/Highways/Winter-Roads |title=Winter Roads |access-date=2016-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027094428/http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/Highways/Winter-Roads |archive-date=2016-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The closest major public airport is Yellowknife Airport via an hour drive east. Nearby Rae/Edzo Airport is a private airport.

==Services== [[File:Boreal forest near rae edzo.jpg|thumb|Boreal forest near Behchokǫ̀]] [[File:Teepee rae-edzo GreatSlaveLake.jpg|thumb|Rae Edzo - Behchokǫ̀, camp on the banks of Great Slave Lake]] thumb|Gas station Behchokǫ̀ thumb|A traditional teepee beside a modern dwelling in Behchokǫ̀, with the Great Slave Lake in the background

===Religious=== * Tlicho Baptist Church * St Michael's Catholic Church

===Community=== * Elizabeth Mackenzie Elementary School in Rae (K-6) * Chief Jimmy Bruneau School in Edzo (K-12)<ref>[http://cjbs.tlicho.ca/about-cjbs About Chief Jimmy Bruneau Regional High School]</ref> * Kǫ̀ Gocho Complex - recreation centre * Behchokǫ̀ Cultural Centre - community centre * Tłı̨chǫ Friendship Centre

===Government=== * Tłı̨chǫ Government Main Office * N.W.T. Housing Corporation - public housing * Municipal Services - sewage, water, public works * Fire Department - volunteer service<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-01/jan14_08ft.html |title=Behchoko fire truck sent for repairs |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150441/http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-01/jan14_08ft.html |archive-date=2016-11-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with two fire stations located in nearby Rae and Edzo * Policing - local Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment<ref>[http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/detach/en/d/345#Behchoko Behchoko detachment Northwest Territories]</ref> * EMS - located at Mary Adele Bishop Health Centre with one ambulance<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://norj.ca/2014/06/local-boost-for-behchoko-health-care-services/ |title=Local boost for Behchoko health care services |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120212746/https://norj.ca/2014/06/local-boost-for-behchoko-health-care-services/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Medical===

There is no hospital in town; the nearest is Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife and only basic health services are provided by Mary Adele Bishop Health Centre. The local dental clinic is private and there is a Mental Health and Addictions Services centre.

==Housing issues==

Behchokǫ̀ has been facing a long term and chronic housing crisis due to multiple issues: insufficient funding for affordable units, disrepair of existing housing stock and inability of many living in public housing to pay rent.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/evicted-and-homeless-housing-behchoko-reaction-1.3858684 Evicted and homeless: housing crisis in Behchoko, N.W.T. has no easy solutions]</ref>

== Notes == {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading== * Northwest Territories, and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. ''Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Impacts in the Communities of: Behchokǫ̀, Gameti, Whati, Wekweeti, Detah, Ndilo, Lutsel Kʼe, and Yellowknife : 2005 Annual Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories Under the BHP Billiton, Diavik and De Beers Socio-Economic Agreements''. [Yellowknife]: Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 2006.

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