Fort Providence (Slavey language: Zhahti Koe "mission house") is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located west of Great Slave Lake, it has all-weather road connections by way of the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway) branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and the Deh Cho Bridge is currently being built near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie, to replace the ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.
Fort Providence is well known for hosting the annual Mackenzie Days celebrations in August each year.
The recorded population was 727 in the 2006 Census, the majority of which are Dene. In 2009 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 759 with an average yearly growth rate of -0.2 from 1996.
The Dene of the community are represented by the Deh Gah Gotie Dene Band and the Métis by Fort Providence Métis Nation. Both groups belong to the Dehcho First Nations.
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