Inuvik /ɨˈnuːvɪk/ (place of man) is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the administrative centre for the Inuvik Region.The population as of the 2011 Census was 3,484, a decrease of 0.6% from the 2006 Census The two previous census counts show wide fluctuations due to economic conditions: 2,894 in 2001 and 3,296 in 1996. In 2012 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 3,321 with an average yearly growth rate of 0.2% from 2001.