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The article presents the results of the study of the coevolution processes of tourism and economy of the northern territories of Canada. The author used system analysis tools and traditional methods of socio-economic geography (zoning and regionalization) adapted to the study of the coevolution of tourism and economy of the northern territories as a methodological basis. A retrospective analysis of the coevolution of tourism and economy of the northern territories of Canada provides the basis for identifying three stages, namely: from 1960 to the 1970s; from the 1970s to the late 1990s; and from 2000 to the present. The stages differ from each other not only in the scale and structure of tourism activity, but also in the nature of its interaction with the economy of the northern territories and the system of institutions of economic development. It has been revealed that the coevolution of tourism and economy results in changes in the trends and forms of spatial organization of the tourism industry, on the one hand, and spatial economic systems, on the other. A spatial approach to studying the coevolution of tourism and economy of the northern territories of Canada makes it possible to uncover the geographical essence of phenomena and processes, their spatial organization, and changes over time, which is associated with the highly dynamic nature of the boundaries of tourist regions, due to the cyclicity of natural processes and the non-linear nature of evolution of tourist regions. Based on the analysis of Canadian regionalization practices, we identified a network of 16 tourist regions of the northern territories and proposed a typology of tourist regions of the northern territories: monocentric, linear-nodal, and network ones. Potential areas for transferring Canadian experience in the spheres of organizing scientific research and regulating tourism activities, taking into account the specific features of the Russian North, have been identified.