Media Releases

Free home and property assessments

The City of Yellowknife Fire Division (YKFD) is conducting free home and property assessments for Yellowknife and Ndilo residents. This assessment will highlight areas of risk and provide specific recommendations of actions and upgrades residents can take to increase their property’s resilience to wildfire.

The program’s primary purpose is to engage homeowners in voluntary wildfire mitigation activities by offering a home assessment with property-specific recommendations. The assessment process...

Updated Wildfire Information

The City of Yellowknife (the City) has published additional emergency preparedness and wildfire information on its website. The purpose of this content is to provide residents with the information and resources they need to prepare themselves, their families and their properties for any wildfire season and to centralize all related City updates and directives.

In addition to the new wildfire content, the City is currently updating its Community Emergency Plan (formerly known as the Emergency...

New Area Development Plan (Kam Lake)

The City of Yellowknife is proposing the creation of a new Area Development Plan (ADP) for the area west of Enterprise Drive and is looking for resident and business feedback. An ADP is a land use planning policy document that explains how a specific area will be developed in the future, and it’s important that residents and businesses provide their input about the priorities and suggestions they may have about it. Please see the section of land outlined in blue on the map for the location of...

Mattress tipping fee at Solid Waste Facility

On Monday, May 13, 2024, City Council passed a motion to introduce a $25 tipping fee for the disposal of mattresses at the Solid Waste Facility, which will take effect on June 1, 2024.

Mattresses are a difficult waste stream to manage due to their bulky size and metal springs. They are extremely hard to bury. As a result, they take up costly airspace, cause problems for City equipment and impact site safety. Various methods of disposal have been used in the past, with shredding proven to be the...

City of Yellowknife Summer Hours

The City of Yellowknife would like to advise residents that effective Tuesday, May 21 until Monday, September 2, 2024, City Hall will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for its summer hours.

The Yellowknife Public Library (YPL) is closed on Sundays from May until September, but will operate with its regular hours from Monday to Saturday. To see the YPL’s full schedule, please visit our website.

The City’s Victoria Day long-weekend hours can be found online.