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New Webpage for Development Applications

The City of Yellowknife Planning and Development Department now has a new page on the City’s website where you can find information on development applications.

You can find complete development permit applications that are currently under review, as well as those that have received a decision.

Along with the information about these development permit applications, the public can view submitted site plans, approved site plans, notices, permits, and planning reports.

Each application will also have...

Development Permits Advertisement, Week of October 10, 2025

Please read entire Development Permits Advertisement.

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• DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ADVERTISEMENT, WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2025

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours 2025

In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday on Monday, October 13, City of Yellowknife facilities and services will operate as follows:
 
•     City Hall: Closed
•     Solid Waste Facility: Closed
•     Garbage Collection: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Trucked Water and Sewer Pumpout: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Fieldhouse: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Multiplex: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Aquatic Centre: Open from 12p.m. – 1p.m. for lane swim and 1p.m. – 5p.m. for public swim
•     Yellowknife Community Arena: Open...

Public Notice Special Council Meeting October 14, 2025

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Yellowknife will hold a special meeting of Council at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in the Council Chamber, City Hall.

The purpose of the meeting is to give First Reading to By-law No. 5117, a by-law to authorize the Collective Agreement between the City of Yellowknife and the Public Service Alliance of Canada Municipal Enforcement Officers Local X0345 for a term of January 1, 2024 – December 31,...

Restoration of CityExplorer

Further to the media advisory published on September 22, 2025, regarding the City network security incident restoration, the City of Yellowknife advises that CityExplorer has now been successfully restored. CityExplorer is the City’s interactive mapping portal, offering access to mapping information related to several municipal services, including planning and development, public works, recreation, solid waste, and transit. The platform was rebuilt as part of the City’s response to the cyber...