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Tourist Accommodation Tax Payment Period Opens October 1-31 For Summer Quarter

The City reminds all tourist accommodation providers that the next tourist accommodation tax payment period will run from October 1 to October 31, 2025. This applies to all stays of less than 30 consecutive days that occurred between July 1 and September 30, 2025.

All tourist accommodation providers, including short-term rental hosts who use platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, or manage their own bookings, are required to collect and remit the 4% levy on applicable bookings.

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Statutory Public Hearing Notice By-law No. 5115

The Council of the City of Yellowknife will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at seven o’clock in the evening (7:00 p.m.) on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in the City Hall Council Chamber to hear any submissions to By-law No. 5115, a by-law to amend Zoning By-law No. 5045, as amended. The purpose of the Zoning By-law amendment is to rezone a portion of Lot 13 Block 81 Plan 4623, a portion of Lot 15 Block 78 Plan 4059, and a portion of Road (School Draw Avenue), Plan 2396, from PR – Parks and Recreation to RI- 1 –...

National Day For Truth And Reconciliation - City Of Yellowknife Operating Hours

In observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30, 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...

Development Permits Advertisement, Week of September 26, 2025

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• DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ADVERTISEMENT, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

City Network Security Incident Resolved

Further to the prior update on September 15, 2025, regarding the cyber incident that impacted the City of Yellowknife (the “City”), we can now advise residents that the City’s network has been safely restored and most city services have resumed as of September 22, 2025. 

In response to the cybersecurity incident last week, the City enacted its incident response protocols, which included engaging third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation into the cause and scope of the incident...