There’s no shortage of ways to get involved in Yellowknife. Whether you’re volunteering, joining a club, supporting local arts, or lending your voice to community initiatives, you can help shape the city we call home.

Spring Clean-Up

Each year as the weather begins to warm up, the City of Yellowknife has offered Spring Clean-Up service contracts to non-profit organizations. Last May 2026, this long-running program offered $700 to community groups to clean up an assigned area in the city following the spring snowmelt.

The Spring Clean-Up sign-up is currently closed.

Here is a list of local resources to help you get started:

  • Alternatives North is a social justice coalition, aimed at promoting social, environmental and economic justice in the territory.

    They meet weekly, except during the summer months. Meetings take place on Wednesdays over the noon-hour in the Ecology North boardroom located at 5016 50 Avenue, First Floor.

  • Arctic Energy Alliance is a not-for-profit aimed at helping consumers, producers, regulators and policymakers work together to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of energy services in the North.

  • Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife promotes French culture and language in the city.

  • Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is a strong, well-resourced organization that motivates and empowers its volunteers, partners and the public to carry out conservation planning and stewardship initiatives in the NWT.

  • Ecology North was formed in 1971 to support sound environmental decision-making on an independent, community and regional level.

  • Foster Family Coalition of the NWT provides support, guidance and training to pre- and post-foster and adoptive families.

     

  • Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY) is a program for young women and gender diverse youth that promotes mental and sexual health and healthy relationships across the North.

  • NWT SPCA runs the community animal shelter, rescues animals from across the territory, and provides adoption and rehabilitation services.

  • NWT Literacy Council is a non-profit registered charity that promotes and supports literacy and essential skills in all the official languages of the NWT.

  • NWT Seniors’ Society provides useful information about resources and programs available for seniors in the NWT.