How to Get Here:

• By Road

  • Three highways link the NWT to Yukon, BC, and Alberta. Drive up the Alaska Highway through Yukon to link to NWT’s Dempster Highway. Follow Alberta Highway 35 north to connect to NWT Highway 1, the Mackenzie Highway. British Columbia Highway 77 connects to NWT Highway 7, the Liard Highway.
  • There's scheduled bus service on the Mackenzie Highway, and seasonal bus service on the Dempster Highway. Vehicle and RV rentals are available for the Mackenzie Highway from Edmonton, Alberta, and for the Dempster Highway from Whitehorse, Yukon.
  • Department of Transportation, Government of the Northwest Territories- www.dot.nt.ca
  • ITI website

• By Air

  • Canadian North 
  • First Air 
  • Air Canada 
  • West Jet 

  Airports with paved, 6000-foot or longer runways:

  • Yellowknife, with connections to Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa (via Iqaluit) and Vancouver
  • Norman Wells with connections to Edmonton, Calgary, Inuvik and Yellowknife
  • Fort Simpson, with connections to Yellowknife
  • Inuvik, with connections to Calgary, Edmonton, Yellowknife, Norman Wells and Whitehorse
  • Fort Smith, with connections to Hay River, Edmonton and Yellowknife
  • Hay River with connections to Fort Smith, Edmonton and Yellowknife

How to Find a Home

• Yktrader
• Coldwell Banker
• Northern Properties
• Home Life Real Estate Yellowknife
• Polar Developments Ltd. 
• Shelter Canadian Properties Ltd. 
• Mackenzie Management - (867) 920-2844 mackapts@northwestel.net
• TC Group of Companies (867) 669-8300
• http://nwt.kjijij.ca/housing
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, NWT:
• Basic information about communities in the Northwest Territories –
  • www.assembly.gov.nt.ca
  • www.comeexplorecanada.com/northwest_territories/
  • www.comemakeyourmark.ca/en/Living.aspx

Associations

• Aklavik Housing Association

  P.O. Box 66
  Aklavik, NT, X0E 0A0
  Phone: 867-978-2340 Fax: 867-978-2742
  Housing provision and maintenance in the community.
  

• Behchoko Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 67
  Behchoko, NT, X0E 0Y0
  Phone: 867-392-6600 Fax: 867-392-6133
  Local public housing agency
  

• Deline Housing Association

  P.O. Box 161
  Deline, NT, X0E 0G0
  Phone: 867-589-3131 Fax: 867-589-4014

• Fort McPherson Housing Association

  P.O. Box 4
  Fort McPherson, NT, X0E 0J0
  Phone: 867-952-2125 Fax: 867-952-2021
  Public housing, maintenance of public housing, senior citizen's home

• Fort Providence Housing Association

  P.O. Box 229
  Fort Providence, NT, X0E 0L0
  Phone: 867-699-4551 Fax: 867-699-3226
  Administration, maintenance and tenant relations.

• Fort Resolution Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 1958
  Fort Resolution, NT, X0E 0M0
  Phone: 867-394-3171 Fax: 867-394-5217
  Operation and maintenance of public housing for the NWT Housing Corporation.

• Fort Simpson Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 378
  Fort Simpson, NT, X0E 0N0
  Phone: 867-695-2725 Fax: 867-695-2255
  Low rental housing programs.

• Fort Smith Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 1287
  Fort Smith, NT, X0E 0P0
  Phone: 867-872-2646 Fax: 867-872-4450
  Provide and maintain public housing for residents of Fort Smith.
  Real Estate and other links on www.fortsmith.ca
  

• Hay River Housing Authority

  Suite 103 - 31 Capital Drive
  Hay River, NT, X0E 1G2
  Phone: 867-874-6477 Fax: 867-874-2874
  Rental of public housing.
  
  Conrad Realty- Conrad@ssimicro.com
  Greenway Realty- suewest@greenwayrealty.ca www.greenwayrealty.ca

• Inuvik Housing Authority

  P.O. Box
  2198 Inuvik, NT, X0E 0T0
  Phone: 867-777-2924 Fax: 867-777-3353
  
  Inuvik Properties –  info@inuvikproperties.ca
  www.kijiji.ca
  www.tuk.ca
  Town of Inuvik
  

• Lutselk'e Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 79
  Lutselk'e, NT, X0E 1A0
  Phone: 867-370-3207 Fax: 867-370-3938
  Provision of subsidized housing for low income families. Access to home ownership and alternative housing programs. Emergency repairs, home improvements, and senior citizen's home repair program.

• Norman Wells Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 218
  Norman Wells, NT, X0E 0V0
  Phone: 867-587-2302 Fax: 867-587-2938
  Provide housing to clients of low to moderate income.

• North Slave Housing Corporation

  P.O. Box 2398
  Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2P8
  Phone: 867-873-6699 Fax: 867-873-9325
  E-mail: nshc@yellowknife.com
  Yellowknife Urban Native Housing program.

• Paulatuk Housing Association

  P.O. Box 115
  Paulatuk, NT, X0E 1N0
  Phone: 867-580-3386 Fax: 867-580-3110
  Public Housing maintenance, administration, management.

• Radilih Koe' Housing Association

  P.O. Box 3
  Fort Good Hope, NT, X0E 0H0
  Phone: 867-598-2290 Fax: 867-598-2026

• Rae Edzo

  Dogrib Rae Band Housing Division- (867) 392-6431

• Sachs Harbour Housing Association

  P.O. Box 11
  Sachs Harbour, NT, X0E 0Z0
  Phone: 867-690-4703 Fax: 867-690-4804

• Tsiigehtchic Housing Association

  P.O. Box 10
  Tsiigehtchic, NT, X0E 0B0
  Phone: 867-953-3110 Fax: 867-953-3517

• Tuktoyaktuk Housing Association

  P.O. Box 150
  Tuktoyaktuk, NT, X0E 1C0
  Phone: 867-977-2594 Fax: 867-977-2313
  Low-cost rental housing.

• Tulita Housing Association

  P.O. Box 64
  Tulita, NT, X0E 0K0
  Phone: 867-588-4111 Fax: 867-588-3816

• Yellowknife Housing Authority

  P.O. Box 2197
  Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2P6
  Phone: 867-873-5694 Fax: 867-873-9323
  Public housing providing low cost housing to those who qualify.

Moving companies:

• Matco Transportation Systems - (867) 873-3333
• InCity Moving- (867) 873-1017
• Aurora Moving Ltd.- (867) 669-7188

Health Care Registration

Vehicle registration

Discounts for moving