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title: "City of Yellowknife"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/city-of-yellowknife"
description: "City of Yellowknife: Yellowknife is a city in Northwest Territories with a population of 20,340 (2021 Census). Official website: yellowknife.ca."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# City of Yellowknife

Northwest Territories · Local government

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Yellowknife is a city in Northwest Territories with a population of 20,340 (2021 Census).

Written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Northwest Territories
- Layer: Local government
- Class: Cities and towns
- Population: 20,340 (2021 Census)
- City page: [Yellowknife, NT](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/northwest-territories/yellowknife)
- Wikidata: [Q2061](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2061)

## Official website

- [yellowknife.ca](https://www.yellowknife.ca/)

## Places on record

Operator on record for 27 places, from open data, by type. Each type links every place of that type in Yellowknife. Operators are matched from the source records and may be approximate.

- Parks: 27 ([Parks in Yellowknife](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/northwest-territories/yellowknife/parks))

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Cities and towns) in Northwest Territories.

- [Town of Fort Smith](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/town-of-fort-smith)
- [Town of Hay River](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/town-of-hay-river)
- [Town of Inuvik](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/town-of-inuvik)
- [Town of Norman Wells](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/town-of-norman-wells)

## Sources

- Description written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- Record from: [Statistics Canada, Public Sector Universe](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/68-516-x/68-516-x2016001-eng.htm). Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=psu:2146483352), with the sources of its record.
- [Places and services in Yellowknife, NT](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/northwest-territories/yellowknife)
- [Public services in Northwest Territories](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/northwest-territories)
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "City of Yellowknife", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/city-of-yellowknife