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Yellowknife, NT

· Population 20,340 · Great Slave Lake Shore · Mountain Time

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Population 20,340 · Great Slave Lake Shore · Mountain Time

Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories, perched on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake with a population of approximately 20,000. As the largest city in Canada's North, Yellowknife serves as the administrative, commercial, and cultural hub for a territory...

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📊 City Stats

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Population (2021)20,340
Area134.15 km²
Elevation206 m
Time zoneMST (−07:00)
Postal codeX1A
Area code867

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📅 Yellowknife Events

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🎵 Yellowknife Live Music

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🎵 Live Music at Deschain feat. Joey Love | Gainvesville, TX
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, Apr 4 at 3:00 PM
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🎵 Live music: Ashley Best
Beechcliff, Yellowknife, NT · Fri, Apr 10 at 7:00 PM
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🎵 Live Music with Dan Grinter
Haslemere · Fri, Apr 10 at 7:30 PM
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🎵 Live Music at Deschain feat. Stephen Pride | Gainesville TX
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, Apr 18 at 3:00 PM
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🎵 Live Music with Dan Grinter at The Georgian
Haslemere · Fri, Apr 24 at 7:30 PM
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🎵 FANTOM LIVE CONCERT
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, Apr 25 at 8:00 PM
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🎵 Environmental Sampling Training Program 2026 - Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · Thu, Apr 30 at 9:00 AM
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🎵 Live Music: Chris Workman
Brendan Cove, Bonita Springs · Fri, May 1 at 5:30 PM
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🎵 Live Music at Deschain feat. Daniel Markham | Gainesville, TX
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, May 9 at 3:00 PM
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🎵 Italawa Music Concert With Live Vocals and Dance Floor Action
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, May 16 at 3:00 PM
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🎵 LIVE MUSIC W/ DILLON HAVINS: FOLK MUSIC
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, May 23 at 2:30 PM
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🎵 Folk On The Rocks 46th Annual Music Festival- July 17-19, 2026
Yellowknife · Fri, Jul 17 at 6:30 PM
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🦋 Craig Morrison Photography 🍁 @craigmorrison1.bsky.social
Ready for action. #Yellowknife #NorthWestTerritories #NWT #truck #travel #explorecanada #PhotographersOfBlueSky
🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
👉 tr.ee/xCiBN7gzTw Cette semaine, L'Aquilon revient sur la visite de Marc Miller à Yellowknife et on parle nordicité, poésie, sport and francophonie...à feuilleter! #News #Actu #NWT #TNO #Francopho…
🦋 KEStrogen 🏳️‍⚧️ @kesghidorah.bsky.social
It made me look up Yellowknife NWT and imagine being in a stove heated cabin away from society and transphobia. God the transphobia
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's 3-minute newscast. Wednesday, March 25, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #Behchoko #water #YZF #Indigenouslanguage #Inuvik…
🦋 Lumen @museical.bsky.social
things that can't explain what they meant. Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca grows brainy structures in Yellowknife, NWT. not elsewhere. the lichen has no explanation for this. it's just growing. [generated]
🦋 Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca
NWT coroner releases name of Nunavut man who died in RCMP custody The NWT Coroner Service says it has confirmed the identity of the 35-year-old man from Nunavut who died in RCMP custody in Yellowknif…
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast. Monday, March 23, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #policecustodydeath #snowsculpture #Inuvik #Deline #hockey
🦋 Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social
This is a nice photo of Margaret Thrasher in a jigging contest at Caribou Carnival, Yellowknife, NWT, 1984. Photo by Dorothy Chocolate.
🦋 Ⓐ Anarchist Federation News 🏴 @anarchistfederation.net
Nunavut Man (35) Dies in RCMP Custody in Yellowknife, NWT (March 19, 2026)
🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
👉 tr.ee/xCiBN7gzTw De retour sur scène. Les 20 et 21 mars, le collectif Yellowknife Dance revient avec SHORTS, un spectacle de danse contemporaine dynamique et éclectique présenté au Centre culture…
🦋 Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social
Canadian policing kills again. Yesterday. Nunavut Man (35) Dies in RCMP Custody in Yellowknife, NWT (March 19, 2026) killercopscanada.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/n...
🦋 Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca
Police in the NWT say Saskatchewan RCMP's Serious Crimes Unit is investigating after a 35-year-old man died while in police custody in Yellowknife.
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's 3-minute newscast. Friday, March 20, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #FortLiard #SpringCarnival #Gnarwhal #Deline #hockeyh…
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast. Thursday, March 19, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #frostbite #Ekati #NakaPower #HayRiver #tugboat
🦋 Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel: @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca
Northwest Territories :flagnt: residents might have to pay more to heat their homes and for electricity, because of international oil prices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/oil-price-nwt-home-he…
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast. Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #Diavik #HayRiver #GiantMine #FortProvidence #Deline
🦋 111publishing.bsky.social @111publishing.bsky.social
Yellowknife NWT - a Northern City Near the Arctic Circle Yellowknife is a gateway for the great adventure tourism activities of the nearby region, including the spectacular nature and the stunning vie…
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast. Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #securitybreach #gnwt #100kniferswhogiveadamn #vitalstatistic…
🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast. Monday, March 16, 2026 7:20am MT @cabinradio.ca #Taltson #medicaltravel #charitybikeride #ArcticWinterGames #G…
🦋 Up Here Publishing @upherepublishing.bsky.social
📰 Still time to join the 2026 Yellowknife Visitor Guide. Affordable ad rates and free professional ad design included. A few spaces are still available. Message or email us at: Sales@uphere.ca #Yel…

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🎥 Yellowknife Videos

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캐나다 옐로나이프 오로라
캐나다 옐로나이프 오로라
햄또네 · 1d ago
여우 싸움 구경하기 - 캐나다 아북극권 브이로그
여우 싸움 구경하기 - 캐나다 아북극권 브이로그
옹지의 여정 Ongji · 1d ago
カナダイエローナイフの路線バス!#shorts #canada #yellownife #路線バス #ディーゼルエンジン
カナダイエローナイフの路線バス!#shorts #canada #yellownife #路線バス #ディーゼルエンジン
今井高速鉄道(IHR)  · 1d ago
#like #motivation
#like #motivation
Gurpreet Kaur · 2d ago
🔥 I Saw the Northern Lights in Yellowknife… Unreal 😍💚
🔥 I Saw the Northern Lights in Yellowknife… Unreal 😍💚
Northern Walks · 2d ago
Dancing in the moonlight✨#aurora #dancingaurora #yellowknife #iphone #timelapse #2026 March 27
Dancing in the moonlight✨#aurora #dancingaurora #yellowknife #iphone #timelapse #2026 March 27
씐디 · 2d ago
Dancing Aurora✨
Dancing Aurora✨
씐디 · 2d ago
YELLOW KNIFE VLOG / 옐로나이프 브이로그
YELLOW KNIFE VLOG / 옐로나이프 브이로그
ㅎㅅ · 2d ago
Polaris 600 IQ FLY-BY video
Polaris 600 IQ FLY-BY video
mack mike piano · 2d ago
[YellowKnife] 옐로우나이프 오로라 댄싱
[YellowKnife] 옐로우나이프 오로라 댄싱
끄적끄적 기록보관소 · 2d ago
オーロラひとり旅は下手くそな歌から始まる…🛸 #shorts #vlog #yellowknife #ひとり旅 #カナダ
オーロラひとり旅は下手くそな歌から始まる…🛸 #shorts #vlog #yellowknife #ひとり旅 #カナダ
れり · 2d ago
YELLOWKNIFE |  The 2026 Snowking's Castle  @spectacularnwt
YELLOWKNIFE | The 2026 Snowking's Castle @spectacularnwt
Amazing Family Vacations · 3d ago
(FLUKE FROM 29) BACK ON TRACK 100%
(FLUKE FROM 29) BACK ON TRACK 100%
kubuss · 3d ago
this is why I don't leave the door open 💀😂
this is why I don't leave the door open 💀😂
Baby Animal Lover · 3d ago
Part 3: From City Life To Ice Castles 🏰 #explore #fyp #viral
Part 3: From City Life To Ice Castles 🏰 #explore #fyp #viral
Infinite Zee · 4d ago
YELLOWKNIFE | The sound of footsteps on a frozen lake at -30 Celsius
YELLOWKNIFE | The sound of footsteps on a frozen lake at -30 Celsius
Amazing Family Vacations · 4d ago
YELLOWKNIFE | Walking across the frozen Great Slave Lake to the ice caves. @spectacularnwt
YELLOWKNIFE | Walking across the frozen Great Slave Lake to the ice caves. @spectacularnwt
Amazing Family Vacations · 5d ago
YELLOWKNIFE | Visiting the Ice Caves by Great Slave Lake @spectacularnwt
YELLOWKNIFE | Visiting the Ice Caves by Great Slave Lake @spectacularnwt
Amazing Family Vacations · 5d ago
#snowmobile #drag.race snowmobile #famous #raceing #snow #yelloknife#nwt #race
#snowmobile #drag.race snowmobile #famous #raceing #snow #yelloknife#nwt #race
Kelly Lacroix · 5d ago
#snow #snowmobile #raceing#yellowknife #famous#Yelloknife nwt
#snow #snowmobile #raceing#yellowknife #famous#Yelloknife nwt
Kelly Lacroix · 5d ago

🎧 Yellowknife Podcasts

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Mornings at the Cabin
April 2, 2026: Healthy Rage ·
Mornings at the Cabin
April 1, 2026: A Bit Of Ennui ·

📷 Yellowknife Photos

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Private Cessna 170 C-FFBK
Ready for action. #Yellowknife #NorthWestTerritories #NWT #truck #travel #explor
Buffalo Airways Douglas C-45D C-FBAA
Private Fleet 80 Canuck CF-DQJ
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Cette semaine, L'Aquilon revient sur la visite de Marc Mill
Private Naval Aircraft Factory N3N 3 CF-HUS
Buffalo Airways Beech 1900D C-GUUW
things that can't explain what they meant.

Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca grows brainy
Buffalo Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 200 C-GFYN
Buffalo Airways Douglas C-45D C-FBAA
This is a nice photo of Margaret Thrasher in a jigging contest at Caribou Carniv
Private Cessna 180 C-FLCO
Private Ultravia Pelican PL C-GBGD
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De retour sur scène. Les 20 et 21 mars, le collectif Yello
Private de Havilland Canada DHC-2 (Turbo) C-FOED
Private Cessna 185 C-FTQH
📰 Still time to join the 2026 Yellowknife Visitor Guide.

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Private Cessna A185E C-FYVT
Private Cessna C185F C-FXYY

💡 Did You Know?

Trivia
In 1978, the Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 scattered radioactive debris across the NWT near Yellowknife.
Source: Wikipedia