Registering Your Business

All businesses and non profit organizations operating in the Northwest Territories must be registered with the Department of Justice. More details can be obtained by writing or phoning Legal Registries.

Legal Registries
Department of Justice
Government of the Northwest Territories
1st Floor Stuart M. Hodgson Building
5009-49th Street
Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2L9

Tel. (867) 873-7492
Fax (867) 873-0243

Any business outside of the Northwest Territories wanting to carry on business in the Northwest Territories must register the business with the Department of Justice (called Extra Territorial Business Registration).