Residency in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

1 program lists Yellowknife as where they train in 2027 (R-1 match), at 1 school. They state 2 positions in all.

20,340
Population, 2021
about 18 h 30 min
Drive to a city of 100,000+
about 5 min drive
Airport with scheduled flights
4 h 58 min to 20 h 00 min
Shortest and longest day

1 program in 2027 · 1 school

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A snowy downtown street in Yellowknife with shops, an office building and a pickup truck — Photo: Kaz Ish · CC BY-SA 3.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Key numbers for Yellowknife

Winter

−25.5 °CJanuary mean4 h 58 mindaylight on 21 Dec

102.6 days a year below −20 °C · 155 cm of snow a year

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Yellowknife (Airport), 1.7 km away.

Notice: under 8 h of daylight on the shortest day; 30 or more days a year below −20 °C.

Summer

17.1 °CJuly mean20 h 00 mindaylight on 21 Jun

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Yellowknife (Airport), 1.7 km away.

Notice: 17 h or more of daylight on the longest day.

Drive to a city of 100,000+

about 18 h 30 minby road

To Edmonton, 1,445 km. A free-flow estimate: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Notice: 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+.

Airport with scheduled flights

about 5 minby road

To Yellowknife International Airport (YZF), 1.8 km away in a straight line.

Rent vs PGY-1 pay

not published for this area

CMHC’s rent survey has no one-bedroom figure for an area that names only Yellowknife. Ask the program or the school about housing.

Ochre marks a figure past a fixed line below, and nothing else. Places are not compared with each other.

The lines: under 8 h of daylight on 21 Dec; 17 h or more on 21 Jun; 30 or more days a year below −20 °C; 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+; 90 min or more by road to the airport; rent at 30% or more of gross PGY-1 pay.

Programs in Yellowknife

2027 programs whose location label names Yellowknife, grouped by match, disciplines A to Z.

R-1 match 1 program

Yellowknife - Family Medicine
University of AlbertaCMG stream
2 positions · 2 yrs

Living in Yellowknife

Public statistics for this place, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not any program. Check each source before you rely on it.

More photos

Photo: Kaz Ish · CC BY-SA 3.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)
Photo: Jack L · CC BY 2.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Photos of Yellowknife from Wikimedia Commons, openly licensed and credited under each. They show the place, not the program.

Where it is and getting around

Map of the area around Yellowknife, with dashed rings 10 km and 50 km from the centre and the airport YZF marked. — The dashed rings are 10 km and 50 km from the centre of the place. This is a picture, not a live map.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: YZF, 1.8 km away in a straight line.
Open on the map (the map page, with this province selected)

Drive times are free-flow estimates on roads from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), rounded: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Nearest population centre of 100,000 or more: Edmonton had 1,151,635 people in 2021 994 km in a straight line.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: 2.2 km by road Scheduled service as listed by OurAirports; check the airport for current routes.

Weather and daylight

Average temperature, °C

Daily mean, 1991–2020 normals at Yellowknife (Airport), 1.7 km away.

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Monthly climate normals, 1991–2020, from Yellowknife (Airport)
Month	Average temperature (°C)	Snowfall (cm)	Days below −20 °C
January	−25.5	21.7	26.0
February	−22.7	16.1	21.9
March	−16.6	19.2	19.2
April	−5.5	9.9	4.2
May	5.3	4.5	0.0
June	13.8	0.0	0.0
July	17.1	0.0	0.0
August	14.5	0.0	0.0
September	7.6	3.0	0.0
October	−1.0	20.1	0.4
November	−12.6	36.9	9.3
December	−21.8	23.7	21.6
Whole year	−4.0	155.0	102.6

Hours of daylight

Sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month, computed from the latitude (62.46° N). Hills and cloud are not counted.

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Daylight, sunrise to sunset, computed from latitude
Day	Daylight
January 15	5 h 56 min
February 15	8 h 47 min
March 15	11 h 37 min
April 15	14 h 45 min
May 15	17 h 44 min
June 15	19 h 54 min
July 15	19 h 02 min
August 15	16 h 11 min
September 15	13 h 06 min
October 15	10 h 07 min
November 15	7 h 04 min
December 15	5 h 04 min
21 Dec, shortest day	4 h 58 min
21 Jun, longest day	20 h 00 min

Things to do nearby

Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within a set distance of the town centre. A count, not a rating.

In town, within 10 km

53parks
47playgrounds
2ice rinks
3swimming pools with a name
none mappedfor climbing places
1library
2museums
2theatres
none mappedfor cinemas
1arts centre
none mappedfor music venues
none mappedfor markets

Outdoors, within 50 km

3protected areas with a name
2nature reserves with a name
95lakes with a name
14beaches
9campsites
none mappedfor ski areas
1golf course

Protected and conserved areas on the official list within 50 km: 1.

No mapped ski area within 150 km.

On foot and by bike, within 25 km

126 kmof footpaths
29 kmof signed hiking and bike routes

Lengths of mapped paths and signed routes follow how much has been mapped locally more than how much trail there is.

Counts what volunteers have mapped, not everything that exists; small and northern towns are often under-mapped, so “none mapped” is not “none”.

Map data from OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab), available under the Open Database License (opens in a new tab).

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Yellowknife, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Age

Median age 35.2. People aged 20 to 39: 32.2%.

0 to 14 20.3%
15 to 64 71.9%
65 and over 7.8%

Municipality of Yellowknife, 2021 Census.

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Age of residents, 2021 Census
Age group	Share of residents
0 to 14	20.3%
15 to 64	71.9%
65 and over	7.8%
20 to 39 (inside 15 to 64)	32.2%
Median age	35.2 years

Official languages people can speak

English only 82.4%
English and French 16.7%
French only 0.4%
Neither 0.5%

Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. Not the language spoken at home.

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Official languages residents can speak, 2021 Census
Can speak	Share of residents
English only	82.4%
English and French	16.7%
French only	0.4%
Neither	0.5%

Immigrants: 16.4% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 3.1% · non-permanent residents: 1.7%
Indigenous identity: 24.2% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 73.4% · public transit 1.3% · walking or cycling 19.6% · other 5.7% Average commute: 12.6 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $148,000 before tax $126,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural context, housing and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area. These describe the place, not every site a program trains in.

Population centre: Yellowknife, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 19,673 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.406 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Rental vacancy rate: 1.3% October 2025 survey, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $76,287 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0132-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Computed from latitude.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (December 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0011-01, and the 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0022-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons. Each photo is credited under it with its author and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain). Resized and re-encoded as WebP; not cropped.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).

Nearby places

The nearest places with a page are over 300 km away from Yellowknife.

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