Resources

Description: 

Arsenic occurs naturally in the Earth’s soil and water. Arsenic is also used to make products such as glass, paper, textiles, pesticides, and is also released into the environment through industrial activities, such as mining. This brochure will give you information on the legacy arsenic around Yellowknife.

Publication date: 
octobre 2025
Resource Category: 
Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

L’arsenic est naturellement présent dans le sol et dans l’eau. De plus, il entre dans la fabrication de divers produits, par exemple le verre, le papier, les textiles et les pesticides. Les activités industrielles, telles que l’exploitation minière, entraînent également le rejet d’arsenic dans l’environnement. Cette brochure vous donnera de l'information sur l'arsenic dans la région de Yellowknife.

Publication date: 
octobre 2025
Resource Category: 
Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2025 Cooperation Agreement Giant Mine Remediation Project

  • En anglais seulement
Publication date: 
août 2025
Resource Category: 
Research and data, Monitoring, Conservation planning, Contaminants
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The NWT State of the Environment (NWT SOE Report) provides information on topics relevant to the environment.

  • Un résumé est disponible en français dans ce document
Publication date: 
juin 2022
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Water Monitoring and Stewardship, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants, Conservation planning, Climate change, Education and outreach, Fire, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Forest resources, Air quality
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife Manuscript Report 155a. Brett Elkin, Terry Armstrong, Troy Ellsworth, 2020. Anthrax Emergency Response Plan (AERP) 2020. 97 pp.

Publication date: 
juillet 2020
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Manuscript Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife Manuscript Report 155b. Supplemental list to file report #155a 2020. 11 pp.

Publication date: 
juillet 2020
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Manuscript Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) has maintained a database of all hazardous material spills reported in the Northwest Territories (NWT) since 1971.This report briefly summarizes the data collected for spills reported in 2018.

Publication date: 
janvier 2020
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) tient une base de données des déversements de matières dangereuses qui ont été signalés aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO) depuis 1971. Le présent rapport résume les données recueillies en 2018.

Publication date: 
janvier 2020
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Waste Reduction and Recovery Program: The Waste Reduction and Recovery Program celebrated many successes in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, thanks to the participation of residents from across Northwest Territories (NWT), and the dedication of many people working at recycling depots (RDs), regional processing centres (RPCs), schools, community governments, and other businesses and organizations.

Programme de réduction et de récupération des déchets : L’année financière 2018-2019 a été marquée de nombreuses réussites pour le Programme de réduction et de récupération des déchets grâce à la participation des résidents des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO) et au dévouement de nombreux employés qui travaillent dans les dépôts de recyclage, les centres de traitement régionaux, les écoles, les administrations communautaires et d’autres entreprises et organismes.

Publication date: 
mars 2019
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Help us collect fish samples! The Government of the Northwest Territories, in partnership with the Government of Canada, is studying the extent of contamination in the environment from former mining operations around Yellowknife. 

Aidez-nous à recueillir des échantillons de poissons! Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, en collaboration avec le gouvernement du Canada, réalise des études pour déterminer l’étendue de la contamination laissée par les activités minières à proximité de Yellowknife.

 

Publication date: 
juin 2018
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Questions and Answers - Arsenic Monitoring in the Yellowknife Area

Publication date: 
juillet 2017
Resource Category: 
Air quality, Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Fact sheet about legacy arsenic monitoring in the Yellowknife area.

Publication date: 
mai 2017
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

State of the Knowledge of the Slave River and Slave River Delta
A Component of the Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta
Final Report: April 2016
Prepared for the Slave River and Delta Partnership
Jennifer Dagg
The Pembina Institute
With input and updates by:

Publication date: 
janvier 2016
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta
Summary report for the Community Workshop convened in Fort Smith, January 24–26, 2012
Prepared for the Slave River and Delta Partnership
Final Report: April 2016
Prepared by Jennifer Dagg
The Pembina Institute
With input from the GNWT

Publication date: 
janvier 2012
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Modeling Store and Release Covers at Three Northern Mining Properties Using SoilCover (January 2006)

Publication date: 
janvier 2006
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Northern Hard Rock Mining: Effects on Riparian Zones and Passive Biological Treatment of Impacted Waters (January 2006)

Publication date: 
janvier 2006
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Revegetation of Lands Impacted by Northern Hard Rock Mining:Case Studies (December 2005)

Publication date: 
décembre 2005
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: A Literature Review of the Use of Native Northern Plants for the Re-Vegetation of Arctic Mine Tailings and Mine Waste (September 2005)

Publication date: 
septembre 2005
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife Manuscript Report 162. Macdonald, C., Elkin, B, Gunn, A. 2005. Analysis of the Elemental Composition of Tissues and Faecal Ash in a Moose (Alces Alces) Exposed to Tailings at the Abandoned Colomac Gold Mine, NWT. 39 pp.

Publication date: 
janvier 2005
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Contaminants, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Manuscript Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Evaporation Calculations at the Salmita-Tundra Mine Site, 1993 to 2004

Publication date: 
janvier 2004
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Contaminants, Research and data, Water Monitoring and Stewardship
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File

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