Northwest Territories · 16 local services · checked September 28, 2026

Home energy audits and home testing in Yellowknife

Yellowknife gets about 7,856 heating degree-days a year, 3% of its houses were built before 1961, and one NRCan-licensed service organization lists its postal codes. Pick a service for the local details.

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A house raised on steel piles in a northern town, a snowmobile parked outside in ice fog

How Yellowknife is built

Yellowknife's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Yellowknife's 5,225 houses. Before 1961: 3%, 1961–1990: 54%, 1991–2000: 21%, 2001 or later: 22%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 3%
  • 1961–1990 54%
  • 1991–2000 21%
  • 2001 or later 22%
Each house stands for one in ten of Yellowknife's 5,225 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row and duplex), drawn by when it was built. The glow shows the usual pattern: older houses tend to be leakier and less insulated. Snowfall scales with heating degree-days. Sources: Statistics Canada 2021 Census (table 98-10-0233-01), NRCan HOT2000 climate data.

Yellowknife at a glance

Climate

Yellowknife gets about 7,856 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −39.2°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Yellowknife.

Housing

Of Yellowknife's 5,225 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 3% were built before 1961 and 57% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. The typical house dates from 1981–1990.

Radon

Health Canada's 2012 survey found 5.4% of 185 homes tested in the Northwest Territories health region above the guideline.

Local service guides for Yellowknife

Energy audits and tests

An energy advisor’s kit on a front-hall bench: infrared camera, pressure gauge with tubing, tape measure, headlamp and a floor sketch

Home energy audit

1 licensed organization
A red blower-door panel with a large fan fitted into the front doorway of a brick bungalow, a pressure gauge on a stool inside

Blower door test

7,856 degree-days
Hands holding an infrared camera aimed at a ceiling corner beside a frosty window; the screen shows a cold streak

Thermal imaging inspection

7,856 degree-days
A kitchen table with a house floor plan, a laser measure, a tape measure and a laptop showing the plan

Heat loss calculation

Design temp −39.2°C
A duct-testing fan on a basement floor connected by flexible duct to a furnace, a pressure gauge hanging from a joist

Duct leakage testing

7,856 degree-days
A gloved hand inserting a combustion analyzer probe into a furnace flue pipe in a basement

Combustion safety test

No piped gas
A heat recovery ventilator on a basement wall with four insulated ducts running up between the joists

Ventilation and humidity assessment

22% built since 2001
Loose-fill insulation between attic joists, a yellow ruler showing its depth and frost on the roofing nails above

Attic insulation inspection

57% built before 1991
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Energy bill analysis

Naka Power Utilities (formerly Northland Utilities)

Home health tests

A small digital radon monitor on a bookshelf in a finished basement family room

Radon testing

5.4% above guideline (2012)
A carbon monoxide alarm on an upstairs hallway wall outside the bedrooms at night

Carbon monoxide testing

No rule found
A moisture meter pressed into water-stained basement drywall, an air-sampling pump on a tripod nearby

Mold and air quality testing

57% built before 1991
A gloved hand holding a sealed sample bag above vermiculite insulation between attic joists

Asbestos and vermiculite testing

57% built before 1991
A gloved hand swabbing layers of cracked old paint on a wooden window sill

Lead paint testing

3% built before 1961
Filling a water-sample bottle at a farmhouse kitchen tap with the aerator removed, snowy fields and a barn outside

Well water testing

Wells rare

For businesses and buildings

An auditor walking between rooftop heating and cooling units on a snowy commercial roof

Commercial energy audit

1 incentive program

Who does energy evaluations in Yellowknife

In the Northwest Territories, the Arctic Energy Alliance, a non-profit, is the licensed service organization for Yellowknife.

One NRCan-licensed service organization lists Yellowknife postal codes. See the list with phone numbers and coverage →

Rebates and financing for Yellowknife homes

Territorial Territorial energy programs (YT · NT · NU) Three territories, three doors: Yukon's Good Energy rebates, the NWT's Arctic Energy Alliance, and Nunavut Housing Corporation support Open Federal CMHC Eco Improvement premium refund 25% back on your CMHC mortgage insurance premium after $20,000 of energy renovations Open

Cities near Yellowknife

Edmonton993 kmSherwood Park998 kmWhitehorse1107 kmRed Deer1135 kmSaskatoon1237 kmCalgary1269 km All 70 cities →

Sources

Checked September 28, 2026.

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