Department of Tourism and Culture

We support tourism development for communities, organizations and businesses. Contact us to talk about your tourism idea or for questions about services and funding. 

Core areas of focus

1. To engage, counsel and collaborate with industry, communities and other partners; 
2. To provide capacity development opportunities, training and tools; 
3. To provide funding; 
4. To conduct and provide research; 
5. To report tourism sector performance; and 
6. To represent the tourism sector in land, resource and development planning.

Funding and support

• Tourism Cooperative Marketing Fund
• Product Development Partnership Program
• Business, Market and Trade Ready training program
• Use EQ research to promote and enhance your tourism business
• Find tourism statistics and reports

COVID-19 support

• Support for tourism organizations
• Tourism Accommodations Sector Supplement 
• Tourism Non-Accommodation Sector Supplement
• Culture and Tourism Non-Profit Sector Supplement

Subscribe to our industry newsletter

Subscribe to our industry newsletter for information on:

• upcoming training opportunities;
• industry advisories;
• visitor statistics and data;
• updates on Tourism Branch activities and more.

Email: industryservices@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-3053
Fax number: 867-393-7005

This unit is responsible for the 6 Government of Yukon visitor information centres. We also raise industry’s awareness of available information on current events, advisories and programs.

We manage the database for Government of Yukon photography.

• Find a visitor information centre.
• Use our Tourism Media Library.

Email: deborah.greenlaw@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-5340
Fax number: 867-393-7005

The Arts Section supports the development of visual, literary and performing arts in Yukon. We serve professional and community-based arts practices through funding programs, agreements and research.

Arts advisors help applicants apply for funding, for review by the Yukon Arts Advisory Council or peer juries.

This unit also maintains, interprets and provides curatorial support to the Yukon Permanent Art Collection. We envision a Yukon where the arts flourish, where arts and community connect, and where we take pride in our artistic resources.

Funding

• Advanced Artist Award
• Arts Fund
• Arts Operating Funds
• Cultural Industries Training Fund
• New Canadians Event Fund
• Touring Artist Fund

COVID-19 support

• Support for arts and culture sectors
• On Yukon Time (special funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Program opportunities 

• View or submit work to the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (YPAC)
• Apply to government artwork competitions
• Use Created in the Yukon branding

Publications

• Art Adventures on Yukon Time

Email: artsfund@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-3535
Fax number: 867-393-6456

We support the preservation and appreciation of Yukon heritage and history. This unit manages land-based heritage resources. This includes: archaeology; palaeontology; geographical place names, and; research licensing.

We also help Yukon museums, cultural centres and cultural organizations with: collections care, funding, training and development.

We partner with: Yukon First Nations; museums and cultural centres; placer miners; the public, and; researchers from around the world.

• Apply for a Scientists and Explorers Act Licence

• Find support for Yukon museums and cultural centres, including information about:

  • the Museum Contribution Program;

  • the Special Projects Capital Assistance Program; and

  • how to access training, advice and collections care support.

• Find heritage research and publications.

• Use the Searching for Our Heritage database

Email: jessica.hall@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-8589
Fax number: 867-393-6456

We can help Yukon museums and cultural centres with:

• conservation and artifact or specimen repair and cleaning;
• pest management and emergency planning for collections, or;
• the development of collections management policies and procedures.

We provide information, resources, support and training for heritage workers. We administer the Museum Contribution Program (MCP) and the Special Projects Capital Assistance Program (SPCAP).

Email: brian.groves@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-3660
Fax number: 867-393-6456

We manage, preserve and provide research on archaeological sites and collections. We also take part in environmental assessments and land use planning. For information on Yukon archaeology or to access our collections, contact us.

• Access the Yukon archaeology collections.
• Apply for an archaeological sites permit or register a site.
• Learn what to do if you find an archaeological site.
• Protect heritage resources during land development and mining.

Email: heritage.resources@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-3771

We manage Yukon's fossil sites and collections and conduct research on ancient life and environments. This program facilitates research by international scientists. We also offer public education and outreach.

The Yukon Palaeontologist takes part in fossil export permitting under the federal Cultural Export and Import Act.

To report a fossil find or to access our collections, contact us.

• Report a fossil find.
• Access the Yukon fossil collection.
• Learn how to export a fossil.

Email: grant.zazula@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-8089 or toll free 1-800-661-0408 ext. 8089.

We administer the program to name and rename geographical features in Yukon. Decisions are based on recommendations from the Yukon Geographical Place Names Board.

• Propose Yukon geographical place names.
• Use the Gazetteer of Yukon.

Email: jessica.hall@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-8589
Fax number: 867-393-6456

The Historic Sites unit provides for the research, preservation, management, development and interpretation of Yukon’s historic places. We take part in implementing the Historic Resources Act and the Government of Yukon heritage obligations under the Umbrella Final Agreement and individual First Nation final agreements. 

Contact us for information on: funding to preserve Yukon’s heritage; how to nominate a historic site; management plans and how sites are preserved and developed, and; signage and interpretation along highways, trails, rivers and historic sites.

Funding

• Yukon Historic Resources Fund
• Historic Properties Assistance Program

Programs and resources

• Nominate a Yukon Historic Site
• Learn about historic sites
• Learn about Yukon heritage planning
• Take a walking or driving tour

Email: heritage.planning@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-5386
Fax number: 867-393-8023

Yukon Archives acquires, preserves and provides access to Yukon's documentary heritage.

Our holdings include:

• government and non-government records;
• books;
• pamphlets;
• newspapers, and;
• periodicals.

Reproduction services are available. For questions or research assistance, contact us.

• Visit Yukon Archives.
• Search Yukon Archives collections.
• Get reproductions of records.
• View or borrow exhibits.
• Donate to Yukon Archives.

Email: Yukon.Archives@gov.yk.ca
Phone number: 867-667-8061 or toll free in Yukon: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5321

View the Tourism and Culture organizational structure.

Phone number: 867-393-7048