Apply for a commercial or large group recreation park permit

You will need this permit if you are: 

• a commercial operator or an organization guiding recreational activities; or
• a group of more than 12 undertaking recreational activities in a park.  

These recreation activities include but are not limited to:

• hiking;
• camping;
• mountain biking;
• paragliding or hang gliding;
• horseback riding;
• dog mushing;
• canoeing or kayaking;
• sport fishing;
• skiing;
• snowmobiling and;
• wildlife viewing

Exceptions

You do not need this permit if you are a commercial operator or an organization guiding recreational activities if all of the following conditions are met.

1. The activity is undertaken by an individual alone or as part of a group consisting of 12 or fewer individuals.
2. The activity is undertaken in a recreation park, a day use area or a campground other than a backcountry campground.
3. The activity is undertaken between 7 am and 9 pm.
4. The activity is not more than four hours long.
5. The activity is not undertaken on more than seven days in a row.
6. The activity is not undertaken on more than 14 days within any 28-day period.
    

If you are a commercial operator you also need a wilderness tourism licence to work as a wilderness tourism operator in the Yukon, even if your activity does not require a park permit.

How to apply 

1. Download and complete the commercial or large group recreation park permit application.
2. Submit your completed application:
   Email: [email protected]
   In person: Yukon Parks Branch offices in Dawson, Inuvik or Whitehorse.
   Fax: 867-393-6223
   Mail:
   Government of Yukon
   Parks Branch
   Box 2703 (V-4)
   Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6

Completed applications will be processed in 30 days.  

Additional permits and licences

You may also need the following permits and licences.

• A campsite permit to camp at Government of Yukon campgrounds.
• A scientists and explorers licence for research.
• Approval or permit for paleontological or archaeological activities.
• An access permit for access and work within highway right-of-ways.
• A land use permit under the Lands Act for certain land use activities.
• Check with the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board to see if your project needs to go through an environmental and socio-economic assessment.
• A Dempster Highway development permit for developing land or using motorized vehicles off-road that are not snowmobiles.
• An environmental impact screening committee process for activities at Herschel Island.
• You may have to register with Media Development for filming.