The Yukon government is investing over $23 million in its new Fall Capital Budget to improve school buildings and systems across the territory. These investments focus on significant improvements in education and school infrastructure sustainability and help ensure Yukon learners and staff have access to safe, welcoming and supportive education environments.
Anticipated projects in schools include a broad range of work. Proposed projects would:
- support construction of a new school building in Whitehorse;
- expand physical learning space to better support a growing population of learners with diverse needs;
- improve safety, accessibility and communications within school buildings;
- replace school activity vans;
- update interior systems like public announcement systems and bells, interior lighting and upgrading heating equipment and controls; and
- restore building exteriors through roof repair or replacement and schoolground site work.
Presenting capital estimates in the fall better aligns government budgeting with procurement timelines. This helps provide government and contractors with greater time and certainty to move projects forward sooner, start work in the spring and make the most of the Yukon’s short construction season.
These investments will help create learning environments that support student success today and well into the future. By expanding learning spaces, improving accessibility and supporting new school projects, we are helping ensure Yukon students and educators have the spaces they need to learn, teach and thrive.
We are committed to making sure Yukon school facilities are safe, reliable and ready to support learning every day. These proposed capital projects will address key infrastructure needs through building improvements; systems upgrades and essential maintenance work. Thoughtful investments like these help extend the life of our facilities, improve their performance and ensure they continue to meet the needs of Yukon communities.
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Proposed school building and systems investments cover a broad range of projects, subject to factors such as tendering outcomes, the availability of qualified professionals and material costs.
School capital work planned for 2027–28
École Émilie-Tremblay – Whitehorse
- Roof replacement – $5.35 million
Modular classrooms – Whitehorse
- Install four modular classrooms at high enrollment schools (including two at Centre scolaire secondaire communautaire Paul-Émile-Mercier), based on location feasibility assessments that are underway − $4.8 million
J.V. Clark School – Mayo
- Propane boiler upgrades – $1.4 million
Khàtìnas.àxh Community School – Teslin
- Roof replacement – $1.35 million
Robert Service School – Dawson
- Site work – $1.3 million
- School van replacement - $200,000
École Whitehorse Elementary School – Whitehorse
- Valleyview site rezoning, traffic impact assessment, functional program update for the new site, geotechnical investigation, early design work – $1.2 million
Yukon University – Whitehorse
- Lighting upgrades – $1.1 million
- Generator replacement – $285,000
Chief Zzeh Gittlit School – Old Crow
- Mechanical upgrades – $1.1 million
Porter Creek Secondary School – Whitehorse
- Propane boiler upgrades – $1.1 million
St. Elias Community School – Haines Junction; and
Johnson Elementary School – Watson Lake
- Public announcement systems upgrades – $953,000
Ross River School – Ross River
- Boiler room upgrades, heating system modifications, and landscaping – $500,000
Jack Hulland Elementary School – Whitehorse
- Interior lighting upgrades – $415,000
St. Francis of Assisi – Whitehorse
- Fire alarm upgrade – $434,000
Tantalus Community School – Carmacks
- Roof ice damming remediation – $250,000
Del Van Gorder School – Faro
- School van replacement - $200,000
Centre scolaire secondaire communautaire Paul-Émile-Mercier – Whitehorse
- Trades workshop design and planning – $150,000
Jack Hulland and Golden Horn elementary schools – Whitehorse
- Accessibility upgrades – included as part of the $750K budgeted for accessibility upgrades to several buildings in Whitehorse, including two schools and two other high-use public buildings.
Jack Hulland Elementary School – Whitehorse
- Accessibility improvements throughout the school including an exterior ramp, automatic door openers, handrails, signage, washroom upgrades and adjusted reception/library counters.
Golden Horn Elementary School – Whitehorse
- New mobility washroom.
General upgrades
- General site improvement and recreational development, prioritized by need and risk. This funding may support repairs, accessible paths or surfaces, playfields and equipment, traffic calming, signage and fencing etc. – $300,000
Tim Kucharuk
Press secretary, Cabinet Communications
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Brittany Cross
Communications, Highways and Public Works
867-332-4601
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Julie Ménard
Communications, Education
867-336-0653
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